New Total War Rumor

[Dumac]

I've been thinking the series has gotten stale and I've lost interest, but then I read "Shogun" and "Asia"...

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

If this is true, I am so happy.

If it turns out to be another western iteration, then I'll pass.

 

[triggerpappy]

Yes a Shogun: Total War would be very cool

Anyone remember the old Koei games like Genghis Khan and Nobanaga's Ambition?

 

[AyashiKaibutsu]

Yes a Shogun: Total War would be very cool

Anyone remember the old Koei games like Genghis Khan and Nobanaga's Ambition?

Or maybe they remember Shogun: Total War?(reads like you don't know there was one sorry if I'm mistaken)

 

[triggerpappy]

Or maybe they remember Shogun: Total War?(reads like you don't know there was one sorry if I'm mistaken)

lol yea i remember it, funny they did medieval 2 before Shogun 2. Its definitely time for an upgrade since its been 10 years.

At least they are staying away from Total War:Modern Combat or Future combat. I do think a fantasy total war would be pretty cool though.

 

[TehMac]

lol yea i remember it, funny they did medieval 2 before Shogun 2. Its definitely time for an upgrade since its been 10 years.

At least they are staying away from Total War:Modern Combat or Future combat. I do think a fantasy total war would be pretty cool though.

The fantasy genre is kind of hit and miss. I like games that imitate a Tolkienesque approach to fantasy--i.e. more of a fictional kind of universe with magic manifest more as a kind of intelligence or super-natural power as opposed to being the everyday thing, but unfortunately this games are incredibly rare, if they exist at all. I liked Dragon Age's initial approach, but the wonky armor and scantily clad babes turned me off. So in short, I wouldn't be a fan of the game unless they approached the fantasy genre from an anthropological and historical paradigm as opposed to "lolmagic + puff puff dragons!"

As it is, I think they'll do a WW1/WW2 Total War before they ever do a fantasy game.

If you're into fantasy strategy, check out Elemental: War of Magic

 

[CrackRabbit]

lol yea i remember it, funny they did medieval 2 before Shogun 2. Its definitely time for an upgrade since its been 10 years.

At least they are staying away from Total War:Modern Combat or Future combat. I do think a fantasy total war would be pretty cool though.

I think if they wanted to they could pull off something like Gettysburg: Total War.
Start in 1800 end in 1900, have the factions of Canada/Great Brittan, New France/Louisiana, the United States, Mexico, and Spain. Map would be the entire North American continent.
Have a few historical campaigns following the Texas Revolution/Mexican-American War and the US Civil War.

 

[minmaster]

yea i really wanted a US civil war game with the new gunpowder engine, it really seemed like the next logical choice but i guess the failures of empire made them just go back to what worked in the past.

 

[BladeVenom]

I'd like to see the next one set in China. Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Total War

 

[Dumac]

scantily clad babes turned me off

-.-

 

[manimal]

And here's your elite unit!

OMG Seeing that picture turned me 5 years old..


The wife in the other room heard me scream "CAPTAIN CAVEMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"

 

[TehMac]

-.-

In a game? Why do they need that? I find that incredibly condescending, and if anything, spoils the atmosphere.

 

[TehMac]

So the time dropped from 1769 to 1751 and then a few hours later to 1744. wtf

The community manager says the timer does not end at 0, so who knows what that means.

Also, they tweeted a haiku (Japanese form of poetry)

"In Spring it roams not. /
Maybe eastern sun rises /
Nor will it show guns"

http://twitter.com/CAGames/status/14912929433

The line "In Spring it roams not." may either allude to no spring release, OR it may refer to the Spring period, a Chinese era of history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_Period

"Maybe eastern sun rises"--this is a reference to Japan which is called "Land of the Rising Sun," but it says "Maybe," so that doesn't tell us much tbh.

"Nor will it show guns." Sounds to me like they're saying no guns for this one. So its either a Shogun 2 in a period earlier than firearms (which is rather odd) OR its an Asia: TW that features an era before firearms were invented.

 

[SPARTAN VI]

Rome II FTW.

I'm still loving Napoleon though.

Rome Rome Rome Rome Rome Rome! The only PC game that's kept me engaged for over 3 years.

Empires was such a let down.

