Total War Megathread V.2: "All of Christendom Will be Awed by this Megathread!" - Games

[QUOTE=BadderSanta;37159332]Why do people want a World War Total War game? We are getting Rome 2, and hopefully Medieval 3 in the future. I, for one, am excited as fuck for Rome 2 and eagerly throwing money at my screen at every chance I see more gameplay/features.[/QUOTE] And then Empire 2! Oh and then Napoleon 2! Then Shogun 3! Then Rome 3! Then Medieval 4! Then Empire 3, Napoleon 3..... Where are the new games? Exactly.

And Africa dude, Tribal Warfare.

[QUOTE=Atlascore;37160070]There's plenty of areas left to cover, we don't [i]need[/i] to do a WW1 game, we never will. CA has yet to make a Total War game covering; 1. China, or mainland east Asia, there's plenty of interesting wars and eras a TW game could be based around in these regions 2. Anything involving India (excluding European invasion during the 1800's) 3. Pre-Roman civilizations 4. The Renaissance 5. Mongolian conquests 6. List goes on, I'm too lazy to list the other 5,000,000 times of major conflict throughout human history that don't involve WW1 or WW2 and could easily be made into a TW game or expansion.[/QUOTE] But see, that's the thing. The only "Total War" game that has covered an individual conflict was Napoleon: Total War, which was in essence the first "World War". There aren't that many notable conflicts that could actually be large enough to cover an entire game. Maybe an expansion pack or two, but not a full game.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;37160172]And Africa dude, Tribal Warfare.[/QUOTE] Or an ancient Total war game in prehistory. Completely inaccurate in every way (large scale war never happened back then, as far the fossils show us) but still awesome. Or maybe one that takes place in a fantasy world, or maybe a DLC fir Rome II that adds monsters and things from Greek and Roman Mythology.

China in World war 2 would actually be a really interesting game. Considering how they were using whatever they could scrounge up, they had tanks from lendlease and such, cavalry, they were still using muskets, it would be kinda awesome if handled rightly. A good demonstration of this would be the mount and blade mod for this. [editline]10th August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=BananaFoam;37160317]Or an ancient Total war game in prehistory. Completely inaccurate in every way (large scale war never happened back then, as far the fossils show us) but still awesome. Or maybe one that takes place in a fantasy world, or maybe a DLC fir Rome II that adds [b]monsters and things from Greek and Roman Mythology.[/b][/QUOTE] They kinda already had that. Spartan: Total Warrior. [editline]10th August 2012[/editline] Funny how an RTS company makes a better action beat em up title than most studios.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;37160172]And Africa dude, Tribal Warfare.[/QUOTE] Honestly I think if they used the scramble for Africa it would make for an awesome Total War game. Playing as one of the European powers or as one of the African tribes would be so bad ass.

Honestly, unless it was Empire 2, the quickening; the tribal conquest would be extremely fast and boring. Like, oh man, guys with spears. *Sets up line of breech loaded riflemen and waits for them to charge* [editline]10th August 2012[/editline] It's tricky how it would turn out and they're probably thinking over a lot of things. I trust them to handle Rome 2 and we'll have to see whats next.

[QUOTE=Nikota;37160631]Honestly, unless it was Empire 2, the quickening; the tribal conquest would be extremely fast and boring. Like, oh man, guys with spears. *Sets up line of breech loaded riflemen and waits for them to charge* [/QUOTE] The Zande were never conquered by a European power.

[QUOTE=Nikota;37160430]China in World war 2 would actually be a really interesting game. Considering how they were using whatever they could scrounge up, they had tanks from lendlease and such, cavalry, they were still using muskets, it would be kinda awesome if handled rightly. A good demonstration of this would be the mount and blade mod for this. [editline]10th August 2012[/editline] They kinda already had that. Spartan: Total Warrior. [editline]10th August 2012[/editline] Funny how an RTS company makes a better action beat em up title than most studios.[/QUOTE] I know, I loved Spartan. But it would be kick ass to have a strategy version of it.

[QUOTE=Zillamaster55;37160699]The Zande were never conquered by a European power.[/QUOTE] The Zande were also shitty dentists.

[QUOTE=Nikota;37160855]The Zande were also shitty dentists.[/QUOTE] Who needs teeth anyways!

Err, I'm not sure about african tribe or pre-historian Total War, I'm quite sure they weren't very 'grand', I mean there are some pre-historian stuff I bet was but you wouldn't wanna go as far as to tribal eras.

CA could always pay the Three Kingdoms period a visit. Heck, even an Zulu: Total War might do.

OH GOD, DYNASTY WARRIORS TOTAL WAR. YES. FUCK YES! :v:

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;37161125]Err, I'm not sure about african tribe or pre-historian Total War, I'm quite sure they weren't very 'grand', I mean there are some pre-historian stuff I bet was but you wouldn't wanna go as far as to tribal eras.[/QUOTE] Maybe one that takes place in a fictional past, like Atlantis: Total War Sounds cool to me.

