Comments on: Total War: The Campaign Map

By: Esteban and Gil (Heel)

Esteban and Gil (Heel) — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 00:20:24 +0000

This looks amazing, unfortunatley it won’t be out b4 christmas so I can’t get it until my B-day, amazing graphics anf finally we get to go the the americas, AOE was getting boring when there was no turned based campaign.

By: Mo

Mo — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 17:29:55 +0000

My problem with every Total War after Shogun was that they all lacked the awesome amount of atmosphere that Shogun had. Because the setting was so small/concentrated, the “Feudal Japan” atmosphere was very strong in Shogun.

By: MetalCircus

MetalCircus — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:49:00 +0000

French revolution?

I’M SOLD!

This game really appeals to the history nerd in me i think.

By: Ginger Yellow

Ginger Yellow — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:14:02 +0000

Aren’t these star forts just going to replicate the siege problem with Mediaeval 2? I thought the whole point of moving buildings/resources out of the cities was to reduce the proportion of sieges.

By: Dood

Dood — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:12:53 +0000

“increased depth”? I’m amazed!

By: jonfitt

jonfitt — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:06:29 +0000

The campaign does look better, with each successive game it has gained depth and strategic options.

However, I find myself doing less and less of what I really liked about TW, which is fighting epic battles. The campaign map gives a battle significance, but I find myself thinking “I need to get this siege over with so I can move on to my next target.”

By: Duke

Duke — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:57:17 +0000

Yes! At last Sweden shall rule the world!

By: ohnoabear

ohnoabear — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:15:51 +0000

I’ve not played a Total War game since the original Shogun, but this sounds a bit like Europa Universalis with real time combat. Can anyone who’s played the more recent versions tell me if it’s got at least a fraction of EU’s depth?

By: Poita

Poita — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 14:02:55 +0000

I’m still playing RTW. Just the battles not the campaign which made me dizzy with all the clicking.
I really love the drama and challeng of historical battles in single player but they never do enough, just handful. I hope they have loads.

I agree about the wall collapse. Looks no better than RTW castle walls collapsing.

By: Bema

Bema — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:04:36 +0000

The units on the map look a tad boring. They better have some animations even when they’re stationary.

Otherwise, my longing for this game has just doubled! Let’s hope it’s better than Medieval II.

By: Mystic Smeg

Mystic Smeg — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 12:07:58 +0000

I hope there will be the ability to win via non-military means, its previously got rather unbelievable and very boring very quickly steamrolling across the map.

By: Morte

Morte — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 11:34:54 +0000

With the emphasis on agents and resources, I hope they make them better this time. They were the weakest link in Rome Total War and for Medieval 2 they made them more numerous rather than better, which reduced the overall quality of the game.

I also hope we see a bit less of the “you need a city of 12000 people before you can set fire to pigs to scare elephants” school of design.

Heck, I just hope they make it moddable. I’ve always found Total War conversion mods way more satisfying than the original games.