Quote Originally Posted by CBR
Standard MP battles just use coordinates based on the campaign map. The only difference is that in the campaign a map might have a roads/buildings depending on what has been built in the province. It should not be that difficult to include that in campaign battle replays.


CBR
I remember when this first came up. A few folk here speculated correctly on the reasons for this, and one or two came up with a proposal for what to include in the replay file and how replays work (ie the information used in generating the map, rather than the map itself).

Now, I also remember the comment that CA made regarding their not realising the popularity of replays, and a comment that replays would more than likely be included in 'future' releases. Make of that what you will....

Regarding the silence on this, the poster earlier in this thread is correct in that from CA's POV it makes no sense to confirm the absence of certain features well in advance of release. For fans of that feature, it immediately casts doubt on the product as a whole, and that transmits itself across the forums. Whether CA/Sega care too much about forum opinion (in a business sense, not a personal sense) I don't know, but given that M2TW will likely be a mega-seller regardless of it's peripheral features (which, for little Johnny who has the game for Christmas, replays will certainly be), they are unlikely to revisit the game design stage to shoehorn these things in, and will be quite content with some forum grumbling about silence and secrecy.

Cheers,

Rob.