[QUOTE=BananaFoam;37161384]Maybe one that takes place in a fictional past, like Atlantis: Total War Sounds cool to me.[/QUOTE] Atlantis ey? I'm all up for a fictional game, even a fantasy total war type game would be cool. But when we must ask ourselves again, is this really within the Total War principle and will it ever be made as a Total War game? All the TW games in the past and the upcoming one are focused on true historical eras and events,

[QUOTE=MrJazzy;37161418]Atlantis ey? I'm all up for a fictional game, even a fantasy total war type game would be cool. But when we must ask ourselves again, is this really within the Total War principle and will it ever be made as a Total War game? All the TW games in the past and the upcoming one are focused on true historical eras and events,[/QUOTE] Yeah but that doesn't mean they absolutely have to be. maybe we could pitch the idea to CA and see what they think.

because RUSSIA thats why [IMG]http://img821.imageshack.us/img821/5153/russadabest.jpg[/IMG]

[QUOTE=BananaFoam;37152441]Total War dead? Are you serious? Targeting the civilian population, production centers, and other valuable resources (Which is essentially Total War) was rampant in both WWI and WWII. And everybody says "Oh, it's impossible because warfare changed so much" No, a WWI Total War game is not impossible. It would be different, sure, like commanding smaller and more mobile strike units, but it would be unique as a game and you could possibly still keep the massive scale Total War is known for. Besides, it would be nice to employ the different tactics necessary with bolt action rifles and machine guns available, rather than just doing the same old boring "Line up rows of musket men" and other such.[/QUOTE] you'd be clicking "next turn" 30 times till a battle happens and everyone dies from spanish flu.

What the balls are you guys talking about running out of viable interesting historical settings, no tw game has covered 1500-1699 europe or the massive feudal and dynastic wars of ancient china for example

[QUOTE=Webby2020;37159940]And then Empire 2! Oh and then Napoleon 2! Then Shogun 3! Then Rome 3! Then Medieval 4! Then Empire 3, Napoleon 3..... Where are the new games? Exactly.[/QUOTE] wow. 3 sequels out of 8 titles and you start behaving like it's all there ever was.... Do you know how retarded that is? [editline]10th August 2012[/editline] [QUOTE=Virtanen;37163466]What the balls are you guys talking about running out of viable interesting historical settings, no tw game has covered 1500-1699 europe or the massive feudal and dynastic wars of ancient china for example[/QUOTE] I want Denmark: Total War or Kalmar: Total War. Scandinavia is more interesting than people credit it for. It's not just Vikings from 850 to 1066. Before that, Cimbri barged all the way through europe and developed into a massive horde. I don't know why anyone fuck a gives about carthage, when a barbarian horde of 2 million made it almost to rome. Besides. Scandinavian internal conflict pre-1066 was brutal. Violence was very much more pronounced than everywhere else, mostly because it wasn't a tool of cruelty or punishment. It was a means of equality. Justice was vigilante, but socially accepted. There was a norm to follow. Besides. driving it halfway into mythology would be rad, and what mythology is more Total War than Norse?

Cimbri are scary, there is an event in Roma Serrectum II where 7 full stacks just appear on the Italian side of the Alps and start raping Rome.

Anyone know how to disable the floating flags in Medieval II? I can identify my men well enough without them, they're kinda in the way.

[QUOTE=DaysBefore;37164584]Anyone know how to disable the floating flags in Medieval II? I can identify my men well enough without them, they're kinda in the way.[/QUOTE] Pretty sure there's an option in the options menu. And if there isn't, they might not have added that option in Medieval II.

Any must have mods for E:TW?

[QUOTE=The Best;37167809]Any must have mods for E:TW?[/QUOTE] Darthmod, of course, it makes it so much more expanded. Blue and the Grey is a pretty good one, although it's unstable and in the 1860s.

[QUOTE=loopoo;37165025]Pretty sure there's an option in the options menu. And if there isn't, they might not have added that option in Medieval II.[/QUOTE] I did some digging and found an option in the preferences text file. Really annoying when a unit has a company standard bearer and a floating flag, at least for me it is.

[QUOTE=DaysBefore;37167894]I did some digging and found an option in the preferences text file. Really annoying when a unit has a company standard bearer and a floating flag, at least for me it is.[/QUOTE] I'm pretty sure that the option to disable them was in the in-game options menu. No need to jump ahead into preferences now. Also, did anyone else modify the unit multiplier to, like, 3? I play with 3 for Empire and 2.5 for Napoleon, and the battles are amazing. Also, Bomimo, in good sport of the internet argument I will help you out by saying there is a Medieval II mod that takes place in the Viking times. The only issues is that it is taxing on the hardware and unbalanced as fuck, but it can still be fun at times.

So the guys at the [I]Westeros[/I] mod for Medieval II have done a full preview of [url=http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=556320]House Greyjoy[/url]. Looks really good. They also did one for Houses [url=http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=549352]Frey[/url] and [url=http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=527691]Stark[/url], plus a custom [url=http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=550850]King's Landing[/url]. Hopefully it'll be done soon.

Have anyone cracked the files of Empire and Napoleon total war yet making it as moddable as medieval 2? I thought i read somewhere some time ago that a player uncovered something important in the files making way for easier modding or something.