Would you buy NTW

[Alsatia]

Just an opinion thread. See how people here see things.

Yes, i'll camp outside the store for a week if I have to
Hysterical, can't get to sleep etc.

Yes, but i'll wait for the price to drop and read good reviews
Would buy, but slightly cautious and waiting.

Undecided, I'll see how it goes
Waiting for the time to reveal itself.

No, Empire is rubbish, I ain't buying this.
Would refrain from buying from NTW because of ETW etc.

CA has burned me for the last time!
Hmmm..... (grabs torch, and starts an angry mob)

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[Ja'chyra]

I voted no, not because ETW is rubbish but because I don't want another gunpowder age game, I prefer swords and spears.

[Stiboo]

I voted to camp outside a store...as i've never done anything like that before!

But really, I've been 'gaming' for 25 years, and still can't think of a single decent Napoleonic game that had battles and campaigns.

changing one of Churchill's qoutes -

" ETW is the worst battle/campaign game ever made - apart from all others ever! "

What other game have we got to look forward to...?

Just enjoy what we have!



ps - in all the months i've been playing ETW i've never has a single CTD !!!! What do some of you guys do to your PCs?!

[Tsavong]

Well I enjoy Empire so ill probably buy this, may be not as soon as it comes out but at some point.

[Alsatia]

I'm undecided, but I'm tempted to do the below.


(Not exactly ETW, but you get my point)

[NagatsukaShumi]

Yes I will buy it, I still hark back to the days of MTWI but alas they are gone, but TWs always fill those smaller gaps I have now for gaming and I tend to enjoy playing them even if they are buggy at times.

I will buy it, its only £20-30 which is a night out (actually probably cheaper) anyways.

[pevergreen]

Maybe. Thats all I can say.

If it was Rome 2. Sure.

[Beskar]

I will only buy N:TW on release if these conditions are met:

1) They release and provide the content that was promised in E:TW and they failed to deliver.
2) They fix the bugs and the diplomacy in E:TW.
3) N:TW either retrofits E:TW/Expansion.

If the first two are done, I will buy it in a Steam deal or similar.

If one or none are done. I will wait till there is a clear sign N:TW is actually a good game and if so, I might consider it in the future when it is really cheap.

[Durallan]

I voted to camp outside a store...as i've never done anything like that before!

But really, I've been 'gaming' for 25 years, and still can't think of a single decent Napoleonic game that had battles and campaigns.

. . .

ps - in all the months i've been playing ETW i've never has a single CTD !!!! What do some of you guys do to your PCs?!

We Install Microsoft Windows on it.

I agree with Beskar, I won't be buying it unless the AI is fixed. If they charge Full price game for it, I will laugh and wait till it is really cheap. Full price for it would be a joke surely

[Beskar]

Being honest, E:TW sits there, and I want to play it, however, when I begin to boot it up, the memories of just random DoW's from allies and other things, just come flooding back and I just turn it off, as I just don't want to play that.

Then there is the fact there is masses of content missing from the game, just like the campaign mode, the developer kits and other things.

[Krusader]

No.

CA isn't making the games I want to play anymore, so I won't buy them.
Easy as that. Shame there is no competition though.

[Claudio]

I'd buy it only if CA patch this game up to what we were promised, which is a magnificent AI that will blow us all away. If they don't, i won't buy it, nor will i buy any other TW games in the future.

[edyzmedieval]

Noup. Not the period for me and plus ETW was the one of the biggest game dissapointments I had since I started gaming (in 1997).

I'm sorry CA, I guess Medieval 2 Total War was the last TW game I'll ever purchase.

[Beskar]

You mean... Shogun?!?

[loony]

To everyone else in the angry mob: I'M BRINGIN THE GASOLINE!!!

[Durallan]

Being honest, E:TW sits there, and I want to play it, however, when I begin to boot it up, the memories of just random DoW's from allies and other things, just come flooding back and I just turn it off, as I just don't want to play that.

Then there is the fact there is masses of content missing from the game, just like the campaign mode, the developer kits and other things.

hear hear

[Ethelred Unread]

I'll get in on release day, prolly through steam.

CA must love mugs like me, but I'm addicted, and have been since MTW1

Should add that I like the challenges of always being at war, and also have had hardly any CTDs so I'm a bit biased!

[Husar]

Being honest, E:TW sits there, and I want to play it, however, when I begin to boot it up, the memories of just random DoW's from allies and other things, just come flooding back and I just turn it off, as I just don't want to play that.

