Empire: Total War Summary Thread

[Eng]

- Infantry can occupy buldings. They will automatically take up defensive positions and fire out of windows/doors.

sweet

- Naval warfare will be included. Each side will be able to command up to 20 ships within one battle.

why is that? there were battles with more then 40 ships.

[OliverWKim]

Which mag posted that extensive preview you posted in the screenshots section? I desperately need to read that article.

[woad&fangs]

http://www.euratlas.com/history_europe/europe_map_1700.html
Thats a link to a map of europe in 1700(which if I'm correct is the start date) if anyone is interested. Oh, and thank you Pevergreen for having the sense to make this thread. It is greatly appreciated.

Edit: the link isn't working for some reason but the site is working.

[Mac Clan]

http://www.euratlas.com/history_europe/europe_map_1700.html
Thats a link to a map of europe in 1700(which if I'm correct is the start date) if anyone is interested. Oh, and thank you Pevergreen for having the sense to make this thread. It is greatly appreciated.

Edit: the link isn't working for some reason but the site is working.

It says I am not authorized to view the site.

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi Mac Clan,
I'm not quite sure, but I think that this was the map that was linked to:

Hope this is useful to you!

[Mac Clan]

Yes, it did thank you. Do you know how to get a bigger picture of each of those pages from the magazine the OP scanned in? It's ok if it's one big picture, but maybe each individual page enlargened?

Thanks alot. And hello to you to. :P

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Yes, it did thank you. Do you know how to get a bigger picture of each of those pages from the magazine the OP scanned in? It's ok if it's one big picture, but maybe each individual page enlargened?

Sadly, posting or displaying any higher resolution in a public place is not legal. To gain the full article, you will probably have to purchase the relevant magazine issue. Sorry.

[Aide de camp]

Which mag posted that extensive preview you posted in the screenshots section? I desperately need to read that article.

It's Gamestar, a german mag.
Luckily I live in Germany, so I'll be able to buy it!

[Lord Zimoa of Flanders]

Anyone knows of other magazines doing previews?

LZ

[pevergreen]

None as far as we know get.

[Centurio Nixalsverdrus]

I bought it and of course already read it and it's very interesting.

One already said here "in the magazine there is a screenshot with soldiers fighting in a dry channel and others firing from a bridge." That's what the description of the screenshot in the magazine says, but it is wrong though. It's not a dry channel but a massive fortress's dry trench it seems. So it looks like we're going to fight for really massive forts with bastions and trenches I think.

[Lord Zimoa of Flanders]

You are looking for these:











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LZ

[paladinwarir]

Wow, that looks like a really cool game, i know im going to get that when it comes out

[A Norseman]

A thing i am shure off is that the CA have two options for expantion "naplonic wars" and "american civil war" .. well, as a Europeean i dont give a crap about your war, and wuld much more have a realy fun campain as the british defending my borders from the french, or french allie Denmark - Norway depending on the french sucsess in the war for my own suvival.

[Irish Soldier]

Can someone explain to me, exactly what you mean When you say the Campaign map will no longer be tiled?

[pevergreen]

At this point in time, the map is a grid. The Army/City/Boat occupies one grid. Thats like a giant chessboard. You can only go in certain tiles, and those tiles influence the battle map that they have. This is how you can surround an inquisitor with 8 stacks of 1 unit, then bring a final one on top of it. Because the enemy unit has no where to go, it is destroyed.


On another note, please, I asked in the original post: Can this thread be posted in with only information with sources.
I check this thread during school, and while i love the discussion and such, i would prefer another thread be started, and keep this one clean. If it gets worse, I may ask Tosa to clear a few posts, to keep this thread clean.

[Mac Clan]

Anyone knows of other magazines doing previews?

LZ

PC Gamer UK had a preview. PC Gamer US had a smaller preview.

[eddy_purpus]

I COULD NOT THINK WHAT COULD HAPPEN IF THE GAME COMPLETELY IS FULL OF BUG AND ANTIPIRACY SOFTWARE LIKE SOME OTHER GAMES.
I MEAN . . .
THIS GAME IS THE MOST AWAITED 08 GAME :P
SO DONT LET US DOWN CREATIVE ASSEMBLY AND DEVELOPERS
OK ?



C YA

[adamsleath]

i want this game sooo bad !!!!

best period wargame of all time?

btw i will own those garrisons with my artillery!! :)

[rajpoot]

Woha!!! That's a real time battle shot??!!
This is just so awesome!

[Aradan]

Finally some great news for us modders. ETW will have no hardcoded region limit.

The good news for modders is: There will no longer be a hard-coded limit on regions.

Source: http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...=214676#Thamis

[Martok]

Good find, Aradan!



Also from that same interview with Thamis:

Q: how many regions are there in E: TW?

A: At the moment, there are 137 regions in the game. This might still change before we release the game, but not drastically.

Q: There has been a bit of confusion as to how exactly players will get from Europe to India and vice versa, since South Africa is said not to be included in the game. How exactly will players get to India?

A: There will be transition zones between theatres. You sail into the transition zone, and some time later your ship arrives in the next theatre. To sail from Europe to India, for example, you would sail to the Canary Islands, transition of the Ivory Coast, transition of the Straits of Madagascar, and then transition to India. If you simply select India as target destination, your fleet will do all this automatically, but it can be intercepted on the way.

[Sir Beane]

Excellent find! In addition to what Martok already posted that little interview also clues us in to one of the non-playable factions.

Then, diplomatic relations are two-directional: While France might quite like Savoy, the dukes of Savoy might really hate France. This will make for some really interesting gameplay.

It also seems to suggest that a few areas will appear as sea only regions.

There are also some sea-only trade regions off the coasts of Brazil, Africa, and the East Indies (the Dutch Spice Islands).