And after this?

[Desertdude]

Only three years are left before the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War is over. I'd like to see that in Total War by 2015.

[EB rocks]

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[Martok]

I continue to hope for a Total War game set in either ancient Greece/Anatolia or -- especially -- during China's Warring States period. I'd play either one of those to death!

Only three years are left before the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War is over. I'd like to see that in Total War by 2015.

I still don't see that ever happening, as very few will want to play a Total War title with only two major factions -- there's just not much replayability there. I can perhaps see it working as an expansion (or part of one), but not a standalone game.

[Prussian to the Iron]

I still don't see that ever happening, as very few will want to play a Total War title with only two major factions -- there's just not much replayability there. I can perhaps see it working as an expansion (or part of one), but not a standalone game.

Agreed. Plus the unit variety would be terrible; almost all the units would have to be line infantry. There would probably be several different artillery units, and some elite units, and some light infantry, but the variety would be less than that in FotS.

[jaspritsingh]

I am still hoping for an India Total war ... with 3 ages ...

1. 1500s - When firearms brought the Mughals to power
2. 1600s - Firearms everywhere but war elephants still rule. Europeans show up, but like in SIITW, they just give tech n weapons
3. 1700s - Europeans are a faction among themselves. Its a 3 way contest - Indian Native Factions, Invaders from Afghanistan and Iran, European fielded mixed Native and European Armies.

[kambiz]

Although like majority of old total war fans myself wished for Rome2 to be done one day ,But I'm afraid it is too soon for CA to re-do ROME and I think can not repeat the success Rome1 had for them :( I wished for them to make something like 19th century total war game with global map instead of Rome.

[cunctator]

I would love to see a better version of Empire some day but for now I had enough of gunpowder warfare.
What was very rarely done before (and never properly) is Total War style game centered around the late Bronze Age middle east. The major factions as the Hittites, Mycenaean Greeks or Hittites are quite well known to a wider audience, as is chariot warfare. A dynamic period with no power totally dominating witnessing the rise and fall of Empires as the Mitanni or Assyrian becoming a grand power for the first time. Maybe starting in the mid 16th century BC shortly before or after Egypt was reunified an the Hyksos overwhelmed and with the Minoans still around.

[quadalpha]

I would love to see a better version of Empire some day but for now I had enough of gunpowder warfare.
What was very rarely done before (and never properly) is Total War style game centered around the late Bronze Age middle east. The major factions as the Hittites, Mycenaean Greeks or Hittites are quite well known to a wider audience, as is chariot warfare. A dynamic period with no power totally dominating witnessing the rise and fall of Empires as the Mitanni or Assyrian becoming a grand power for the first time. Maybe starting in the mid 16th century BC shortly before or after Egypt was reunified an the Hyksos overwhelmed and with the Minoans still around.

I don't think all or even most of those cultures had the kind of imperial ambitions associated with a Total War game.

[Kocmoc]

Only three years are left before the 150th anniversary of the American Civil War is over. I'd like to see that in Total War by 2015.

Yup. I want to remind people on one of the first real Multiplayer games ever, Gettysburg. That was played from many "STW-Oldtimer".
I personal see this happen someday, its more or less a hybrid of Napoleon TW.


To get some ideas of developing involved here. Tons of time and money of gamedevelopment today is spent on historians and research.
If you go for something like Rome, you have to research the uniform, names, maps, army and so on…
The big advance of going for RomeII is simple and obvious, that research is already done, you have just to adjust a little bit and i bet, that they didnt
brought all ideas they had in Rome1. So now, they have just adjust a bit and save a lot of money and time.

I doubt that the current game concept can be successful for many more years. At some point a game concept is very good. Id say that about S2, that game is not perfect,
but in many aspects pretty good. At some point people start to ask, why they should pay again and again for the same thing.

This kind of topic raises ever year at least once. With Warhammer CA finally took over a very old idea of going for a "phantasy TW".
To get some of the old ideas in here.

What about a "Future TW", a WW1 or WW2 TW?

There is a lot left, with the problem of the general idea of this game. I can say, that I saw enough of TW. Its always the same, there is almost never something new.
Its not challenging and since we got online gaming, the KI doesnt matter anymore. I played S2 and after 2 months it was boring like hell and I dont even start with all the bugs...

[AntiCommie]

Personally I'd like to see a WW1 with a lot of tech and research. Start the game around 1880's-1890's with Wilhelm II's come to power. Armies of that time wouldnt have things like tanks or fighters/bombers. Machine guns and other techs could be basic, and in that time there is a lot of what ifs. Can the Germans keep the Russians on their side? Can you bring back the glory of the Ottomans?

Let the game last till 1920s or so. I think the gameplay, tactics, and other changes would be a nice mix for total war. Most of them your units never really change. In empire and rome, you still use the same type of units, but they get better. With a WW1 game, you would start with riflemen, cavalry, and direct fire artillery and end the game with machineguns, armored cars, indirect artillery, tanks, and airpower.

[Lemur]

Looks like we find out tomorrow.

[The Outsider]

Looks like we find out tomorrow.

I sincerly hope that its the total warhammer. Fingers crossed.

[The Outsider]

As it turns out it is Total War Arena. Its seems that it will be an online meeting ground for multiplayer fans. Good for you guys i hope that it will be good.