The next game in the total war series?

[lionhard]

Let's hope that the next TW won't be the American Civil War, but one that players from around the world know something about and is interesting for all.

Im with ya their.

Lets hope its rome 2, its 1 of the few games i can actually play on a daily basis

[ziegenpeter]

Also, they'd probably whitewash the hell out of the more recent stuff, like removing all the swastikas from German uniforms or some such crap.

You mean "some such"

@Topic: Well I guess they already showed that they are not afraid of an using the same time period with mtw2, and I think rtw2 is a good guess. But I wonder were the TW game after that or the add-on would go. Since the next game(rtw2) would be "revolution" and the one after that "evolution". They wouldn't recycle BI.

Another guess would be "RenaissanceTW" with the possibility of "30 years of total war" as successor.

[antisocialmunky]

Hopefully Not-Suck-On-Release:Total War.

[Skullheadhq]

Hopefully Not-Suck-On-Release:Total War.

I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you...
Whatever the new TW is, I won't be buying it before the third patch.

[Cute Wolf]

I'm afraid I'll have to disappoint you...
Whatever the new TW is, I won't be buying it before the third patch.

pretty much true for the empire... even they are still suck until now...

and false for Napoleon....

[Brennus]

One problem that no one seems to have raised so far with a TW set in the 20th Century is how on earth you include aircraft. IMHO I would love to see a Dark Age total War 476AD-1084AD with a map on the same scale as EB or Imperial Total War, set in the 19th Century, purely for the sake of fighting with pre-dreadnoughts.

[WinsingtonIII]

Let's hope that the next TW won't be the American Civil War, but one that players from around the world know something about and is interesting for all.

If they do this time period, I doubt it would only cover the American Civil War (keep in mind that would mean two playable factions total...). You could have a variety of smaller campaigns in this time period, including the American Civil War, The Crimean War, The Franco-Prussian War, maybe even the Austro-Prussian War (or perhaps a German unification campaign in general); or a South African campaign focusing on the Anglo-Zulu War and the subsequent Boer Wars. This is why, in my opinion, if they do this period, it will be a "Kingdoms" type expansion to Napoleon, not a full-fledged game.

[seriousbusiness]

I would be satisfied with a 19th century TW. An era of colonisation and progress, punctuated by a couple of wars that threatened to become very serious (eg. German/Italian unifications, 1848 revolutions, US civil war - which was really bloody, Franco-Prussian war, Crimean). Making the most of Britain's hegenomy and the uneasy peace.

I'd also like a 16th-17th century renaissance/reformation one, covering the Spanish/habsburg hegenomy and some of the craziness that meant (incl 30th years war, Dutch revolt, Louis XIV, Ottoman wars, expanding trade etc etc)

WW1 would be good but tricky to pull off. It was in fact the first genuinely 'total' war (although the revolutionary, napoleonic, crimean and US civil wars all had some similar features). I would rather some delay in producing it. It would be much better on more advanced future hardware IMO to get the full feeling of just how grotesque and godawful the whole thing was

A dark age/Charlemagne/Byzantine/early medieval total war would be great. That period has been sorely overlooked so far.

Lastly, but not least, Rome II would be hugely welcome, I am sure (provided it is easily moddable! that's what makes the TW series truly great!)

[Brennus]

How about... now bear with me. Legionary: Total Warrior.

You, a young lad of recruitable age, follow through the career path of a Roman legionary in one of the periods of Roman history. As you go along you need to make careful choices about your career path and depending on what you do depends affects you end up in the Legion, either as a Centurion in the infantry, a cavalryman, part of the artillery team or dead. Unlike Spartan Total Warrior the game would be historically accurate and would require you to perfect the everyday routines and combat skills of a legionary. Depending on when the game is set alters the ending of the game. For example if it is set in the Second Punic Wars the game ends with you victorious as Cannae or if it is set during the reign of Trajan you finish the game in Dacia.

How does that sound?

[Cute Wolf]

How about... now bear with me. Legionary: Total Warrior.

You, a young lad of recruitable age, follow through the career path of a Roman legionary in one of the periods of Roman history. As you go along you need to make careful choices about your career path and depending on what you do depends affects you end up in the Legion, either as a Centurion in the infantry, a cavalryman, part of the artillery team or dead. Unlike Spartan Total Warrior the game would be historically accurate and would require you to perfect the everyday routines and combat skills of a legionary. Depending on when the game is set alters the ending of the game. For example if it is set in the Second Punic Wars the game ends with you victorious as Cannae or if it is set during the reign of Trajan you finish the game in Dacia.

How does that sound?

Sounds good, but it will be better in late republic if you start as young patrician eqvites first, you can try to got popular support by down to earth, dismounting when in a battle, fought shoulders to shoulders with your comrades, and end up being a popular general, or fed up your honour, fought at the horseback, promoted to command ranks, and grows to be feared leader, that planned all the fight behind his desks, and leave the dirty jobs to your lesser men...

[Fluvius Camillus]

Sounds good, but it will be better in late republic if you start as young patrician eqvites first, you can try to got popular support by down to earth, dismounting when in a battle, fought shoulders to shoulders with your comrades, and end up being a popular general, or fed up your honour, fought at the horseback, promoted to command ranks, and grows to be feared leader, that planned all the fight behind his desks, and leave the dirty jobs to your lesser men...

