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Empire: Total War

Dale C.

Dale C.

Registered User
I'm only messin you fag

In all honesty ive never played empire total war, or any of this series in fact

Whats it like?
 
BarnDoor

BarnDoor

Witchfinder General
Shogun: Total War - The game that started it all. Groundbreaking.

Medieval: Total War - My favourite and still playable today. My favourite geographical setting and era, incredible depth. CA haven't been able to match the core feel of this yet, despite the graphical improvements and added features. The Viking Invasion add-on took it to an extra level.

Rome: Total War - The low point of the series. Despite great graphics, the units were poorly designed, the AI was poor, and it was really a step backwards. Barbarian Invasion was fun for a while, and I enjoyed Alexander, but it was the Total War game I played the most.

Medieval II: Total War - Much more like it, back to my favourite era. Despite not having the magic of the original, its a significant progression from Rome, with the gameplay to match the amazing graphics. Plus the Kingdoms expansion was arguably the best yet, four new campaigns, and the American one was particularly good.

With naval warfare and all the new features added, I'm expecting Empire to be the best yet.

In short, the series doesn't just piss all over Age of Empires, it holds it down and shits in its mouth.
 
Barry

Barry

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I fear this might be the one that kills my computer, it looks far too good for my computer to be running it smoothly.

I don't think there are any specs out yet, Original.
 
Original?

Original?

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Barry said:
I fear this might be the one that kills my computer, it looks far too good for my computer to be running it smoothly.

I don't think there are any specs out yet, Original.
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I didn't expect confirmed specifications but wondered whether there were some rumours on a ballpark.
 
Barry

Barry

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Minimum Specs:

Operating System: Windows XP 32(service pack 2), Windows Vista 32 OS.
Processor: 2.4 GHz Single Core Intel or AMD equivalent processor.
System Memory: 1GB RAM (XP) 2GB RAM (Vista).
Graphics Card: 256MB DirectX 9.0c compatible video card (shader 2.0 or higher).
Sound Card: Directx9.0c compatible sound card.
Windows compatible mouse & keyboard.
15 GB free uncompressed hard drive space.

And my God it looks more awesome every day. Already came across a review, couldn't have been more positive.
 
BarnDoor

BarnDoor

Witchfinder General
The demo is unbelievably good, I think this is a great move for the Total War series. Best thing so far was during the naval battle - I tried to board the last French ship, but as my men were crossing the boardway they fired a broadside and sunk my ship, sending about 20 to their death and leaving about 20 of my men stranded on board the French ship. They fought hard but were eventually brutally slain.
 
Dale C.

Dale C.

Registered User
This game looks really good, might have to pre-order it or something

We'll have to get online and have a few battles when everyone gets it, but I dno how online works for these types of games :mellow:

Is it like a typical lobby system?
 
BarnDoor

BarnDoor

Witchfinder General
Been playing the game for a few hours now, and its fantastic. The Road to Independence campaign is great in its own right, and all the minor factions in the game adds great depth (made the Knights of St John and Georgia protectorates of Great Britain for some bizarre reason).

Only disappointment is the trading theatres - I want to be able to land in Africa and south-east Asia, not just pass through there in boats. Means I can't fight the natives there, which upsets me.

That, and the fact that I'll need a new computer to enjoy this properly - at the moment, some troops tend to glide across the floor, which is never a good sign.
 
Barry

Barry

Registered User
Heard you can play as the United Provinces - I'll be wheeling and dealing before you can say "colonial empire".
 
BarnDoor

BarnDoor

Witchfinder General
Played as them earlier - and would you believe Barry they actually speak Dutch. I was amazed. Hard though, because they own Dutch Guyana and Ceylon, so you're stretched all across the World.
 
Barry

Barry

Registered User
BarnDoor said:
Played as them earlier - and would you believe Barry they actually speak Dutch. I was amazed. Hard though, because they own Dutch Guyana and Ceylon, so you're stretched all across the World.
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I can't believe it :D Do they actually form into a republic or didn't you play with them long enough?
 
