Hotseat Mode

[Didz]

And if you think all online gamers are - quote " ..with no lives and commode in their computer room .." then that speaks for itself.

Never said that...what I said was that if you expect to be able to play a game like MTW2 online in real time you would need to have no life and a commode in your bedroom becuase it would require in excess of 35 days non-stop online play to complete.

I play World of Warcraft so I'm well aware of the commitments required for online team play in instance raids etc. Its never going to happen if the Totalwar series wants to keep its market niche, the only way it would work is if the game was changed to become like Age of Empires, Cossacks2 or Europa Universalis, in which case I wouldn't bother buying it.

The TW series just happens to have a huge following of primarily single-player gamers, or at least gamers that enjoy it as a single-player game.

Exactly, the recent poll confirmed that. There are plenty of game options for when you fancy the low strategy quick fix of a real time game I frequently play Dungeon Keeper 2 or Settlers when I just want a quick low brain effort game. MTW2 provides a more flexible option for those who like to immerse themselves in the subject matter without going into the full on cerebral commitment required by games like Hearts of Iron or Crown and Glory.

I myself absolutely despise most online games that demand constant social interaction - one of the reasons I am often gaming is explicitly to avoid having to deal with other people for a while, and I especially abhor the general immaturity of many online gamers in both language and conduct. Nothing can ruin a great game as fast as another player if they decide to do so, and they all-too-frequently do in most online play communities I've played in.

Griefers...the game within the game. Yep! you get them everywhere. Its the moment when you wish your PC had a 'fist in the face' button that would operate remotely through the other players screen. They are undoubtely the scum around the edge of the toilet bowl when it comes to online gaming and one can only wonder at what sort of person they must be in real life.

I applaud CA for focusing instead on what has always been the bread and butter of this series: the actual single player game. To do differently would draw focus and effort away from the best part of the series, in turn alienating many TW fans, and ultimately damaging the TW brand, possibly irreparably. I think it's been summed up best a thousand times before: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" ...and TW games sure ain't broke.

Hear! Hear! nicely put Foz. Though I would still like some way of playing the campaign game against other human players, as PBEM or Hotseat. of course.