Napoleon: Total War

[SmootsDaddy89]

Installing right now.

Will give opinions when I have time to really play the game. Anyone else is welcome to discuss it here.

[natty]

Meh. Empire was pretty shitty. Totar War with guns fails.

[PanthersFanNY]

Meh. Empire was pretty pooty. Totar War with guns fails.

Darthmod made it 5x better.

Curious to find out if Napoleon is a big improvement or just some new poo in a different time period.

I do like the idea of army degradation over a period of time away from supplies though.

[SmootsDaddy89]

Most of the reviews say they improved the AI a great deal from Empire.

[Mesmer]

More like Napoleon: I didn't get into the SC2 Beta. amirite?

[bredy087]

Can't wait to get it when payday comes!

[natty]

I just think TW should stick with hand-to-hand combat eras. You have so many options with your units - spears, swords, axes, pikes, halberds, archers, scout cavalry, heavy cavalry, archer cavalry, different armor types, various artillery - as opposed to - guns and artillery. Each faction fought with a different style. Playing as Turks was very different from playing as Spain, which was very different from playing as England.

They need to redo Rome or Shogun TW imo. But the way they're heading they'll make an WWI trench warfare game.

[bredy087]

But the way they're heading they'll make an WWI trench warfare game.

They should though, WW1 has been relatively untouched when it comes to games...RTS/FPS

[RedMage138]

More like Napoleon: I didn't get into the SC2 Beta. amirite?

I lol'd

[natty]

They should though, WW1 has been relatively untouched when it comes to games...RTS/FPS

It hasn't been touched because a WWI game would be terrible. It'd just be sitting in a trench all day - get out of the trench - you die - game over.

[Miaoww]

It hasn't been touched because a WWI game would be terrible. It'd just be sitting in a trench all day - get out of the trench - you die - game over.

Pretty much. It'd consist of firing artillery at a series of trenches for four hours (real time) then sending your troops 'over the top' at walking pace to capture said trench. You either get cut to shreds taking the trenches or die in the ensuing counter attack. If you do keep the trench you do it ALL over again on the next set of trenches.

Sounds fun.

[SmootsDaddy89]

The only thing that's pissing me off so far is that the unit packs aren't available on steam yet. I preordered the Imperial Edition on steam so that I'd have access to the Royal Scotts Greys unit and the Heroes of the Napoleonic Era unit pack. But the Elite Regiment unit pack is only available if you purchased a boxed copy and there's nothing on steam yet. Goddamnit.

[natty]

That's another horrid thing they're starting to do - charge for specific units. I'm supposed to pay $5 for a unit that I might not even like or is the exact same as another unit with only more morale and different art? The TW series is a sinking ship imo.

[SmootsDaddy89]

Like Fiz said, just die already Sega.