Barry

Barry

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Got my copy - I could try and install it on this computer but I think I'll wait for my new computer so I don't get the wrong first impression.

How are you coming along Barn?
 
BarnDoor

BarnDoor

Witchfinder General
Didn't get a chance to play it yesterday mate, but thinking of giving it a blast with old Great Blighty today. I'm waiting for someone to mod it so you can play as the minor factions, that'll be fun.
 
BarnDoor

BarnDoor

Witchfinder General
Actually played as Sweden the other day - I have a lot of respect for Charles XII, so I thought I'd try and realize his imperial dream. Firstly the game is very accurate in that Russia, Poland-Lithuania and Denmark are all allied from the off. Of course, I invaded Denmark so war was inevitable. Russia won't face me in open battle but are rather annoyingly damaging all my buildings in Finland and Livonia. Most annoying however are Courland, a protectorate of Poland, who keep sending armies into Livonia every turn, only to get smashed. I don't know how much longer I can hold out in the East while I'm fighting the Danes, so I sold off Ingria to the English, getting 7000 and a very useful alliance in the process. If I can get an alliance with the United Provinces I'd be very happy with my diplomatic dealings.

As for the war with Denmark, it started promisingly enough, as I took Norway with relative ease. But the attack on Copenhagen ended disastrously when the Danes pre-empted my pincer movement and crushed my main army (it was outnumbered 2:1 mind), the flower of Swedish chivalry wiped out on the fields of Jutland. Angered, I destroyed their fleet and seized all their trade ports, while I sent a decent-sized force to Iceland, taking the island and destroying the last remnants of their fleet. I'm going to build up in the Baltic now and take Copenhagen, which will be tough, while at the same time prepping Iceland as a base for some colonial activity in North America.
 
Dale C.

Dale C.

Registered User
BarnDoor said:
Actually played as Sweden the other day - I have a lot of respect for Charles XII, so I thought I'd try and realize his imperial dream. Firstly the game is very accurate in that Russia, Poland-Lithuania and Denmark are all allied from the off. Of course, I invaded Denmark so war was inevitable. Russia won't face me in open battle but are rather annoyingly damaging all my buildings in Finland and Livonia. Most annoying however are Courland, a protectorate of Poland, who keep sending armies into Livonia every turn, only to get smashed. I don't know how much longer I can hold out in the East while I'm fighting the Danes, so I sold off Ingria to the English, getting 7000 and a very useful alliance in the process. If I can get an alliance with the United Provinces I'd be very happy with my diplomatic dealings.

As for the war with Denmark, it started promisingly enough, as I took Norway with relative ease. But the attack on Copenhagen ended disastrously when the Danes pre-empted my pincer movement and crushed my main army (it was outnumbered 2:1 mind), the flower of Swedish chivalry wiped out on the fields of Jutland. Angered, I destroyed their fleet and seized all their trade ports, while I sent a decent-sized force to Iceland, taking the island and destroying the last remnants of their fleet. I'm going to build up in the Baltic now and take Copenhagen, which will be tough, while at the same time prepping Iceland as a base for some colonial activity in North America.
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Man, there should be a seperate thread for 'Barndoor's total war stories'.

Keep em coming, its really making me want to buy this game :D

Any bargains for this, or is it full price everywhere?
 
BarnDoor

BarnDoor

Witchfinder General
Well I'd advise spending the extra and getting the very nice Special Forces edition. Not just for the extra units, but also the nice box and map.

Rest assured I aim to have more to tell tomorrow, namely the destruction of the Danes. And Courland best believe once that's done I'm going to send a massive force there and rape and pillage for at least 2 years.
 
Dale C.

Dale C.

Registered User
:lol: make them your permanent slaves.

I'm going to look into this game a bit more, as i'm not sure sure on how it works...I'm an Age of Empires man, and from the screenshots and videos i've seen, it looks like a totally different game, totally differnet style of game. (Don't slate it barn lol)
 
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