A REALLY Interesting Preview Of M2TW

[B-Wing]

Basically, as I recall, every turn represents two years of time but characters will only age one year every two turns ...

Not accusing you of giving misinformation, but where did you get that info from?

[screwtype]

Not accusing you of giving misinformation, but where did you get that info from?

It was worked out at the org ages ago, but it's not hard to do the math for yourself. The campaign is x number of turns long and the campaign covers x number of years. Now I've forgotten the actual numbers, but if you do the math I think you'll find it boils down to 2 years per turn.

Meanwhile, CA told us fairly early on that characters will age one year every two turns, ie one summer turn + one winter turn = 1 year.

So basically characters end up living four times longer than they oughta.

Don't take my word for it though, this is all from memory, so you might want to check it out for yourself.

Essentially what they've done (in case you're wondering) is to compress the timespan of the campaign so that they can incorporate numerous different periods, whilst at the same time keeping the campaign at a length to suit the average gamer (ie 200 or 250 turns, whatever).

My guess though is that this will be fully moddable so that it will be a simple fix to match turns with years like the previous games. But doing so will probably leave you with a humungously long campaign of 800 or even 1000 turns. But then some people might think that's pretty kewl.

Edit: Ah, here it is, the original thread. Enjoy!

https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=62117

[Perplexed]

It was worked out at the org ages ago, but it's not hard to do the math for yourself. The campaign is x number of turns long and the campaign covers x number of years. Now I've forgotten the actual numbers, but if you do the math I think you'll find it boils down to 2 years per turn.

Meanwhile, CA told us fairly early on that characters will age one year every two turns, ie one summer turn + one winter turn = 1 year.

So basically characters end up living four times longer than they oughta.

So a turn is a two-season period? I thought you meant that each turn was a one-year period and that characters aged a year every two years. If one turn equals two seasons then that's fine, and characters won't age more than they should.

My mind is at rest (on this issue ).

[4th Dimension]

I think what he meant is that with the published timeline and the number of turns your winter actualy lasts two years.

It boils down to it that CA wanted to inlude all those nice units from many periods so they published the timeline. But you won't actualy play that long because if you consider ine turn one season, with taking in consideration that there are two times less turns than years you will actualy play for only the quarter of the period.

[screwtype]

So a turn is a two-season period? I thought you meant that each turn was a one-year period and that characters aged a year every two years. If one turn equals two seasons then that's fine, and characters won't age more than they should.

My mind is at rest (on this issue ).

No, that's not what I said. I suggest you go back and read my post, or better still perhaps, go and read the old thread that I provided a link to.

[Perplexed]

No, that's not what I said. I suggest you go back and read my post, or better still perhaps, go and read the old thread that I provided a link to.

Missed the link. Now it's clarified.

[Mooks]

Im not buying this game.

I was attracted to TW by the historical gameplay. I myself, love history and read books all the time, to think that a game and a history book was combined was awsome. The TW series is no longer "historical", it's fantasy. It just takes place in real eras.

Im not going to bash CA. Total war just isn't my type of game anymore.

P.S that reviewer guy sounds like a idiot.

[zakalwe]

The TW games were never really simply depicting historical accuracy - TW had the uber-geisha, 1 man army kensai, etc. The same thing with MTW.