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Comment on Empire: Total War AI Diary by Nem

Nem — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 16:13:31 +0000

You guys should release a trial demo with one or two battles before releasing the game ,so
total war fans have at least something on what to distract themselves while they wait for the complete game

Comment on Empire: Total War FAQ 3 by Josh

Josh — Fri, 11 Jul 2008 05:54:17 +0000

I hope they include Napolean because he did invade most of europe and it will make a challange playing as the british fighting the rest of europe all at once. Also I hope they dont make the British navy that much better because the game isnt exactly going to go by history the whole time and if your a skilled player you should be able to make your navy the best. Also what hapens to the british colonies if you invade England do they become an independent state or try retake the British isles.

Comment on Empire: Total War AI Diary by alberto rodriguez

alberto rodriguez — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 23:39:01 +0000

Dear Mark. How do you define the behavior and points (plus or minor) of the units and unit formation and different terrain. There are a lot of battle diferences between a medieval battle and a 18xx one
(and we have a lot of information about it)
Please give my thanks to Total war designers for the previous games
Sorry by my English (I goint to play Spain and I will surely lose , 1800 was a bad time to us, but …is my fate)

Comment on Empire: Total War AI Diary by Lydon

Lydon — Thu, 10 Jul 2008 18:22:02 +0000

will there be a faction with pikemen because Even late 1700s the obsolete pike would still find a use in such countries as Ireland, Russia and China, generally in the hands of desperate peasant rebels who did not have access to firearms.

Comment on Empire: Total War Stunt Man Q&A by Lydon

Lydon — Wed, 09 Jul 2008 18:29:54 +0000

In the 1700 to 1800 the pike would still find a use in such countries as Ireland, Russia and China. Will will be a faction with Pikemen?

Comment on Empire: Total War AI Diary by TotalWarLover

TotalWarLover — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 15:06:27 +0000

Ehrm, just 1 question.. Will the game be like THE WHOLE WORLD?! Omg, this game is going to rock. I love you guys for making this game… And just one thing i would like you to add: Can you do so that you can put Artillery on the walls like cannons… It would be a good thing when someone attacks your city/castle or something, it would be very nice. And also, you should make like so, when a city/castle is under siege, you should make like the Civilians is running around and are screaming because they’re afraid, it would be awesome, thanks guys.

Comment on Empire:Total War FAQ 2 by danny seleb

danny seleb — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:22:34 +0000

im a huge TW fan. i really think religion should be a big part in the game there should be obviously catholic, islam, orthodox and several of the protestant religions like the english anglican church, the lutherans the calvanists etc. also i really liked the feature in RTWBI where family members all came of age a certain religion either christian or pagan. That feature wasn’t present in M2TW. I think it would be a good idea if this feature was incorperated in EMPIRE. It would be very intresting if u were france or spain, both catholic factions and u had the option of adopting or bribing a family member of a non catholic faction, eventually getting that family member as the faction leader then converting the entire faction to that religion. I believe it would add replay value to the game during the grand campaign. Imagine England becoming catholic again or the french becoming lutherens.

Comment on Empire: Total War AI Diary by graham

graham — Mon, 07 Jul 2008 15:51:43 +0000

Hi Jack, Its good to hear so much efforts going into the AI. I myself play online but mainly offline in Skirmish mode. The best games always have a human feel to the AI, with some exceptions.

Can I ask about the later in the game AI you mentioned, will I see the AI regroup, fall back, will the AI care if units are half strength?

Also, so to make the battles seem real with lined up infantry etc just like how the real batte tactics played out, Will the AI move using these tactics. I didn’t much like the ‘Bar brawl’ battles of Age of Empires 3!

Thanks for listening

Comment on Empire: Total War Mo-Cap Shoot by J. Klien

J. Klien — Sun, 06 Jul 2008 07:44:00 +0000

I would like to know what the System Requirements for Empire Total war is. I have all Total War series starting from Shogun to Medieval 2. I am afraid that if you all went Duel Core for this one then their is no reason for me to even get exited about Empire do to i will not be able to Play it. Im not rich and cant afford another computer. Please let me know, i have $60.00 dollars saved up to buy the game, but if its system Requirements are more then what my computer can handle then i will use the money for other things. I can play Medieval 2 with no problems, but my computer is not a duel core. Thank you

Comment on Empire: Total War AI Diary by justin

justin — Thu, 03 Jul 2008 17:58:15 +0000

hello, my concern with the AI has to do with allied generals charging into battle and getting themselves killed more often than not. I have played every version of total war and I love the newest feture of AI reinforcements. not only has it totally increased the scale of battles It has added more control. However, I have found that wenever I place an allied army in attack formation the controlling general usally reaches the enemy way ahead of its forces. this is not supprising sense most generals are calvary. This is most unfortunate due to the value of a good general that is wasted uslessly. what if anything is being done about protecting valuable units like this