And the next Total War game is....

[Lord Winter]

Any clue about a start date?

[Kings Hand]

I think i read somewhere 1700-1820ish, at 2 turns per year thats about the same as m2. I would love to see seasons implemented properly ie. campaigning in north african summer/russian winter next to suicidal.
I wonder will they try to revive the 'food' idea which was never fully realised in previous titles.

[Ignoramus]

It looks like CA has finally found a solution to the turns/year problem.

In Rome, they had 2 turns per year covering approximately 280 years. The result was, that though it was more realistic having summer and winter seasons, people generally finished their campaigns by 200 B.C.

In Medieval 2, they went in the opposite direction by having two years per turn covering 450 years. The result was that "blitzing" became the dominant strategy, and immersion and roleplaying were effectively killed.

In Empires, they have decide to implement Rome's turn system, but only covering 120 years. This is probably the best way to work the turns.

[econ21]

In Empires, they have decide to implement Rome's turn system, but only covering 120 years. This is probably the best way to work the turns.

Good point - I was rather alarmed to hear it was only 120 years (implicitly thinking 1 turn/year). But 240 turns sounds ok. In M2TW, I'm struggling to keep interest after 100 turns.

I am little more worried about the large scale map. I am a bit leery about covering America and India, for much the same reason people queried the Aztecs - the war with whom in M2TW is represented in a fun, but far from historical way.

I would have preferred a more in depth European focus. But maybe that will be the expansion. Napoleon Total War anyone?

[lars573]

I figure they want to simulate the situation Britain and France were in during the 7 years/French and Indian war. Where your forces are fighting in Europe, America, and India. And only territory in India/America changes hands.


Ye gods I hope they implement Sepoy-esque units for everyone in India. That would be most cool.

I am little more worried about the large scale map. I am a bit leery about covering America and India, for much the same reason people queried the Aztecs - the war with whom in M2TW is represented in a fun, but far from historical way.

That's one reason to start the game in 1700. By 1700 the British, French, Dutch, Portuguese, and Danes (yes Danes) all had control over Indian cities/settlements. And the Britsh, French, Spainish, Portuguese, and Dutch were well established in America. So it won't be much like M2TW and Aztecs at all. That was about establishing a foothold in the new world. By 1700 the footholds in America and India are already there.

[naut]

The map will include Europe, India and America. More than that i cannot say yet.

Awesome!

Same style of map as M2TW? Do you think you could give us a general gist as to how many factions?

[Geoffrey S]

It'd be hard to do this time period without including colonial areas. I'm looking forward to it, though I do hope that not too much emphasis is placed on "what-if" early steampower and the like. The end date seems to be just near when England went industrial, with the rest still lagging behind rather a lot. Looking forward to a Seven Years war, or seeing the US ingame!