Napoleon Total War. I believe it's out. No excitement here?

Raptor1 · 02-19-10, 05:24 AM

It's not out yet...

Lionclaw · 02-19-10, 07:07 AM

After the problems with ETW, ctd's and such. And the announcment of Napoleon Total War so soon after the release of ETW despite the problems with it... No thanks.

And if they could fix the bloody mouse issues with nVidia 8000 and later graphic cards that plague Shogun Total War and Medieval Total War. Both are still sold in Total War Eras.

None of their titles come close to the quality of Medieval (1): Total War!! It's so good it doesn't really need modding either, but mods made it even better!

Rome Total War comes in second but MTW is still the best.

Arclight · 02-19-10, 10:18 AM

Have had enough of rifles to be honest, much prefer the melee in Rome, Med2 was mostly melee as well.

NTW seems more like an expansion or mod for ETW to me, but we'll see.

NeonSamurai · 02-19-10, 10:52 AM

In its day Shogun total war was a top notch game.

HunterICX · 02-19-10, 12:42 PM

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

In its day Shogun total war was a top notch game.

Good times...

NTW, I won't be getting it that soon...learning from ETW patching and gamebreaking bugs it gave me I wait a little while before I purchase.

HunterICX

Iron Budokan · 03-08-10, 11:05 AM

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

In its day Shogun total war was a top notch game.

By far it was my favorite. I wish they would remake it.

Lionclaw · 03-08-10, 11:36 AM

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Originally Posted by Iron Budokan

By far it was my favorite. I wish they would remake it.

I wish they could release a fix for the mouse issues in battles with Nvidia 8000-series and newer graphics cards. I mean, SEGA are still selling Shogun Total War. And it doesn't say anything about the problems.

The same problem plagues Medieval Total War.

Big publishers are bad...

These problems have been known for a few years now, yet no fix!

Nvidia doesn't seem to care either.

stabiz · 02-19-10, 05:22 PM

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Originally Posted by Arclight

Have had enough of rifles to be honest, much prefer the melee in Rome, Med2 was mostly melee as well.

Me too! Bring back swords, axes, spears and above all else: bows. I fear we wont see that though, as they will probably try to develop their new ballistic system.

Rome: Total War 2, its all I need.

Castout · 02-19-10, 06:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Raptor1

It's not out yet...

Hmm then the IGN video title is quite misleading

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Originally Posted by NeonSamurai

In its day Shogun total war was a top notch game.

Agree to me Shogun was the best of them all. I look forward to Shogun II Total War in fact. I hope they would decide to make it.

@HunterICX
Well as for empire I never had a CTD with it since the first day it came out but by the time the game was available here there were already several patches so I would not know best.

The only gripe I have is the poor battle AI. Scale wise I think Empire is probably the biggest Total War game there is if you consider that it allows you to play the naval portion of the battle. Of course CA took some shortcuts too so all nations have the same kind of ships with exactly the same stats and more or less the same too with the army.

Task Force · 02-19-10, 06:39 PM

Hmm... empire, could have been better... Didnt like that it didnt have the asian theatre, would have made the campaign last Much longer, and actualy made Invadeing russia more difficult... Also other things, every unit looked the same, prussian line infantry, austrian line infantry, ect had the Same model just colored different, Anouther thing... THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME, I am pretty sure out of 100 divisions, some looked different than the rest... I also felt that the naval warfare was a load of bull in stock. Plus the fact some regions were just too damned big, France for example you take over paris, you got the whole thing... I would think france should be in about 5 regions, northern, eastern, center, west, and south... make things abit more difficult...

02-19-10, 07:10 PM

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Three new episodic campaigns — Take command and lead your armies on land and sea over three campaigns: Italy, Egypt and Mastery of Europe. The seamless mix of objective-based missions and sandbox experience makes this the most complete Total War experience to date.

N:TW looks like crap to me.

iambecomelife · 02-21-10, 06:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Castout

Hmm then the IGN video title is quite misleading

Agree to me Shogun was the best of them all. I look forward to Shogun II Total War in fact. I hope they would decide to make it.

@HunterICX
Well as for empire I never had a CTD with it since the first day it came out but by the time the game was available here there were already several patches so I would not know best.

