The next game in the total war series?

[Krusader]

Pessimism only prevails because you let it.... We have no idea what the game will be like, why not be optimistic? To me it doesn't make sense to complain about how bad something will be before it even comes out. Seems like wasted energy to be honest.

My pessimism stems from experience. And with hero units, I'm not going to be optimistic either, particularly when one hero is a mythological hero...it could be worse

[WinsingtonIII]

My pessimism stems from experience. And with hero units, I'm not going to be optimistic either, particularly when one hero is a mythological hero...it could be worse

I know it stems from experience. Still's a waste of time though... because all you're doing is putting negative energy into something we know nothing about

I'm not particularly optimistic about the heroes either though, but if Tom Cruise is in, I don't see what could go wrong

EDIT:

On a more serious note though, I just read this on heroes. It seems the ign article was a bit (read as: very) misleading about them and this is how CA actually wants them described

Hero Units: - These are not one man armies that destroy everything that opposes them. These are highly ranked elite units, available at the top of the tech tree who exemplify a mastery of a given martial technique (E.g. sword fighting). They are able to take on other heroes, and are naturally very powerful against groups of enemies but are not invincible game-changers. These figures are also based on true historical accounts of great fighters who founded schools of combat, not myths that take on whole armies and win.

This sounds much better, although I'm still skeptical and I do NOT want this turning into an RPG.

The text is from here by the way.

[Intranetusa]

I'm not particularly optimistic about the heroes either though, but if Tom Cruise is in, I don't see what could go wrong

But Dances with the Last Avatar was such a great movie! It'll at least be as historical as Roman hash-assassin ninjas and flaming pigs in R:TW

This sounds much better, although I'm still skeptical and I do NOT want this turning into an RPG.

"Sparta: Total War" hack n' slash RPG anyone?

[Ludens]

The Shogun 2: Total War forum is up. Let's head there to discuss the possibilities.

[plutoboyz]

Heroes unit? I hope Shogun 2 modder friendly.