 

[Elcs]

So the time dropped from 1769 to 1751 and then a few hours later to 1744. wtf

The community manager says the timer does not end at 0, so who knows what that means.

Also, they tweeted a haiku (Japanese form of poetry)

"In Spring it roams not. /
Maybe eastern sun rises /
Nor will it show guns"

http://twitter.com/CAGames/status/14912929433

The line "In Spring it roams not." may either allude to no spring release, OR it may refer to the Spring period, a Chinese era of history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_Period

"Maybe eastern sun rises"--this is a reference to Japan which is called "Land of the Rising Sun," but it says "Maybe," so that doesn't tell us much tbh.

"Nor will it show guns." Sounds to me like they're saying no guns for this one. So its either a Shogun 2 in a period earlier than firearms (which is rather odd) OR its an Asia: TW that features an era before firearms were invented.

Nor will it show guns...

Focusing in a little "Nor will it showguns" and "nor will it shoguns". (Show guns could be Shoguns)

I think it probably indicates that it is NOT a Shogun game.

 

[SPARTAN VI]

Looks like Shogun 2: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/55055/Official-Shogun-2-Total-War-Fact-Sheet-Leaks-Out

 

[triggerpappy]

I'd like to see the next one set in China. Romance of the Three Kingdoms: Total War

That would be cool.


As far as Gettysburg it would turn Total War into the old Battlegrounds Series, which might not be a bad thing.

 

[triggerpappy]

Looks like Shogun 2: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/55055/Official-Shogun-2-Total-War-Fact-Sheet-Leaks-Out

Hurray!

 

[Yeem]

Looks like Shogun 2: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/55055/Official-Shogun-2-Total-War-Fact-Sheet-Leaks-Out

If I was a woman I'd be moist.

 

[Dumac]

In a game? Why do they need that? I find that incredibly condescending, and if anything, spoils the atmosphere.

Like there aren't scantily clad babes in real life...

It adds to the atmosphere, as it adds realism. What kind of hero would travel around with a chick for months and not end up banging her?

 

[Gibsons]

The fantasy genre is kind of hit and miss. I like games that imitate a Tolkienesque approach to fantasy--i.e. more of a fictional kind of universe with magic manifest more as a kind of intelligence or super-natural power as opposed to being the everyday thing, but unfortunately this games are incredibly rare, if they exist at all. I liked Dragon Age's initial approach, but the wonky armor and scantily clad babes turned me off. So in short, I wouldn't be a fan of the game unless they approached the fantasy genre from an anthropological and historical paradigm as opposed to "lolmagic + puff puff dragons!"

As it is, I think they'll do a WW1/WW2 Total War before they ever do a fantasy game.

If you're into fantasy strategy, check out Elemental: War of Magic

Seems like there are hardly any WWI games. I guess combat was a little too one dimensional.

 

[ayabe]

Hurray!

+20 this is great.

Melee with the new engine should be fantastic. Can't wait to re-enact the final battle of Ran.

 

[TehMac]

Looks like Shogun 2: http://ve3d.ign.com/articles/news/55055/Official-Shogun-2-Total-War-Fact-Sheet-Leaks-Out

Interesting that IGN hints at it, and that Turkish magazine is a big fan of Creative Assembly's, but the mods at Total War think its fake...the non-CA mods of course. I'm not sure what to make of it. They built that warscape engine for naval combat, and if its just Shoguns, then they wasted about 4 years of development.

 

[Bateluer]

I'd glad its Shogun 2 instead of Civil War, WW1, WW2, fantasy, or some other lame fantasy product. It'd be the first TW game I didn't buy if it had been.

 

[crownjules]

If you're into fantasy strategy, check out Elemental: War of Magic

Also, King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame. It's basically Total War with your general units able to wield some magical powers. And later in the game you start getting and fighting Fey units. It follows a linear plot and you're basically railroaded into attacking/conquering territories in a set path to progress through the game.

 

[TehMac]

Hey guys, the ve3d, may not actually be able to confirm if it is Shogun 2--why would CA have released that tweet saying "nor show guns"--THINK, 16th century Japan has no guns.

However, someone brought up the fact that there is no shogun, the goal is to become the shogun. So who knows. This is kind of retarded, but I think we'll find out June 3rd when PC Gamer UK has a story on it.