Total PC Gaming Preview

[Templar Knight]

Did anyone see the preview/interview in this months Total PC Gaming?

No new land battle screens but some nice naval ones.

Also there appears to be a new 'throne room' in the form of a parliament, your government gives you missions.

They also said, wait for it..... a release date of March 2008, and they said that Empire is 75% complete, however TotalWar.com has announced this is rubbish.

Maybe March 2009....

www.totalpcgaming.com

[Mailman653]

Ooooh...prototype interface, looks nice to see what an ingame shot looks like those ships look amazing.

As for March 09.......

[Cecil XIX]

I'd be happy if they took their time. Lord knows MII:TW could have used some more.

[Captain Fishpants]

We're still trying to work out where March 2008 and "75% complete" came from. Yes, the game looks quite good (so that might have caused a little confusion), but it's still early days yet. Perhaps we should put this down to enthusiasm on someone's part, somewhere in the great editorial chain of being!

[Templar Knight]

I posted the question at their forums Captain Fishpants, he claims sources in Sega told him Q1 back in October.

[Vuk]

We're still trying to work out where March 2008 and "75% complete" came from. Yes, the game looks quite good (so that might have caused a little confusion), but it's still early days yet. Perhaps we should put this down to enthusiasm on someone's part, somewhere in the great editorial chain of being!

Or either that, it is what you are hoping for and someone slipped with the info.
Oh well...

[Templar Knight]

Here is the exact words:

...according to my trustworthy sources at Sega and CA, they're aiming for a Q1 release, which is why I plumped for as late in Q1 as I possibly could.

Sure, you have to take that with a pinch of salt as details like that are always subject to change, but then that's the nature of a preview.

I quoted the news on totalwar.com that said the mag was wrong and he said:

Ha! I stand officially corrected then!

Seriously, I wrote this about a month ago with the information I was given at the time. Embarrassing, but understandable, surely?

[Jack Lusted]

Or either that, it is what you are hoping for and someone slipped with the info.
Oh well...

The game is still pre-alpha atm, we are not aiming for a March release date, that info is not true.

[Captain Fishpants]

Or either that, it is what you are hoping for and someone slipped with the info.
Oh well...

Is there any point in coming here - as one of the developers who is actually working to create this game - to post information that corrects a rumour if I'm then second-guessed about what I really mean?

Thought not. Carry on believing whatever you want.

Sigh.

[Shahed]

Did anyone see the preview/interview in this months Total PC Gaming?

No new land battle screens but some nice naval ones.

Also there appears to be a new 'throne room' in the form of a parliament, your government gives you missions.

They also said, wait for it..... a release date of March 2008, and they said that Empire is 75% complete, however TotalWar.com has announced this is rubbish.

Maybe March 2009....

www.totalpcgaming.com

Is the link correct ? It's giving me a 404.

[marrow]

Is the link correct ? It's giving me a 404.

Under construction, apparently. Cheers

[Templar Knight]

Hmm, its working for me

[Templar Knight]

Try this Sinan: http://www.totalpcgaming.com/media_screenshots.html

[Shahed]

Thanks Templar ! That worked ! It looks BEAUTIFUL.
Hope it has DEPTH as well as good looks.

Captain Fishpants, I'm guessing you guys have gone through all the naval games. If you have'nt one I'd highly recommend trying out is Silent Hunter 3, unmodded first, for simplicity. Then modded with the GWX (Grey Wolves X) unofficial modification expansion pack. The reason why I'm mentioning this is that you can get a lot of ideas about hydrophysics (bouyancy etc) from this game and particulary form this modification to that game. Even though the game is set in WW2, the basics of the physics engine can probably be of help to you.

Best of luck with the new title !

[Csargo]

Sinan your sig is HUGE.

[Shahed]

Same as always, 400*150 <10Kb. Maybe looks larger because of the subject.

[Csargo]

Looks fine now. Wonder if it's because I'm on a different computer.

[Dayve]

I don't care if it's March 2009 or December 31st 2010 as long as the AI is smarter than the dead walrus that designed it for Rome and M2.