What about the crisis of the third century? You could support the ruling emperor or decide to try your luck with a self-proclaimed emperor.

~Fluvius

[Badass Buddha]

It's funny to see how so many people claims that their country is filled with unprecedented glory and history, even more when nobody knows about it, they claim that they've been forgoten by historian, but when it comes to America they couldn't care less! Makes me laugh...

That's because compared to all of you Eurasians, we've barely done anything, and what we have done usually isn't nearly as cool. Deep down, we're all ashamed, so we try to make ourselves feel better and cover our feelings of inadequacy by yelling "'MER'CA, YEAH!" and making stuff up.

Concerning the US Civil War, I wouldn't even give it an expansion pack, because if it had been competently waged by the north early on, it would have been over very quickly, and a skilled player would be able to beat the game as either side in 5 turns by exploiting the other side's weaknesses. (For those of you unfamiliar with the US Civil War, the Union (north) had an advantage in manpower and resources, while the Confederacy (south) had superior officers and soldiers). I can see a game taking place in that rough time period though (Crimean to Franco-Prussian wars).

Concerning the use of air strikes in a Total War game, I think it could be implemented by getting whatever planes you had in waves, each coming at a fixed interval during the battle, and have them do a strafing/bombing/supply run or what have you before leaving.

Concerning a game where you play as a foot soldier, I can only imagine that working as someone in a society where they didn't fight in ranks, because otherwise you'd just be standing there in a line button mashing, which I think would get old very quickly (Unless we cast realism to the winds and do it Dynasty Warriors style).

[Apázlinemjó]

Or a totally new game. Women Total War, the whole game would be about half-nude chicks fighting in the mud.

[vartan]

Or a totally new game. Women Total War, the whole game would be about half-nude chicks fighting in the mud.

That should be one of the poll options.

[Finn MacCumhail]

How about... now bear with me. Legionary: Total Warrior.

You, a young lad of recruitable age, follow through the career path of a Roman legionary in one of the periods of Roman history. As you go along you need to make careful choices about your career path and depending on what you do depends affects you end up in the Legion, either as a Centurion in the infantry, a cavalryman, part of the artillery team or dead. Unlike Spartan Total Warrior the game would be historically accurate and would require you to perfect the everyday routines and combat skills of a legionary. Depending on when the game is set alters the ending of the game. For example if it is set in the Second Punic Wars the game ends with you victorious as Cannae or if it is set during the reign of Trajan you finish the game in Dacia.

How does that sound?

Then you need Mount and Blade and some Roman mod

[coordinator0]

Personally I would like to see a Total War game based in the Far East. Not necessarily a Shogun II Total War game, but one more focused on China and the surrounding areas.

[Ionotkoiamor Not Suelisabmys]

How about one based on Ancient Greece? Perhaps starting at the end of the Persian Wars....ending upon the death of Alexander?

[plutoboyz]

I really hope it was India Total War or Polynesian Total war or Nomad Total War.

[antisocialmunky]

I really hope it was India Total War or Polynesian Total war or Nomad Total War.

Imagine the naval battles!!!!

[plutoboyz]

Imagine the naval battles!!!!

Yeah!

[Skullheadhq]

How about... now bear with me. Legionary: Total Warrior.

You, a young lad of recruitable age, follow through the career path of a Roman legionary in one of the periods of Roman history. As you go along you need to make careful choices about your career path and depending on what you do depends affects you end up in the Legion, either as a Centurion in the infantry, a cavalryman, part of the artillery team or dead. Unlike Spartan Total Warrior the game would be historically accurate and would require you to perfect the everyday routines and combat skills of a legionary. Depending on when the game is set alters the ending of the game. For example if it is set in the Second Punic Wars the game ends with you victorious as Cannae or if it is set during the reign of Trajan you finish the game in Dacia.

How does that sound?

We're still talking about TW, right?

[Badass Buddha]

Three Kingdoms: Total War would kick ass.

[Hannibal Khan the Great]

How about Mongol: Total War? (Or maybe to extend its timespan, an Altai: Total War starting with the Huns and ending with Siberia getting conquistador'd by Russia and their gulay-gorods)

[Paltmull]

Or a totally new game. Women Total War, the whole game would be about half-nude chicks fighting in the mud.

[antisocialmunky]

How about DLC: Total War?

[Zradha Pahlavan]

World War 1, anyone? Or maybe Assyria Total War?
Those are both historical periods that are sadly neglected...

[Fluvius Camillus]

World War 1, anyone? Or maybe Assyria Total War?
Those are both historical periods that are sadly neglected...

As there has been said earlier, how will you implement the long distance artillery, the trenches and the dawn of war aviation.

U-Boats would be nice though!

~Fluvius

[Zradha Pahlavan]

As there has been said earlier, how will you implement the long distance artillery, the trenches and the dawn of war aviation.

Increase the size of the battlefield and allow trenches to be built on the strategic map like forts? Aircraft as reinforcements?
I don't know, I bet something could be worked out.

[Skullheadhq]

We need a game like Company of Heroes but then WWI, that would actually be a much better platform for it, and why didn't someone else came up with this for a CoH mod :(

[ComteTallaFerroXIV]

What about a Warlords: Total war, about the warlords fighting in china.