The ETW Anticipation Thread!

[Polemists]

The H.M.S. Demo sounds like a fine ship,

espically if it had where the date went, the date of when the demo would come out.


H.M.S. Demo
Est:


See CA, I'm giving you leeway, it could either be a demo today or TOMMORROW :P

[Sir Beane]

The H.M.S. Demo sounds like a fine ship,

espically if it had where the date went, the date of when the demo would come out.


H.M.S. Demo
Est:


See CA, I'm giving you leeway, it could either be a demo today or TOMMORROW :P

You're so gracious. I hope it's today though. Certain people are holding me responsible for getting CA to produce something. They keep cracking their knuckles menacingly and making pointed comments about how breakable human bones are. I'm scared.

I really want to play Empire because it will be the first TW game since Medieval that I can play with all the graphical features turned on. V-sync, anti-aliasing, shaders, antistropic filtering, bloom lighting, they all sound so... exotic.

[Polemists]

I am quite gracious, espically since CA is a month late with the game in the first place :P

Heck i'd even settle for

"Hey guys, it's not very polished, but here's a battle demo."

Just something rather then..oh...another month...let me reboot up Rome and MTW2 again....

They are fun games but i'm in mood for newness.

Which of course is why

I

want

a

DEMO

[Sir Beane]

I am quite gracious, espically since CA is a month late with the game in the first place :P

Heck i'd even settle for

"Hey guys, it's not very polished, but here's a battle demo."

Just something rather then..oh...another month...let me reboot up Rome and MTW2 again....

They are fun games but i'm in mood for newness.

Which of course is why

I

want

a

DEMO

We know CA already must have a demo somewhere, because they keep rolling it out for the press to play. I imagine it can't be that difficult to polish up a press demo and then send it out to us.

That leaves us with Britain vs. America or Britian vs. Prussia I think.

[Polemists]

They do have something they show the press, though often companies now to try to get away with,

"Oh that, it's not a demo, that's a small chunk of the full game....and we can't diviy out that chunk even though we have all the files....because....copy and paste is challenging..."


I mean common CA, we all know you are going to be shipping a pre release of the full game at least 2 weeks before release to let the magazine reviewers review the full game before last few tweaks. All i'm asking for is a demo,

THE DEMO

Keep in mind CA, last time you held out on us for a demo it leaked out of your office, i'm just saying, the more anticpated we get, the looser your chances of being the ones to be the heroes who gave the fans the demo become.

Cause if everyone gets it through a leak like last time, it will be like when you released mtw2's demo officially a week and a half later and everyone just went, "Oh...yea....i've been playing that...."

[pevergreen]

Well, the demo of M2TW was very, very slow and had dismounted kings!

Plus it was around 500mb for a game that ended up as 3 or so gig.

Demo for a game thats going to be like 7gig? It wants 10 gig, so im just randomly guessing.

[Sir Beane]

I hope the the ETW demo isn't any bigger than 750mb up to maybe a Gig. After that it will become so huge and slow to download that the actual game will have been released before we get it!

[Monk]

I hope the the ETW demo isn't any bigger than 750mb up to maybe a Gig. After that it will become so huge and slow to download that the actual game will have been released before we get it!

More and more demos these days are 1g+, i could live with a 1.5-2g demo honestly, but anything beyond that and it just becomes crazy.

[pevergreen]

Which is why I fear I will not be able to play the demo. I can't justify using that much quote to my parents

[Wausser]

I want a




DEMO

[Incongruous]

Anyone ever seen Over the hedge? Remember that insane dog?
This is a bit like that but with the word demo instead of play.

[Sir Beane]

I want a




DEMO

Oh good show Wausser! That post shows true commitment to the demo cause, above and beyond the call of duty!

[knoddy]

screw sepcial forces, Collectors Edition all the way! gunna pre order some time this week. i cant afford it, but ill still do it :P

and also i would like to add


DEMO KGO

[Polemists]

Yes, the demo legions grow :)


Well i'm not sure how big the demo will be, but i doubt it will be small, espically if the game is 15 gigs. That's my whole point of releasing it soonish/now.

Yes if you have cable dsl it dosn't matter because you can download the demo in a day, but for those of us on slower speeds (i'm on 512, which dosn't even exsist in most civilized nations :P) it will take a good 3-4 days to download the thing, and then play it a bit.