The only gripe I have is the poor battle AI. Scale wise I think Empire is probably the biggest Total War game there is if you consider that it allows you to play the naval portion of the battle. Of course CA took some shortcuts too so all nations have the same kind of ships with exactly the same stats and more or less the same too with the army.

I highly recommend DarthMod if you haven't tried it out yet. I downloaded it about a week ago and some of the computer's tactics have been downright crafty. Even if you have over 2:1 superiority you often suffer heavy losses.

Kresge · 02-21-10, 07:47 PM

Still deciding if I'm going buy Napoleon Tuesday or wait a bit. I'm seriously involved in Empire right now. I've been enjoying that there are so many different ways to play the game, even in combat you can try totally different strategies.

Task Force · 02-21-10, 07:59 PM

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Originally Posted by iambecomelife

I highly recommend DarthMod if you haven't tried it out yet. I downloaded it about a week ago and some of the computer's tactics have been downright crafty. Even if you have over 2:1 superiority you often suffer heavy losses.

Lol, yes, I know that feeling... Definantly more difficult...

Nice haveing larger units too...

Castout · 02-23-10, 05:06 AM

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Originally Posted by iambecomelife

I highly recommend DarthMod if you haven't tried it out yet. I downloaded it about a week ago and some of the computer's tactics have been downright crafty. Even if you have over 2:1 superiority you often suffer heavy losses.

Well I can't access twcenter to get my hands on any mod there. I believe I'm blocked that is they got my MAC address and they use that to block me. It may not necessarily be twcenter itself but the congent something(ISP).

02-19-10, 05:24 AM	#1
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02-19-10, 10:18 AM	#3
Arclight Navy Seal Join Date: Jun 2008 Location: Land of windmills, tulips, wooden shoes and cheese. Lots of cheese. Posts: 8,467 Downloads: 53 Uploads: 10	Have had enough of rifles to be honest, much prefer the melee in Rome, Med2 was mostly melee as well. NTW seems more like an expansion or mod for ETW to me, but we'll see. __________________ Contritium praecedit superbia.

02-19-10, 10:52 AM	#4
NeonSamurai Ocean Warrior Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Socialist Republic of Kanadia Posts: 3,044 Downloads: 25 Uploads: 0	In its day Shogun total war was a top notch game. __________________ SH3 Newbie Guide Links and other helpfull stuff

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Task Force Rear Admiral Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: SPACE!!!! Posts: 10,142 Downloads: 85 Uploads: 0	Hmm... empire, could have been better... Didnt like that it didnt have the asian theatre, would have made the campaign last Much longer, and actualy made Invadeing russia more difficult... Also other things, every unit looked the same, prussian line infantry, austrian line infantry, ect had the Same model just colored different, Anouther thing... THEY ALL LOOK THE SAME, I am pretty sure out of 100 divisions, some looked different than the rest... I also felt that the naval warfare was a load of bull in stock. Plus the fact some regions were just too damned big, France for example you take over paris, you got the whole thing... I would think france should be in about 5 regions, northern, eastern, center, west, and south... make things abit more difficult... __________________ Task Force industries "Taking control of the world, one mind at a time"

02-21-10, 07:47 PM	#13
Kresge Engineer Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: The Motor City Posts: 209 Downloads: 4 Uploads: 0	Still deciding if I'm going buy Napoleon Tuesday or wait a bit. I'm seriously involved in Empire right now. I've been enjoying that there are so many different ways to play the game, even in combat you can try totally different strategies. __________________ ". . . sailors do not fancy living underwater without breathing in sunshine occasionally." Commodore Joseph Smith commenting on the USS Monitor

02-19-10, 07:07 AM	#2
Lionclaw Ace of the Deep Join Date: Dec 2003 Posts: 1,006 Downloads: 5 Uploads: 0	After the problems with ETW, ctd's and such. And the announcment of Napoleon Total War so soon after the release of ETW despite the problems with it... No thanks. And if they could fix the bloody mouse issues with nVidia 8000 and later graphic cards that plague Shogun Total War and Medieval Total War. Both are still sold in Total War Eras. None of their titles come close to the quality of Medieval (1): Total War!! It's so good it doesn't really need modding either, but mods made it even better! Rome Total War comes in second but MTW is still the best.