Quote Originally Posted by askthepizzaguy
Imagine a game that combined the best of European warfare and the best of Asian warfare, and more realistically portrayed the Mongol invasion, the rise of the Caliphates, and the rise of superpowers in the European theater, all on one glorious map. A game that extended the map completely around the globe, like a Civilization map, so that eventually America (in it's entirety) would become available. . . . etc.
Basically what you're asking for here is a game that allows you in computer mapboard fashion to replay a span of 1/4 to 1/5 of human history from a global perspective. The constraints of authoring such an enterprise are complexity of the design and code of the game, and the constraints of PC memory. I think it would take some significant improvements in the game driver to accomplish this.

Even with the patches for Civ IV, I was still unable to play that game with huge maps. And Civ IV doesn't have the combat phase of the game that SEGA/CA have designed into the Total War series.

Also, one of the difficult aspects of the Total War series is the scale of the work in managing your faction in the late game when you have a few dozen provinces and faction members to manage. Now multiply that by three or four continents.

But judging from the poll results, you have a lot of sympathy out there for your idea.

I would say . . . keep dreaming, 'cause good ideas come from the process.