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I've been thinking the series has gotten stale and I've lost interest, but then I read "Shogun" and "Asia"...

YEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

If this is true, I am so happy.

If it turns out to be another western iteration, then I'll pass.
 
AyashiKaibutsu said:
Or maybe they remember Shogun: Total War?(reads like you don't know there was one sorry if I'm mistaken)
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lol yea i remember it, funny they did medieval 2 before Shogun 2. Its definitely time for an upgrade since its been 10 years.

At least they are staying away from Total War:Modern Combat or Future combat. I do think a fantasy total war would be pretty cool though.
 
triggerpappy said:
lol yea i remember it, funny they did medieval 2 before Shogun 2. Its definitely time for an upgrade since its been 10 years.

At least they are staying away from Total War:Modern Combat or Future combat. I do think a fantasy total war would be pretty cool though.
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The fantasy genre is kind of hit and miss. I like games that imitate a Tolkienesque approach to fantasy--i.e. more of a fictional kind of universe with magic manifest more as a kind of intelligence or super-natural power as opposed to being the everyday thing, but unfortunately this games are incredibly rare, if they exist at all. I liked Dragon Age's initial approach, but the wonky armor and scantily clad babes turned me off. So in short, I wouldn't be a fan of the game unless they approached the fantasy genre from an anthropological and historical paradigm as opposed to "lolmagic + puff puff dragons!"

As it is, I think they'll do a WW1/WW2 Total War before they ever do a fantasy game.

If you're into fantasy strategy, check out Elemental: War of Magic
 
triggerpappy said:
lol yea i remember it, funny they did medieval 2 before Shogun 2. Its definitely time for an upgrade since its been 10 years.

At least they are staying away from Total War:Modern Combat or Future combat. I do think a fantasy total war would be pretty cool though.
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I think if they wanted to they could pull off something like Gettysburg: Total War.
Start in 1800 end in 1900, have the factions of Canada/Great Brittan, New France/Louisiana, the United States, Mexico, and Spain. Map would be the entire North American continent.
Have a few historical campaigns following the Texas Revolution/Mexican-American War and the US Civil War.
 
yea i really wanted a US civil war game with the new gunpowder engine, it really seemed like the next logical choice but i guess the failures of empire made them just go back to what worked in the past.
 
Gibsons said:
And here's your elite unit!
captain-caveman1.jpg
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OMG Seeing that picture turned me 5 years old..


The wife in the other room heard me scream "CAPTAIN CAVEMAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN!"
 
So the time dropped from 1769 to 1751 and then a few hours later to 1744. wtf

The community manager says the timer does not end at 0, so who knows what that means.

Also, they tweeted a haiku (Japanese form of poetry)

"In Spring it roams not. /
Maybe eastern sun rises /
Nor will it show guns"

http://twitter.com/CAGames/status/14912929433

The line "In Spring it roams not." may either allude to no spring release, OR it may refer to the Spring period, a Chinese era of history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_Period

"Maybe eastern sun rises"--this is a reference to Japan which is called "Land of the Rising Sun," but it says "Maybe," so that doesn't tell us much tbh.

"Nor will it show guns." Sounds to me like they're saying no guns for this one. So its either a Shogun 2 in a period earlier than firearms (which is rather odd) OR its an Asia: TW that features an era before firearms were invented.
 
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TehMac said:
So the time dropped from 1769 to 1751 and then a few hours later to 1744. wtf

The community manager says the timer does not end at 0, so who knows what that means.

Also, they tweeted a haiku (Japanese form of poetry)

"In Spring it roams not. /
Maybe eastern sun rises /
Nor will it show guns"

http://twitter.com/CAGames/status/14912929433

The line "In Spring it roams not." may either allude to no spring release, OR it may refer to the Spring period, a Chinese era of history.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spring_and_Autumn_Period

"Maybe eastern sun rises"--this is a reference to Japan which is called "Land of the Rising Sun," but it says "Maybe," so that doesn't tell us much tbh.

"Nor will it show guns." Sounds to me like they're saying no guns for this one. So its either a Shogun 2 in a period earlier than firearms (which is rather odd) OR its an Asia: TW that features an era before firearms were invented.
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Nor will it show guns...

Focusing in a little "Nor will it showguns" and "nor will it shoguns". (Show guns could be Shoguns)

I think it probably indicates that it is NOT a Shogun game.
 
TehMac said:
In a game? Why do they need that? I find that incredibly condescending, and if anything, spoils the atmosphere.
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Like there aren't scantily clad babes in real life...

It adds to the atmosphere, as it adds realism. What kind of hero would travel around with a chick for months and not end up banging her?
 
TehMac said:
The fantasy genre is kind of hit and miss. I like games that imitate a Tolkienesque approach to fantasy--i.e. more of a fictional kind of universe with magic manifest more as a kind of intelligence or super-natural power as opposed to being the everyday thing, but unfortunately this games are incredibly rare, if they exist at all. I liked Dragon Age's initial approach, but the wonky armor and scantily clad babes turned me off. So in short, I wouldn't be a fan of the game unless they approached the fantasy genre from an anthropological and historical paradigm as opposed to "lolmagic + puff puff dragons!"

As it is, I think they'll do a WW1/WW2 Total War before they ever do a fantasy game.

If you're into fantasy strategy, check out Elemental: War of Magic
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Seems like there are hardly any WWI games. I guess combat was a little too one dimensional.
 
I'd glad its Shogun 2 instead of Civil War, WW1, WW2, fantasy, or some other lame fantasy product. It'd be the first TW game I didn't buy if it had been. 🙂
 
TehMac said:
If you're into fantasy strategy, check out Elemental: War of Magic
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Also, King Arthur: The Role-Playing Wargame. It's basically Total War with your general units able to wield some magical powers. And later in the game you start getting and fighting Fey units. It follows a linear plot and you're basically railroaded into attacking/conquering territories in a set path to progress through the game.
 
Hey guys, the ve3d, may not actually be able to confirm if it is Shogun 2--why would CA have released that tweet saying "nor show guns"--THINK, 16th century Japan has no guns.

However, someone brought up the fact that there is no shogun, the goal is to become the shogun. So who knows. This is kind of retarded, but I think we'll find out June 3rd when PC Gamer UK has a story on it.
 
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