Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

**homer73** · 01-25-2009, 12:34 PM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Must buy for me, cant wait! Those screen shots and the comments on AI seem to be from a pretty early build, no biggie.

Big fan of Napoleonic history.. (hell, have a Napoleonic eagle tat on my leg

) been waiting for a new game for awhile!

**Coug00** · 01-25-2009, 11:05 PM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Originally posted by homer73

Must buy for me, cant wait! Those screen shots and the comments on AI seem to be from a pretty early build, no biggie.

I read the same thing. That it was a quick battle (Bunker Hill) with scripted AI from a pre-Beta build. That seems to be the code they're giving to preview sites. So my hopes are still up.

**Matt Diesel** · 01-26-2009, 12:52 PM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Originally posted by fistofrage

Bad news......German preview hands on came out and says the AI is abysmal. Not good. I am not going to buy my new rig until I get confirmation that this game plays as good as it looks. My new gaming computer would be pretty much dedicated to this game for the time being.

Wow that sucks. I heard in another preview the opposite. So I dont know what to think. Possibly different builds I guess.

**Solidice** · 01-26-2009, 03:14 PM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Devs normally overspec the Vid card requirements. I have an older ATI X1900XTX and I haven't came across a game that I couldn't run at highest detail yet.

I guess we will see though. maybe this game will force me to finally upgrade.

**Goffs** · 01-27-2009, 09:53 AM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Originally posted by fistofrage

Bad news......German preview hands on came out and says the AI is abysmal. Not good. I am not going to buy my new rig until I get confirmation that this game plays as good as it looks. My new gaming computer would be pretty much dedicated to this game for the time being.

upgrade to a new rig anyway...just be ready for the next wave of uber games coming out for the PC..

im in the DoW 2 beta and im having a blast...speaking of beta/demos have you guys heard any demo news coming out for Empire TW?

**fistofrage** · 01-27-2009, 04:36 PM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Official Release date on 3/03/09 per their website.

So everyone go out and get it and post lots of impressions. After the honeymoon wears off, post all the bad things about it. I have to make a sound decision before I drop the coin on the new rig.

**vinny** · 01-28-2009, 12:15 AM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Just got a 4870 1gb, the HIS overclocked edition, should do the trick

Unfortunately they are using Steam so we will have to log in online everytime we play. Would rather not have to deal with that.

I also read that one of the devs was formerly a user that created more realistic mods for the game...Take that for what its worth http://pc.gamespy.com/pc/empire-total-war/901296p1.html

Can't wait for this to drop.

**Coug00** · 01-28-2009, 02:06 AM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Don't Steam games have offline modes? I don't want to bother logging in every time as well.

I've been playing the SS 6.1 mod for MT2W a lot lately and after trying to defend Jerusalem from a Jihad tonight, I've decided the campaign feature I'm most excited about in ETW is the "interception" feature for armies and navies (second is probably the instant diplomacy).

Its driving me nuts I'm not able to block an invading army unless I can stop them on a bridge or mountain pass (essentially a place with a single point they must go through to advance). This feature is going to completely change the way we strategically place our units on the campaign map.

**Darkleaf** · 01-28-2009, 10:14 AM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Originally posted by Coug00

Don't Steam games have offline modes? I don't want to bother logging in every time as well.

I've been playing the SS 6.1 mod for MT2W a lot lately and after trying to defend Jerusalem from a Jihad tonight, I've decided the campaign feature I'm most excited about in ETW is the "interception" feature for armies and navies (second is probably the instant diplomacy).

Its driving me nuts I'm not able to block an invading army unless I can stop them on a bridge or mountain pass (essentially a place with a single point they must go through to advance). This feature is going to completely change the way we strategically place our units on the campaign map.

Is that the yellow circle around the armies? How does this work and how can we block armies? Thanks!

**mgoblue** · 01-28-2009, 10:40 AM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Originally posted by Coug00

Don't Steam games have offline modes? I don't want to bother logging in every time as well.

I've been playing the SS 6.1 mod for MT2W a lot lately and after trying to defend Jerusalem from a Jihad tonight, I've decided the campaign feature I'm most excited about in ETW is the "interception" feature for armies and navies (second is probably the instant diplomacy).

Its driving me nuts I'm not able to block an invading army unless I can stop them on a bridge or mountain pass (essentially a place with a single point they must go through to advance). This feature is going to completely change the way we strategically place our units on the campaign map.

Do we know what will be coming in the store package? I'm trying to figure out if I'm better off going with Steam and dl'ing early (they usually let you download early then it turns on at the right time), but I'd rather not miss out on maps and other hard copy materials. Also, like you I'd rather not always have to be online, if I'm traveling or something, so I may just have to go with the DVD edition...

**Coug00** · 01-28-2009, 11:50 AM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Originally posted by DarkleafGoJays

Is that the yellow circle around the armies? How does this work and how can we block armies? Thanks!

Yep. After you're out of movement points you still have a perimeter around you that allows you to attack an enemy if they pass through that perimeter during their move. So we can play better defense when its not our turn.

A prime example for the intercept zone is using England's superior Navy to block the English Channel so France can't sneak their superior ground forces onto the British Isles. In previous TW versions it would be simple to get around their navy.

Originally posted by mgoblue

Do we know what will be coming in the store package? I'm trying to figure out if I'm better off going with Steam and dl'ing early (they usually let you download early then it turns on at the right time), but I'd rather not miss out on maps and other hard copy materials. Also, like you I'd rather not always have to be online, if I'm traveling or something, so I may just have to go with the DVD edition...

The Special Edition comes with a map in the box and 6 elite units that are playable in game (for an extra $20). I bought the normal DVD edition cause I'm not a huge fan of Steam's downloads and don't care about elite units that are already mod-able. However, if you download from Steam you can download early and start playing the morning of 3/4. You can also download it to multiple PC's, but only be logged into one of the PC's at a time.

**Coug00** · 01-28-2009, 12:47 PM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Dang, look at the scale of the battlefield. Its f'n HUGE! The armies are almost right on top of each other on the map, but far apart on the battlefield. NICE!

**vinny** · 01-28-2009, 01:01 PM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Originally posted by Coug00

Don't Steam games have offline modes? I don't want to bother logging in every time as well.

Nice, I was unaware that they had an offline mode, I have never bought a game that used steam (this will be the exception) so I had just heard that you had to be logged in online to be able to play. Jeez this game has me excited, I'm not even that big on the time period, I would be perfectly happy if they just kept doing reiterations of Rome. But we would miss out on the epic naval battles, cause who wants to tediously fly around and try to ram someone elses ship when you can blow the hell out of them

**BoomerSooner11** · 01-28-2009, 01:12 PM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Originally posted by Coug00

Dang, look at the scale of the battlefield. Its f'n HUGE! The armies are almost right on top of each other on the map, but far apart on the battlefield. NICE!

Dang, that looks purrty!!

**fistofrage** · 01-28-2009, 01:41 PM

Re: Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

Originally posted by Coug00

Dang, look at the scale of the battlefield. Its f'n HUGE! The armies are almost right on top of each other on the map, but far apart on the battlefield. NICE!

I gotta quit looking at pictures like this or I'm going to buy this game and a rig day one. I'll have to wat until at least April 1st to decide because the first 3 weeks everyone will be saying how "sick" every feature is without exposing the downside.

Empire Total War: WOW!!!! Feb, 3 2009

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