New Total War Rumor

[Gibsons]

wouldn't it be great to have an actual Battle of Waterloo in 1:1 scale?

I have a map of the United States, life size. 1 mile equals 1 mile

 

[Regs]

I have a map of the United States, life size. 1 mile equals 1 mile

It would be impossible to roll that...

 

[BladeVenom]

I have a map of the United States, life size. 1 mile equals 1 mile

He means 1:1 ratio of soldiers. So if the real battle had over 100,000 soldiers, the game would show 100,000+ soldiers.

 

[Regs]

He means 1:1 ratio of soldiers. So if the real battle had over 100,000 soldiers, the game would show 100,000 soldiers.

t's hard as it is! I started up TW Kingdoms for the first time in years and quickly remembered how much of pain it was when Egypt constantly shifted their entire army to the other side of the map and I had to follow.

I can’t imagine how difficult it would be when you have 25 stacks of 25K men rolling on your flank.

What they would need is a interface that allowed a captain or lieutenant to take over at anytime you please or you can pre-emptively program a battle plan of the movement of troops before you enter the battle map.

 

[Skott]

Its their game, but the publisher-developer relationship dictates the parameters within which they create it. I mean, if you give a sculptor 1 hour to create a statue out of a marble slab and it isn't finished, how can you blame him or her especially if you are financing the project? The developer/artist has the creative capacity, but the black line at the bottom of the ledger dictates whether or not they have the resources to apply their skill/talent. And it is control over and manipulation of that black line that is precisely why publishers have a business niche. Amrite?

I understand all that. I truly do. I just wish the developers would stand up to the publishers and go indie if they cant get the publishers to listen. An argument can be made that they need each other but I think the publishers need the developers more than the other way around. I'm probably asking to much and being too wishful but thats how I feel. I feel the publishers are hurting the industry more than helping. Meanwhile I continue to vote as they say, with my money and saying no to a product when I feel its necessary due to too buggy of a game or too many problems with it.

 

[BladeVenom]

I can’t imagine how difficult it would be when you have 25 stacks of 25K men rolling on your flank.

That would be 625,000 men. That's far more than at Waterloo, or any of the Battles in the Shogun 2 period.

The Shogun 2 game is suppose to be able to do up to 56,000 soldiers in a battle. So it's getting closer. If they could up it to 200k to 250k then they could do it.

I'd like to see it be able to do the Battle of Sekigahara. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Sekigahara Which is around the same size as the Battle of Waterloo.