Comments on: Empire Total War: It’s Got Boats In It

By: Pus Filled Sac

Pus Filled Sac — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 16:09:26 +0000

K is correct. If they can equal the gameplay of Shogun and the original Medieval, I’ll play Empire. If it’s a flaccid effort like Rome and Medieval 2, I’ll give it a miss. Rome was an absolute travesty to this series.

By: Doug

Doug — Mon, 14 Jul 2008 15:32:42 +0000

I’m going to roll this game’s box up and put it in my ass. I LOVE THE TOTAL WAR SERIES!!!!!!

By: Serious J

Serious J — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 03:51:33 +0000

@ Binho

TW has been 3D since Rome TW.

They have already stated that wind will play a large part in the naval battles.

By: internisus

internisus — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 23:20:58 +0000

Wow–a CG trailer that I really like!

By: Binho

Binho — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 17:37:35 +0000

I’m looking forward to this with mixed feelings. I love the Total War series, but with the switch to 3D I find they have been going more for the “WOW, COOL” factor than good old ‘realism’.

I’m hoping they actually add wind into the naval combat, and that they make it so sailing in a line of battle, and getting the wind gauge, etc. are good tactics. If they go Hollywood style and just make battles a bunch of ships mashing into each other like Pirates of the Carribean 3, this will be the first Total War game I won’t buy.

By: Shznit

Shznit — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:15:44 +0000

@ Hermes
Install Windows?

I can’t wait for this game, Rome:TW might be the greatest strategy game of all time and I can’t even count the number of hours I spent playing it. And I almost exclusively play FPS, action, and RPG.

By: Hermes

Hermes — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 14:56:47 +0000

I just fired up Shogun, so I am looking forward to this. A shame my Macbook Pro will most likely be unable to handle this in boot camp.

By: Chris Evans

Chris Evans — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:48:21 +0000

While it is the combat that draws some people into the Total War games, for me they are all about the world map >:D

By: Lucky

Lucky — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 11:10:38 +0000

It’s not often that a cinematic trailer gets me this psyched.

By: rob

rob — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:26:43 +0000

The CGI in Medieval II had this almost Thief-like quality to it but this has lost a lot of that style by trying to look more realistic. Honestly from what we’ve seen so far Operation Flashpoint 2 and Empire Total War are the same game just set a few years apart.

By: K

Sat, 12 Jul 2008 10:04:35 +0000

The AI in the Total War games seemed to get progressively worse as the graphics got better. I shall await patches before purchasing this time.

By: Mark-P

Mark-P — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 08:58:33 +0000

Lovely CGI! I’m guessing that’ll be the intro.
I hope they focus on getting some good AI and challenging difficulty on the higher levels, because for all it’s beauty I felt really let down by Medievel 2 in that repsect.