Here we're publishing forty menu screenshots from the game........

**Hastiati** · 09-24-2006, 23:12

Here we're publishing forty menu screenshots from the game. You can see there all settings options, Custom Battle screen, main camapaign, multiplayer mode and all historical battles (setups of armies, descriptions and maps). Here goes the full list of all historical battles implemented in MTW II:

- Agincourt;
- Arsuf;
- Hastings;
- Otumba;
- Pavia;
- Tannenberg (Grunwald);
- Hattin;
- Setenil[/quote]

More: http://www.totalwar.org.pl/indexeng.php?ShowCat=2

Here are screenshots from game menu:

http://www.totalwar.org.pl/?ShowGal=56

**Darth Nihilus** · 09-25-2006, 00:15

According to one of the screenshots it says the French have the most powerful cavalry in the west........I guess that's historically accurate. I assume they mean as a whole though because I have a very hard time believing that they have a better calvary unit than the Gothic knight or the Spanish Lancer. I'm sure their Gendarmes will be very good though.

**Kourutsu** · 09-25-2006, 01:34

No battle of Crecy!?

-Incites riot-

**ChewieTobbacca** · 09-25-2006, 01:47

I love those campaign shots. Note the different goals for each faction: Venice has to hold Constantinople (shows the rivalry that DID indeed grow between them), Spain has to hold Jerusalem and Granada, HRE has to hold Rome, France and England have to hold Jerusalem. At least these are historical goals.

Also note that the Spanish are horribly outnumbered in the Battle of Otumba.... a good sign that Spanish / European troops will be superior to the Aztecs and the Aztecs need overwhelming numbers to win

**econ21** · 09-25-2006, 01:53

Originally Posted by Darth Nihilus

According to one of the screenshots it says the French have the most powerful cavalry in the west........I guess that's historically accurate. I assume they mean as a whole though because I have a very hard time believing that they have a better calvary unit than the Gothic knight or the Spanish Lancer. I'm sure their Gendarmes will be very good though.

Good - I am glad the French are getting something. Their discount on Chivalric units in MTW was just not as cool as the unique units of most other factions. And it looks like the gendarmes may be better than in MTW - at least they have lances.

As far as having the best cavalry in the west, I'm guessing the HRE does not count as being in the West for the purposes of that quote. But I'm interested to hear HRE suffers in the late game due to lack of professional units - that's a change from MTW and will help to balance what seem to be some rather powerful HRE units that have been showcased.

BTW, what is it with Spanish lancers? In real life, I am pretty sure Spain had rather less heavily armoured knights than most of the other Catholics. I never understood why MTW gave them what were effectively the only Gothic knights with lances. I hope M2TW does not make Spanish knights heavier than French and English knights again. I guess the Conquistadors will replace the Spanish lancers. I wonder how they will stack up against gendarmes and HRE Gothic knights?

**ChewieTobbacca** · 09-25-2006, 02:06

From the looks of it, Spain will not have as heavy of knights anymore and will instead have stronger light cavalry and units like the conquistadores

The HRE might not count as part of the west... but France was pretty famous for its heavy knight armies.

I'm glad that M2TW seems to be more historically accurate and flavored

**TB666** · 09-25-2006, 02:10

I like how there is really no large kingdoms like in MTW1.
Means you won't have to go against any of the factions at the start.

**Polemists** · 09-25-2006, 02:55

What does Campaign rules mean? Is this like the new version of advice level or does this mean as in Short or Long Campaign like rome?

Anyone have any clue?

**Darth Nihilus** · 09-25-2006, 03:01

Historically the French should have the best knights in the west. I meant to say that MTW wise that I'm suprised that the French Gendarmes would be better than Spain's Lancers and HRE's Gothic knights. However, if we're talking realistically, France should have some of the best calvary in the game easily...and certianly better than Spain's heavy calvary. I am very pleased that Gendarmes have lances this time around and I hope they are exclusive to France.

**todorp** · 09-25-2006, 10:48

Originally Posted by Hastiati

Here we're publishing forty menu screenshots from the game. You can see there all settings options, Custom Battle screen, main camapaign, multiplayer mode and all historical battles (setups of armies, descriptions and maps). Here goes the full list of all historical battles implemented in MTW II:

- Agincourt;
- Arsuf;
- Hastings;
- Otumba;
- Pavia;
- Tannenberg (Grunwald);
- Hattin;
- Setenil

More: http://www.totalwar.org.pl/indexeng.php?ShowCat=2

Here are screenshots from game menu:

http://www.totalwar.org.pl/?ShowGal=56[/QUOTE]

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**Furious Mental** · 09-25-2006, 11:22

"Also note that the Spanish are horribly outnumbered in the Battle of Otumba.... a good sign that Spanish / European troops will be superior to the Aztecs and the Aztecs need overwhelming numbers to win"

Maybe but the disparity in terms of basic troop quality is not as much as numbers alone suggest. For one thing most of the the Spanish units have 8 points of experience to the Aztecs' 2.

I find the statement that the HRE lacks professional units somewhat strange. That is, after all, where Landsknechts came from and it appears from screenshots that pikemen, doppelsoldners, musketeers and reiters are all available to the HRE.