Empire Preview & Interview

[Thamis]

Preview & Interview:
http://www.computerandvideogames.com...70570&skip=yes

[sapi]

Sounds very nice, Thamis - thanks

I especially like the sound of the revamped diplomatic/military AI, and the insistence on more field battles by placing barracks and the like outside the settlement

[Rhyfelwyr]

This sounds fantastic I can't wait to see some of the units. So are we actually going to have an entire world map, or maybe just include some areas such as the far east and India?

[icek]

im afraid of one thing that i really dont like in m2tw: race with time. 1700-1820 =120 years * 2 = 240 <-- "men, faster the end date is comping and we have whole canada to conquer".

[Tamur]

Naval battles... the picture I have in my head makes me laugh -- The Ancient Art of War At Sea. The ships looked like they got progressively moldier through battle. I am guessing this will be a wee bit different, haven't played a naval sim for, well, about twenty years.

[Trax]

I'm impressed and have great expectations.

[BoyarPunk]

Interesting read. Thanks, Thamis!

[Subedei]

I can not help it...this whole naval talk brings my thoughts back to the good old days of little Subedei playing Sid Meier´s "Pirates!".

As always good luck to CA...and you better use the engine for the evolutionary "Rome2: TW" in 2008....

[Bob the Insane]

This looks super sweet... Hope it is a moddable as the older games, the engine would be a great starting place for some RTW and MTW style mods...


But the 18th Century is fun to...

[Swoosh So]

Well CA have definately made positive steps in the modding of their games, the mod community atm is great im sure they will continue that trend.

[Daveybaby]

First crysis, then bioshock, and now this. Sounds like i've got to upgrade my PC again.

[l3asu]

WOOOOOOoo Naval Battles!

[BoyarPunk]

I can not help it...this whole naval talk brings my thoughts back to the good old days of little Subedei playing Sid Meier´s "Pirates!".

As always good luck to CA...and you better use the engine for the evolutionary "Rome2: TW" in 2008....

LOL...my thoughts exactly. "Pirates!" (the original 1987 Microprose release) was one of my all time favorites.

[Leet Eriksson]

Some images ign labeled as concept art... that certainly looks in-game to me.

ALSO UNITED STATES IS IN HELL YEAH

[Jack Lusted]

IGN does have 1 pic of concept art, but those above shots are ingame.

[Furious Mental]

Grab your weapons, citizens!
Form your batallions!
Let us march! Let us march!
May impure blood
Water our fields!

[Guru]

Holy ****! Look at the details! But what will the system requirements be like? If I'm ever going to play that I'll have to sell my car to get a new pc or something...

[hoom]

Wow, this sounds & looks awesome!

Have been looking forward to a Napoleonic period TW game :) & finally with naval battles :D
The ships are looking very nice indeed.

One thing though, please please make sure you enable the EB team to do a future Europa Barbarorum on this engine (ie sword/spear/pike animations, ship ramming etc.)

[Goaswerfraiejen]

I suspect that, since even my new computer can't run Medieval II on full settings, this will break it. Honestly, what was wrong with Rome's graphics? :(

[Bob the Insane]

OMG!!! I nearly fell out of my seat looking at those shots!!!

Sorry for over-reacting, but that does look really good...

[econ21]

IGN does have 1 pic of concept art, but those above shots are ingame.

They do look amazing (before you posted, I was about to say to Leet that they could not possibly be in game shots...).

[gardibolt]

"Page not found" Did they move the interview someplace else?

[Caius]

Well, cheers CA.

I noticed this today.

[Lovasìjász]

I suspect that, since even my new computer can't run Medieval II on full settings, this will break it. Honestly, what was wrong with Rome's graphics? :(

LOL, by the time this game comes out, it might be even outdated looking compares to other games coming out next year christmas.

[Generals_Bodyguard]

I hope we will get to see pictures of land battles. Multiplayer TW players gets their wish at last?...

[Martok]

I hope we will get to see pictures of land battles. Multiplayer TW players gets their wish at last?...

I wouldn't count it. If campaign MP were being included in Empire, Sega & CA would have been shouting it from the rooftops. I think we'll have to wait for another TW title before that happens (if ever).

[Incongruous]

Meh says page not found. me sad.

[Warluster]

Wow. Naval Battles.Wow. As some guy said at GS, this is like IG plus M2! Whoohoo! Hopefuly with not as many bugs as usul, and I reckon best TW game from looks!

But from the looks of these screenies, its been in the works for a while or somethin'. (Or I just suck at picking that sorta thing)

[Forward Observer]

Nobody that I am aware of has ever produced a workable serious age of sail combat simulation in full 3d graphics, so a good one has been long over due.

The Russian company Akella tried back in 2002 with a game called "Age of Sail II" but it was released in a totally unfinished state and full of game breaking bugs. It held such promise for fans of Napoleonic naval warfare, but delivered mostly unworkable features and blue screens of death.


Akella has continued to develop its ocean graphics engine, and they have released a few pirate games that looked good and played OK, but they never have tried anything other than mostly arcade style sea battles.

I never played it, but I also understand that naval component of Imperial Glory was pretty unrealistic also.

It will be very interesting to see how CA handles the naval battles and if they intend to get close to creating a sim like naval component of the game.

It goes almost without saying that handling a square rigger, especially in battle, was not like driving the family motor boat.

In fact if one thinks about it--an 18th or 19th century fighting ship was the single most expensive, elaborate, intricate, sophisticated, and technically demanding instrument of warfare for just about any period that it played a significant role.

There are a lot of Jack Aubrey and Horatio Hornblower wannabees out there to please, and I bet we will be a very demanding lot.

Cheers

[fenir]

The Candy Looks good. Lets see if the playability is up to scratch.

On the other side, I did wonder if this new game would feature naval battles. As it has been talked about for some time, that with muskets and arquebusiers in M2TW certainly meant we where going to progress in a time line.
Espeically after the success of NTW.
Would be nice to watch my lancers charge the grand Armee'. Or my families Regiment, the glorious 3rd Take the line.
OK, now i am just getting myself excited.

Like I said, nice candy, will wait for the playability and mechanics.

fenir