The next game in the total war series?

[mountaingoat]

sandbox total war ... just have the basic game layout with a world map .. a selection of troops from all regions spanning from x time period ... and leave it fully open to mod .. let the players make their own tw games =P

[vartan]

sandbox total war ... just have the basic game layout with a world map .. a selection of troops from all regions spanning from x time period ... and leave it fully open to mod .. let the players make their own tw games =P

That's like asking for Jenna Jameson. It ain't gonn' happen, no siree.

[Starforge]

How about "we fired half the graphic artists and hired programmers to make better AI, diplomacy, and gameplay" Total War. I'd buy that game. Unfortunately, CA seems to be going through a gaming mid-life crisis. The games get prettier and more stupid with each release.

Seriouslly, though:

Mid 1800's or less (preferably much less in my case - Rome, Greece, Assyria, China, etc. would be my preference.)
Slower, not sped up gameplay. Take the turns to months or less rather than seasons or more. (I guess that's the city building gamer in me talking probably.)
Better AI, etc. as mentioned above, but I know that's still a pipe dream for the foreseeable future. Far riskier and harder to do than making it look pretty.

[vartan]

How about "we fired half the graphic artists and hired programmers to make better AI, diplomacy, and gameplay" Total War. I'd buy that game. Unfortunately, CA seems to be going through a gaming mid-life crisis. The games get prettier and more stupid with each release.

Seriouslly, though:

Mid 1800's or less (preferably much less in my case - Rome, Greece, Assyria, China, etc. would be my preference.)
Slower, not sped up gameplay. Take the turns to months or less rather than seasons or more. (I guess that's the city building gamer in me talking probably.)
Better AI, etc. as mentioned above, but I know that's still a pipe dream for the foreseeable future. Far riskier and harder to do than making it look pretty.

You sound like you need an overdose of Civ V.

[Starforge]

You sound like you need an overdose of Civ V.

I was hoping to finish up Civ IV rehab before it is released :).

Though, to me, the 2 games are only similar at a superficial level. While it would be nice to take the combat from RTW and the Civ building from the civ games, Civ would have to be redesigned in quite a few ways to make that work well IMO. The campaign map in TW seems like it could be updated easier without having to change the core of the game as much. Unfortunately, without changes, that leaves less than stellar combat from Civ and less than stellar campaign maps from TW. I'm not convinced the combat changes in Civ 5 will be 'better' but looking forward to it nonetheless.