Empire TOTAL WAR | Naval Battle video!!!

http://pc.ign.com/dor/objects/958390/empire-total-war/videos/ETW_081208.html

looks incredible. anyone else looking forward to naval fighting??

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That was freaking amazing....

Naval combat seems a bit too slow-paced for my tastes. I'll stick to the land. Nevertheless, that was good.

Utterly Fantastic.

Hope its a bit faster than Imperial Glories Navel Combat though, that was quite painful.

*splooge*

Naval combat seems a bit too slow-paced for my tastes. I'll stick to the land. Nevertheless, that was good.

Technoweirdo

Since when was Total War NOT slow paced?

Utterly Fantastic.

Hope its a bit faster than Imperial Glories Navel Combat though, that was quite painful.

redstormrisen

Hol-lee crap.

It's looks ok, I guess.

from the makers of .... Rome: Total Boreclembo1990

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/rometotalwar/index.html

This game?

[QUOTE="clembo1990"]from the makers of .... Rome: Total BoreKez1984

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/rometotalwar/index.html

This game?

really, really not my cup of tea. I'm more fond of resource RTS's

[QUOTE="Kez1984"]

[QUOTE="clembo1990"]from the makers of .... Rome: Total Boreclembo1990

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/rometotalwar/index.html

This game?

really, really not my cup of tea. I'm more fond of resource RTS's

You get resources in TB and it reflects the battle and Real Time Combat, most people set it on automate though, you could even just turn real time off altogether and play the game TB.

This game is more than just naval battles right? That looked amazing though.dream431ca

[QUOTE="clembo1990"][QUOTE="Kez1984"]

[QUOTE="clembo1990"]from the makers of .... Rome: Total BoreKez1984

http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/rometotalwar/index.html

This game?

really, really not my cup of tea. I'm more fond of resource RTS's

You get resources in TB and battle and Real Time Combat, at least, I presume this will be. It worked excellent in Rome: Total War.

*screen*

I have played it :P I don't mind turned based either (Homm3 my favorite game ever!) idk its probibly the civ4 ****of the TB gameplay that annoyed me most. Then the units, i know they are accurate historically but their animations are a bit clunky. Also i'm a rubbish strategist when it comes to unit positioning. Send 'em all in in a big heap i say :lol:

[QUOTE="dream431ca"]This game is more than just naval battles right? That looked amazing though.Kez1984

YAY!

[QUOTE="redstormrisen"]

Utterly Fantastic.

Hope its a bit faster than Imperial Glories Navel Combat though, that was quite painful.

Dreams-Visions

From that video, so do I.

Being a bit pessimistic with this though.

One thing I hope is improved on it the godawfuldiplomacy from Medieval 2. It seemed pretty broken to me.

Naval combat seems a bit too slow-paced for my tastes. I'll stick to the land. Nevertheless, that was good.

Technoweirdo

You can adjust the speed of the game while you play.

Looked brilliant. It's certainly a refreshing addition to the Total War series, it's a shame they didn't show sharks devouring the victims, like CA have said in interviews. Allegedly they're integrating a scorched earth policy into the gameplay (on the strategy map), so instead of choosing England first, I'll perhaps go for Russia. :)

I'm not sure I'll want to adopt Nelson's famous Trafalgar strategy though, way to risky. It seems that the wind could make the battles more dynamic, in previous total war's (on land), I always had horses at flanks, men in middle, rinse and repeat.

[QUOTE="Technoweirdo"]

Naval combat seems a bit too slow-paced for my tastes. I'll stick to the land. Nevertheless, that was good.

Kez1984

You can adjust the speed of the game while you play.

Looked brilliant. It's certainly a refreshing addition to the Total War series, it's a shame they didn't show sharks devouring the victims, like CA have said in interviews. Allegedly they're integrating a scorched earth policy into the gameplay (on the strategy map), so instead of choosing England first, I'll perhaps go for Russia. :)

I'm not sure I'll want to adopt Nelson's famous Trafalgar strategy though, way to risky. It seems that the wind could make the battles more dynamic, in previous total war's (on land), I always had horses at flanks, men in middle, rinse and repeat.

gingerdivid

For some reason that didn't occur to me.

