EMPIRE TOTAL WAR - CAMPAIGN OFFICIAL TRAILER!

[Pinxit]

The baltic states have many settlements since they consist of many nations. France is one united country, therefore, one settlement. Denmark-Norway is in a union, so both those countries have one settlement each even though they appear as one faction. The Swedish Empire is... well... its an empire. It consists of conquered settlements. And besides, its the largest faction in northern Europe and second largest in entire Europe consequently having more regions. Sweden conquered some regions from Russia, so I assume thats why St. Petersburg is a settlement even though it belongs to Sweden. Finland is a settlement in the Swedish Empire which is partly autonomous. My guess is that they are also leaving the doors open to revolutions etc in those settlements making it harder for the Swedish Empire to control its many regions. The same goes for Denmark-Norway which isnt the most stable union.

Disturbing is the fact that St. Petersburg wasnt founded until 1703 during the the Great Northern War, AFTER the Russians conquered the region from Sweden. And the game starts 1700, right? So the question isnt why it belongs to Sweden, the question is why its even there. Or are they pretending that the city was named Saint Petersburg by the swedes? Why would they name a city after their enemy? Which they ofcourse did not. It was Tsar Peter the Great who named the city St. Petersburg.

[Sheogorath]

Disturbing is the fact that St. Petersburg wasnt founded until 1703 during the the Great Northern War, AFTER the Russians conquered the region from Sweden. And the game starts 1700, right? So the question isnt why it belongs to Sweden, the question is why its even there. Or are they pretending that the city was named Saint Petersburg by the swedes? Why would they name a city after their enemy? Which they ofcourse did not. It was Tsar Peter the Great who named the city St. Petersburg.

St. Petersburg didn't even exist prior to 1700. It was founded by Peter the Great :P

They do seem to have made some changes...like Poland actually existing.

[Megas Methuselah]

The baltic states have many settlements since they consist of many nations. France is one united country, therefore, one settlement. Denmark-Norway is in a union, so both those countries have one settlement each even though they appear as one faction. The Swedish Empire is... well... its an empire. It consists of conquered settlements. And besides, its the largest faction in northern Europe and second largest in entire Europe consequently having more regions. Sweden conquered some regions from Russia, so I assume thats why St. Petersburg is a settlement even though it belongs to Sweden. Finland is a settlement in the Swedish Empire which is partly autonomous. My guess is that they are also leaving the doors open to revolutions etc in those settlements making it harder for the Swedish Empire to control its many regions. The same goes for Denmark-Norway which isnt the most stable union.

Why would France only be composed of one territory, though? Considering it was a major power at the time, I would imagine it to be composed of two or three... Oh whatever, it must all work out somehow.

[TB666]

Why would France only be composed of one territory, though?

Because France is one country.
Look at Spain, it has 2 capital cities because it controls Portugal and Spain, Great Britain has 3 for England, Scotland and Ireland etc etc.

But I'm sure that as the game moves on that the countries won't be so empty when they are filled with small towns, mines, ports, farms and other things that you need to control in other to capture the land.

[ljperreira]

Because France is one country.
Look at Spain, it has 2 capital cities because it controls Portugal and Spain, Great Britain has 3 for England, Scotland and Ireland etc etc.

ummm....if the game starts in 1700 then Portugal should be independent, because Spain lost Portugal in 1640 after only 60 years of control (1580-1640). Looks like im not going to be able to play as Portugal, !

[Martok]

ummm....if the game starts in 1700 then Portugal should be independent, because Spain lost Portugal in 1640 after only 60 years of control (1580-1640). Looks like im not going to be able to play as Portugal, !

Actually, going by the campaign's mini-map, it appears that Portugal *is* independent (as it should be). Now whether or not it's one of the original 12 playable factions is another matter, but at least it will be in the game.

[Sheogorath]

...call me silly for just noticing this, but Russia is brown?
Ugh.
Well, now I have something else to live in fear of until the release. Horrible brown uniforms for Russia.

[darrin42]

So basicaly, you take Paris, you control all of France?....Doesent sound very fun lol.

[Martok]

So basicaly, you take Paris, you control all of France?....Doesent sound very fun lol.

Well first of all, I'm not entirely certain that that's how it works -- that's simply my understanding going off of what's been said by CA/Sega thus far. Secondly, I don't think it's going to be quite that simple.

My impression is that while yes, you will technically "own" France if you occupy Paris -- i.e., France shows up on the mini-map as being controlled by your faction -- your control of the province will be only nominal at best if you don't also possess at least a majority of the other secondary cities as well. So unless you also occupy Marseilles, Bordeaux*, etc., controlling Paris itself will be of only modest value.



*I'm only guessing at the name of the other French cities. I'm not privy to any special knowledge.