The Napoleonic era or Shogun 2... those strike me as the obvious two. And I'd be very happy with either. Beyond the Napoleonic era the engine really wouldn't work. I suppose there are many other potential time periods to pick, but many of them wouldn't pack the same punch as the two I listed.

As for the expansion.. willing to bet it's called *something* Invasion. Spanish Invasion?

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As an ardent Napoleon fan, I like the idea of a Napoleonic TW. However, I too like the idea of a new Shogun. Great fun. My problem with MTWs is realism.- Was it possible to have a medieval country take over any other large ones, let alone all of Europe? I doubt it. While I still like the game I do find it difficult to bear for realism and RP reasons.

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Shogun's been done. They should do a Romance of the Three Kingdoms Total War ;)

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One on Ancient Greece or even earlier would certainly be interesting and enjoyable. However, it is almost certain that the next Total War game will be on Napoleon

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I have no idea why they haven't simply expanded the campaign map to the east yet. So perhaps historically China was never conquered by a European nation. But there a billion things you can do in the Total War games that never happened, and that's OFFICIALLY one of the big draws of the game! Why the heck not let us at it?! :(
Keep expanding that map, let us conquer THE GLOBE. Haha ;-)
'Course then the campaign map would have to wrap-around somehow, but I can't imagine that'd be too hard to accomplish.

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I dont think it'd be hard from a technical standpoint, but it might be a bit difficult to get the interface convenient enough.

And in all honesty, for fighting in the Colonial/Napoleonic etc era, I think the whole world is almost a necessity... wars did stretch around the world then. But the key to making it work would be having victory conditions OTHER than controlling everything there is.

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They probably haven't expanded it because of the problems the AI has even waging wars on their neighbors, much less a power far away. Check out some of the expanded maps for RTW, you'll see some regions stay rebel the entire game because the AI just doesn't have any real idea what its doing. But as for the next TW or expansion I too would love one based on China on Japan. Another interesting way to go might be one set earlier during the Muslim invasions/expansions/conversions. Of course that might bug all the people who never want to see a game not centered on Europeans.

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If there is a China: Total War it can be set in the Warring States Period from 5th BC to 221BC when it was unified under one Emperor. At this point China was split into 10+ kingdoms at constant war with each other. China would make an excellent setting.

However, only 10 factions isn't enough for a Total War game, and that may be the reason why they haven't developed one yet. Then you could include the surrounding nomadic tribes and Korea and Japan, provided they existed during that period.

Additionally, there's no big invasion to look out for ie. No Mongol-like Invasion.

On top of that the western side of the map would be landlocked, with naval battles mainly in the east where the sea is only.

I would love to see a China Total War though.

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For some strange reason I have the nagging suspicion that the current Central American conquest section of the game might have originally been a planned expansion, but it eventually got tagged on the the initial release to give the game a bit more content.

That's why I am a bit skeptical about the Americas being the expansion, but I could be totally off base here.

While I agree that Shogun is more suited to a winner take all type of game, I just wonder if a remake would have the market appeal that execs at CA and Sega would need to invest the time and money in development.

Also they have already developed quite a bit of the physics needed for muzzle loading arms and artillery. This would have limited usefulness in a new Shogun game.

Doing a NapoleonicTW might not be that easy though--The massive sizes and varieties of the armies involved in the large battles of the era would be pretty daunting to replicate and morph into a enjoyable and easily playable game for the masses.

Just think of all the variety of uniforms and equipment that would have to be modeled, but wouldn't they be oh so pretty to see in action.

Cheers

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