[QUOTE="gingerdivid"]

Looked brilliant. It's certainly a refreshing addition to the Total War series, it's a shame they didn't show sharks devouring the victims, like CA have said in interviews. Allegedly they're integrating a scorched earth policy into the gameplay (on the strategy map), so instead of choosing England first, I'll perhaps go for Russia. :)

I'm not sure I'll want to adopt Nelson's famous Trafalgar strategy though, way to risky. It seems that the wind could make the battles more dynamic, in previous total war's (on land), I always had horses at flanks, men in middle, rinse and repeat.

redstormrisen

For some reason that didn't occur to me.

I'll probably give it a go on skirmish mode :P

England in this game will be the equivalent of the Byzantines in Med 2 and the Romans in Rome, as the English were arguably the strongest in the time period (the french were very close though), so potentially, England could be very easy this time.

[QUOTE="Technoweirdo"]

Naval combat seems a bit too slow-paced for my tastes. I'll stick to the land. Nevertheless, that was good.

Kez1984

You can adjust the speed of the game while you play.

:lol: Ah, I forgot you could do that! *slaps self*

[QUOTE="redstormrisen"][QUOTE="gingerdivid"]

Looked brilliant. It's certainly a refreshing addition to the Total War series, it's a shame they didn't show sharks devouring the victims, like CA have said in interviews. Allegedly they're integrating a scorched earth policy into the gameplay (on the strategy map), so instead of choosing England first, I'll perhaps go for Russia. :)

I'm not sure I'll want to adopt Nelson's famous Trafalgar strategy though, way to risky. It seems that the wind could make the battles more dynamic, in previous total war's (on land), I always had horses at flanks, men in middle, rinse and repeat.

gingerdivid

For some reason that didn't occur to me.

I'll probably give it a go on skirmish mode :P

England in this game will be the equivalent of the Byzantines in Med 2 and the Romans in Rome, as the English were arguably the strongest in the time period (the french were very close though), so potentially, England could be very easy this time.

imo the idea was to try and get the guns on both sides of his ships into action.

Looked brilliant. It's certainly a refreshing addition to the Total War series, it's a shame they didn't show sharks devouring the victims, like CA have said in interviews. Allegedly they're integrating a scorched earth policy into the gameplay (on the strategy map), so instead of choosing England first, I'll perhaps go for Russia. :)

I'm not sure I'll want to adopt Nelson's famous Trafalgar strategy though, way to risky. It seems that the wind could make the battles more dynamic, in previous total war's (on land), I always had horses at flanks, men in middle, rinse and repeatgingerdivid

I always used Alexander the Great as inspiration for my basic Total War strategy: massing all of my strongest troops on just one flank, then just "rolling up" their line from that flank with overwhelming force while pulling my other flank back.

[QUOTE="redstormrisen"][QUOTE="gingerdivid"]

Looked brilliant. It's certainly a refreshing addition to the Total War series, it's a shame they didn't show sharks devouring the victims, like CA have said in interviews. Allegedly they're integrating a scorched earth policy into the gameplay (on the strategy map), so instead of choosing England first, I'll perhaps go for Russia. :)

I'm not sure I'll want to adopt Nelson's famous Trafalgar strategy though, way to risky. It seems that the wind could make the battles more dynamic, in previous total war's (on land), I always had horses at flanks, men in middle, rinse and repeat.

gingerdivid

For some reason that didn't occur to me.

I'll probably give it a go on skirmish mode :P

England in this game will be the equivalent of the Byzantines in Med 2 and the Romans in Rome, as the English were arguably the strongest in the time period (the french were very close though), so potentially, England could be very easy this time.

I believe it was acombinationof the poor gunnery of the Spanish and French ships combined with the sheersurpriseof what Nelson was doing. Still, it worked :P

[QUOTE="gingerdivid"][QUOTE="redstormrisen"][QUOTE="gingerdivid"]

Looked brilliant. It's certainly a refreshing addition to the Total War series, it's a shame they didn't show sharks devouring the victims, like CA have said in interviews. Allegedly they're integrating a scorched earth policy into the gameplay (on the strategy map), so instead of choosing England first, I'll perhaps go for Russia. :)

I'm not sure I'll want to adopt Nelson's famous Trafalgar strategy though, way to risky. It seems that the wind could make the battles more dynamic, in previous total war's (on land), I always had horses at flanks, men in middle, rinse and repeat.

redstormrisen

For some reason that didn't occur to me.

I'll probably give it a go on skirmish mode :P

England in this game will be the equivalent of the Byzantines in Med 2 and the Romans in Rome, as the English were arguably the strongest in the time period (the french were very close though), so potentially, England could be very easy this time.