So that is why

we need


A DEMO

(now would be good)

[Incitatus]

I'm not sure if this is old news or not, but I just found a more or less official confirmation of the future release of a demo. On totalwar.com in the Pre Order section they talk about Steam and the fact that they will distribute the demo:

* Steamworks will support both the retail and electronic versions of Empire: Total War, giving you fast access to game updates and downloadable content, while also connecting to your existing STEAM friends list and messaging tools.
* You can also earn STEAM Achievements in-game, perfect for bragging rights on the rest of your friends list.
* STEAM will also host and distribute the Empire: Total War game demo which will be available on the run-up to release.
* Empire: Total War is also available to Pre Purchase as a digital download from STEAM.

Also, judging by the demo release and full game releases of RTW and M2TW (8/23/04, 9/22/04 & 10/10/06, 11/14/06, respectively), it would appear that the demo comes out pretty much a month before the full game. Given a March 3 release date for Empire, I would be willing to bet that we get a demo in about a week. Is anybody else as optimistic as I am?

[pevergreen]

No, but I will hope for it anyway!

[Megas Methuselah]

OMG, a demo. Imma hope for the best. CA is almost as bad as the EB Team when it comes to unexpected releases/surprises.

[Sir Beane]

I'm not sure if this is old news or not, but I just found a more or less official confirmation of the future release of a demo. On totalwar.com in the Pre Order section they talk about Steam and the fact that they will distribute the demo:


Also, judging by the demo release and full game releases of RTW and M2TW (8/23/04, 9/22/04 & 10/10/06, 11/14/06, respectively), it would appear that the demo comes out pretty much a month before the full game. Given a March 3 release date for Empire, I would be willing to bet that we get a demo in about a week. Is anybody else as optimistic as I am?

Oooh! Nice information Incitatus, good find!

I'm as optimistic as you. I expect we will see a demo in one to two weeks. CA released a demo for the previous two games at that time (like you said) so it makes sense they would do the same now.

[Fisherking]

Oooh! Nice information Incitatus, good find!

I'm as optimistic as you. I expect we will see a demo in one to two weeks. CA released a demo for the previous two games at that time (like you said) so it makes sense they would do the same now.

Yes but, it would seem past your DEAD LINE for getting the demo…

So Sir Beane it could be that you will have to play with broken fingers…

Or perhaps the Camel Lord is generous and will only break a leg…

[Sir Beane]

Yes but, it would seem past your DEAD LINE for getting the demo…

So Sir Beane it could be that you will have to play with broken fingers…

Or perhaps the Camel Lord is generous and will only break a leg…

They posted up a release date within the dead line, surely that counts, right? Right? Oh dear.

The three new screenshots that TosaInu found have really got me stoked for a demo and the main game.

[pevergreen]

Or perhaps the Camel Lord is generous and will only break a leg…

Who said milord martok was in on this? This is amongst Sir Beane and his people.

Sir Beane, may, however be punished for no reason whatsoever.

[Sir Beane]

Who said milord martok was in on this? This is amongst Sir Beane and his people.

Sir Beane, may, however be punished for no reason whatsoever.

Gah! Don't make me use my AM powers on you pever. In addition to being able to move and close threads I can also make your head explode, with my mind. Or have you trampled under a herd of disgruntled bactrian camels. Whichever method works best really.

[pevergreen]

Ah, but you forget Sir Knight, that I have the endless legions of camels as friends. I may not be their masters, but I am the master of their stables...

[Merak]

http://www.totalwar.com/empire/demo/

you can register news about a demo

[Sir Beane]

http://www.totalwar.com/empire/demo/

you can register news about a demo

Nice find Merak! Do you mind if I post this as a seperate thread so that everyone can see it?

[Merak]

nope did not know were to put it

[Sir Beane]

nope did not know were to put it

Thanks!

This is great news. I think now we can expect a demo in 1 - 2 weeks. Huzzah!

[Fisherking]

Cool!

I should have remembered that I had already registered with Sega!

So now there is auto notification!!!

[Sir Beane]

This auto-notification makes me kind of sad. I really wanted to the the first person to post news of the release of the demo here, just to see Polemists reaction. I'll almost certainly be beaten to it now however.

On the plus side we get a demo! So I'll be too busy playing to care.

[pevergreen]

Now the rush is on to see who gets to claim the honour of finishing the download first.