That's exactly what happens to me, I'm a step further now and usually don't start it in the first place...

If it stays that way, there#s no way I'm going to buy NTW, if they fix it, there's a very small chance for ETW, but I skipped Alexander as well and I'm not a big Napoleon fan, so...

[edyzmedieval]

You mean... Shogun?!?

I actually started off with Need for Speed 1.
I only found out about Shogun: Total War on Christmas 2000.

[vicsrealms]

They can't even get Empire Total War working correctly. It went from a bug filled game at start up to an even buggier game now. Unless NTW somehow changes ETW so that its actually an enjoyable game, then I might think about it. Right now, I just don't have the stomach to drop $50 dollars on a game that I can't enjoy. Especially with a lot of other games coming out in the next few months that actually are worth buying.

[caravel]

They can't even get Empire Total War working correctly. It went from a bug filled game at start up to an even buggier game now. Unless NTW somehow changes ETW so that its actually an enjoyable game, then I might think about it. Right now, I just don't have the stomach to drop $50 dollars on a game that I can't enjoy. Especially with a lot of other games coming out in the next few months that actually are worth buying.

NTW is being released as a stand alone title. This is an unusual departure from the usual add on expansions of past releases and could point to the plug being pulled on ETW updates sooner than has been the norm with other TW games.

Usually an expansion is released and the orginal game benefits from the patching, for example M2TW was updated to function correctly with Kingdoms. As NTW is to be a standalone game, then this could mean that ETW updates will be frozen once NTW is released. This is going by past trends where the previous title was never patched once a new release was out.

Some clarification from the CA on this one would be good? i.e. is NTW going to be a stand alone expansion, that is to say a derivative of ETW rather than whole new game in it's own right, and will ETW continue to be patched once NTW is released?

[Fisherking]

I don't know yet. Is it going to be just a fouled up as ETW?

Not only that, but it is very much a new game. I find it hard to get all excited for it while I still struggle with ETW.

From what is released about it so far, it doesn't sound like it has a great deal of depth. I doubt there will be very many playable factions to oppose Bonaparte anyway.

[econ21]

From what is released about it so far, it doesn't sound like it has a great deal of depth. I doubt there will be very many playable factions to oppose Bonaparte anyway.

Lusted has said there is going to be a grand campaign mode, so that implies a decent number of playable factions. At a minimum, I would expect England, Austria, Prussia and Russia to be playable to oppose France. To be honest, any more than that seems a little ahistorical - they were the major players at the time. (Spain was something of a sick man of Europe.)

[Northnovas]

NTW is really the game era I am looking for and would be very interested. However, I must admit I have played little ETW other then the intro scenarios. There have been a lot of games covering the era and the best before computers was Avalon Hill War and Peace especially multiplayer, that means 6 people meeting at one location to play. As for computer I was very impressed War and Peace game from 2002.

http://www.microids.com/en/catalogue...1796-1815.html

A very intense game almost too much going on but the graphics for the time were excellent and the land battles could be intense. Very similar for the TW game engine. Unfortunately I can't run it anymore because I would definitely give it another try.

Will I buy NTW most likely but not on release I have already learned my lesson. It's taken a couple times.

[AussieGiant]

I will buy it as the period is something I studied for a few years.

I'm interested to see how they create it.

[Nelson]

I voted yes but I never camp outside stores or pre-order. I'll pick it up as soon as it's convenient.

[Monsieur Louris]

I'm sorry to say this as I'm a Total War veteran from the days of Shogun, but NTW is definately out of my plans for a number of reasons.

[Didz]

Like most people here I am a TW veteran and own every game in the series except Spartan.

However, ETW is the last time I will pre-order and put my trust in CA's integrity as a designer of historical strategy games. They basically burned all their credit with me by their complete lack of appreciation of 18th century history and warfare.

I suspect that NTW is going to be as bad, if not worse, so as far as I'm concerned my money is going to stay in my wallet until I am assured by other players that this time they got the period right and that the game functions as a historical strategy game set in the period advertised.

[Monsieur Louris]

Allow me to be a little blunt here...

'Lusted said' doesn't hold much water after ETW's fiasco. Mr Lusted can say whatever he wants but I don't believe him or any trailers, teasers, screenshots, videos or statements.

[Skott]

Undecided. I havent read much about it to be honest. Not really excited or much interested at this point. That could change however in time.