Translated article from Computer Bild Spiele

[Martok]

Thats quite disapointing. Certainly not suitable for 18th century warfare tactics.

Well as I and a couple others have said before (and no one has yet to contradict the point), I have serious doubts as to how practical (or even possible) it would be to manage land forces larger than that. It's hard to imagine a UI/control scheme that would allow one to effectively manage armies approaching the size of those that were fielded during the time period.

Not to mention which, larger armies in ETW would almost certainly require a lot more processing power, and it's pretty clear that the majority of PC's are going to be taxed trying to run the game as it is. To increase the size of the armies would make Empire unplayable for most fans altogether.


Sheogorath: Yeah, I too noticed the omission of Brazil as a Portuguese colony. Admittedly odd, but I wouldn't read too much into that map, at least not yet.