Ideas for other Tw games

[kristopherb]

This is post for your ideas on ideas for new Tw games:
World Total WarII/I

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Shogun II: Total War

 

[Donkey Puncher]

something with the America's I.E Aztec iNCA ,MOCHE MAYA ETC.
ALSO CHINA W WITH THE MONGOL ENVALVED IN SOME WAY

 

[Hitti-Litti]

I don't think that they will ever release a Total War game that's focused on modern era, as they don't seem to like firearms.

Maybe Medieval 2: Total War: White Men's Invasion. It could be about Indians!

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

Reniassance Total War. Maybe pick up right after Medieval Total War (1) leaves off and goes up until the Napoleonic Wars.

I wouldn't be too fond of a modern era one either. The introduction of air power would kind of ruin the game for me. I would, however, like to command a naval battle personally (especially in the ancient era with triremes and such).

Also, in the modern era, we don't so much march in large formations (with all the weapons that could royally wipe them out with one sweep of the gun or one bomb). And without those huge formations I would again be kind of turned off to it.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

Also, in the modern era, we don't so much march in large formations (with all the weapons that could royally wipe them out with one sweep of the gun or one bomb). And without those huge formations I would again be kind of turned off to it.

This is my reasoning for no modern age TW - large pitched battles is what makes the battle element so addictive - not to mention it would mean Total War would have to compete in an already saturated genre of games. I think the Napoleonic War is about as far as you could go with Total War, and I think it could be pulled off.

I'm genuinely serious about Shogun II as well - the fact that it a nice simple game of 'seven relatively equal factions fighting it out over an island' continues to make it appealing to me. However I think a Chinese Total War - set during the Warring States Period - could also lend itself well to the series.

 

[Tank_Guy#3]

This is my reasoning for no modern age TW - large pitched battles is what makes the battle element so addictive - not to mention it would mean Total War would have to compete in an already saturated genre of games. I think the Napoleonic War is about as far as you could go with Total War, and I think it could be pulled off.

I am also against it (said that before the section you quoted).

If you stretch it, you could go into the early parts of the American Civil War, but after that, you get trench warfare and machine guns. But in the early war years, it was line'em fire a volley, and get cut to pieces yourself, then fire another volley.

@Kan: Also just checked out the Members Picture link. One word description: Awesome!!!! About how long does it take you to draw those?

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

But in the early war years, it was line'em fire a volley, and get cut to pieces yourself, then fire another volley.

I agree, though I was thinking that given the unreliability of early gunpowder units, battles could still dissolve into close-quarters fighting with bayonets and swords, not to mention cavalry manoeuvres. I'm no expert in that time period, so I'm not sure how often that happened.

@Kan: Also just checked out the Members Picture link. One word description: Awesome!!!! About how long does it take you to draw those?

Thank you, it was fun to draw. First one took me about a week, though it wasn't meant to be a proper Members Pic, which is why the second one came about. That one took me about a month, though the bulk of it was done, again, in a week.

I will say, that drawing you as a Panzer Tank blasting in from the right was one of my favourite parts of that pic

 

[West 36]

I'm thinking something like the age of imperialism, go from, say the French and Indian war, allow for the American revolution, colonization-idk how that would work, founding cities in TW would be different for sure- the Napoleonic wars, up to the end of the civil war.

--oh, and as far as modern war, at least WWI or WWII, I'd love to see it in TW format, but such complexity would be too much, I think. Give it a few years though, I just know some franchise is bound to pic up on this and nail it. or at leas close to it.

 

[Macha]

World War I might work as you could safely ignore planes but if they added planes they would have to rebalance the game and it wouldn't play the same.

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I think the only real way you could represent the World Wars in a TW game is not to focus on the war as a whole, but on a specific battle. Sort of like the Close Combat series - where they focused on just Normandy, the Ardennes or Market Garden - and had a similar strategic campaign that dropped into the battles to be fought by the player.

Again though, I don't think I would like it - especially given the saturation of Second World War games right now. Sticking to grand 'sword and shield' armies is best for the franchise right now

 

[Kal'thzar]

start exploring alternative histories

 

[Keroro]

I'd go with either the 'Three kingdoms: Total War', 'Mesoamerica: Total War', or maybe 'Fertile Crescent: Total War'. I'd love to see factions like the Sumerians and (pre-Ptolomaic) Egyptians face off against each other.

 

[Maniacal]

Reniassance Total War sounds like a nice idea. It would need a MUCH bigger map with more territories in Europe And of course places around the world.

One thing I hate is the HUGE territories that are controleld by one city (which is often at one end or the other) they just are fugly, I'd like some of those empty spaces to be controlled more some kind of outpost system (colonies?) with borders aronud those (kind of like how borders are made in Civ) and also (for all regions), population of the region rather than just the city. I want to see the regions grow (eg. farmland, side roads, even an area around the city could slowly grow, spread).

[pessimism]I'd like to see China Total War but unfortunately I doubt as t how historic it would be, I Know the Total War series is not sticking to historical accuracy, but they do a decent job usualy, but I doubt that China would be very historical and would probably do soem catering to what the US thinks. [/pessimism]

Yeah, Fertile Crescent: Total War or maybe Persia TW would be cool too. It would go up in tiem towards after the Persian emprie conquors it all (a while into that of course). The same persian emprie that Alexander defeats, but he would not be in the game though it should include Greece.

I'd like them to make one thoguh that is VERY and relatively easily moddable. I don't trust the to make alternate history or fantasy stuff, they'd do so much cliche.

 

[civverguy]

Zhanguo :Total War or Fertile Crescent: Total War. I doubt Mesoamerica Total war will be good because there were no horses in the Americas.

 

[Hitti-Litti]

The problem with Fertile Crescent would be that the units are too similar to R:TW. Maybe.

 

[Keroro]

The problem with Fertile Crescent would be that the units are too similar to R:TW. Maybe.

Some units would be similar, but the game would start in the bronze age - so no iron weapons, so swords would be less reliable and spears more common. Also, the fast units in the game would be chariots rather than cavalry, which I think would give a bit of a different feel to the game. I'd love to see the Egyptians, Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians fighting it out personally.

That said, there is the possibility that it could be done as a mod for RTW.

 

[tommyommy]

I'd love to see the Egyptians, Sumerians, Assyrians and Babylonians fighting it out personally.

I agree. Having all the major Ancient Empires battling it out would be cool. Would have to be a huge map though. Could have the Persians, Greeks, Romans, Egyptians, Gauls, Celts, Vikings etc. Not the Chinese or any civilizations like that, because they never came to Europe.
The game could be called Europe: Total War (even though the Egyptians and Persians are involved ). Or it could just be an expansion to Rome: Total War (like someone has already said).
tommyommy

 

[tommyommy]

Just thought, there could be a Total War that is set in Australia with the Aborigines or something. Or it could be in the far east, like Shogun: Total War, but with China and other places included.
Personally I think one in Australia would be cool. Name? Aborigines: Total War- The Forgotten Continent.
tommyommy

 

[Hitti-Litti]

But the problem is that nobody knows what they did there, or did they have any wars...