I believe it was acombinationof the poor gunnery of the Spanish and French ships combined with the sheersurpriseof what Nelson was doing. Still, it worked :P

[QUOTE="gingerdivid"]

Looked brilliant. It's certainly a refreshing addition to the Total War series, it's a shame they didn't show sharks devouring the victims, like CA have said in interviews. Allegedly they're integrating a scorched earth policy into the gameplay (on the strategy map), so instead of choosing England first, I'll perhaps go for Russia. :)

I'm not sure I'll want to adopt Nelson's famous Trafalgar strategy though, way to risky. It seems that the wind could make the battles more dynamic, in previous total war's (on land), I always had horses at flanks, men in middle, rinse and repeatmjarantilla

I always used Alexander the Great as inspiration for my basic Total War strategy: massing all of my strongest troops on just one flank, then just "rolling up" their line from that flank with overwhelming force while pulling my other flank back.

[QUOTE="gingerdivid"]

Looked brilliant. It's certainly a refreshing addition to the Total War series, it's a shame they didn't show sharks devouring the victims, like CA have said in interviews. Allegedly they're integrating a scorched earth policy into the gameplay (on the strategy map), so instead of choosing England first, I'll perhaps go for Russia. :)

I'm not sure I'll want to adopt Nelson's famous Trafalgar strategy though, way to risky. It seems that the wind could make the battles more dynamic, in previous total war's (on land), I always had horses at flanks, men in middle, rinse and repeatmjarantilla

I always used Alexander the Great as inspiration for my basic Total War strategy: massing all of my strongest troops on just one flank, then just "rolling up" their line from that flank with overwhelming force while pulling my other flank back.

Despite being aware of famous tactics, my strategy was still based on the weaknesses of the A.I, so despite my noble intentions, I still used a cheap way out :P

Don't think my 4400+ / 8600GT / 2GB/ XP Pro Rig can handle this :(

Maybe on medium/low.

[QUOTE="redstormrisen"][QUOTE="gingerdivid"][QUOTE="redstormrisen"][QUOTE="gingerdivid"]

Looked brilliant. It's certainly a refreshing addition to the Total War series, it's a shame they didn't show sharks devouring the victims, like CA have said in interviews. Allegedly they're integrating a scorched earth policy into the gameplay (on the strategy map), so instead of choosing England first, I'll perhaps go for Russia. :)

I'm not sure I'll want to adopt Nelson's famous Trafalgar strategy though, way to risky. It seems that the wind could make the battles more dynamic, in previous total war's (on land), I always had horses at flanks, men in middle, rinse and repeat.

blue_hazy_basic

For some reason that didn't occur to me.

I'll probably give it a go on skirmish mode :P

England in this game will be the equivalent of the Byzantines in Med 2 and the Romans in Rome, as the English were arguably the strongest in the time period (the french were very close though), so potentially, England could be very easy this time.

I believe it was acombinationof the poor gunnery of the Spanish and French ships combined with the sheersurpriseof what Nelson was doing. Still, it worked :P

The only ship that did actively prepare and practice was incidentally the one that took on HMS victory, which culminated with Nelson's eventual death thanks to a wound he sustained in that mini face off (by a French sharpshooter).

Don't think my 4400+ / 8600GT / 2GB/ XP Pro Rig can handle this :(

Maybe on medium/low.

angelkimne

Upgrade your card and maybe another 1gb of ram and you should be fine.

[QUOTE="angelkimne"]

Don't think my 4400+ / 8600GT / 2GB/ XP Pro Rig can handle this :(

Maybe on medium/low.

Kez1984

Upgrade your card and maybe another 1gb of ram and you should be fine.

Looking to get a 8800GT. But don't you have to have identical RAM for all slots for it to run in Dual Channel Mode or something ???

I might aswell just buy a 3Gig set.

:shock: AMAZING!

Its good to be a hermit!

WOW, the best total war yet. Consoles have nothing on this.tibicina

They have this soon to be ridiculously over-scored game.

[QUOTE="tibicina"]WOW, the best total war yet. Consoles have nothing on this.Kez1984

They have this soon to be ridiculously over-scored game.

Looked boring to me.

Ill stick with halo wars for my RTS shenanigans.

[QUOTE="Kez1984"]

[QUOTE="tibicina"]WOW, the best total war yet. Consoles have nothing on this.tibicina

They have this soon to be ridiculously over-scored game.

It does look pretty crap in comparison and I agree, it does look kinda copy-paste, but you can bet it will get over-rated and probably sell more due to the label.