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 Posted: Fri, 20th Jan 2006 19:10 Post subject: Medieval 2 : Total War announced (Screenshots inside) |
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From http://www.totalwar.com/community/medieval2.htm
Key Features Include:
Real-Time Battles On a Massive Scale
Epic Battles with Enhanced Unit Detail
Thunderous battles on a huge scale with thousands of units on screen. Armies are now made up of meticulously detailed troops built with unique heads, body, weapons and armour with unique animations and poses that gives each individual unit character and depth. Troops and cavalry are decorated with all the heraldic finery and colour of medieval warfare that’s gradually muddied and bloodstained through the course of battle.
New Unit Abilities
A legion of more than 250 new and unique units split over 21 factions, each with their own new special abilities that open up a wealth of intuitive battlefield tactics.
Advanced Combat System
Zoom to the frontline and witness the fast, visceral melee combat enhanced by new spectacular battlefield animations. Troops block and parry attack moves and string together deadly combo attacks and finishing moves before scanning the battlefield for their next kill.
New Explosive Sieges
Embark on spectacular siege battles as huge armies and fearsome siege machines rumble into action. Devastating cannon, pummel imposing defences of fully destructible cities and castles before setting them aflame under the night sky.
Advanced Lighting and Richer Environments
A newly enhanced graphics engine brings the battlefield environment to life like never before. The stunningly realistic landscapes feature detailed vegetation with sprawling settlements. Newly detailed dynamic weather effects beat down on new terrain types illuminated by enhanced lighting that captures every glint and spark as arms and armour clash under a gleaming sun.
Enhanced Multiplayer Battles
New multiplayer battle modes will ease the player’s passage to the battlefield and keep the online conflict raging.
A New All-Conquering Campaign
History in the Making
A huge campaign spanning from the years 1080-1530, that will take the player beyond the first Crusade up until the dawn of the renaissance. An extended campaign map will allow passage to South and Central America bringing the player into battle with the Aztecs.
New Settlement Types
Build through six levels of settlement ranging from humble villages to vast cities and wooden forts to mighty stone fortress. Develop your faction as a feudal aristocracy using you castles to keep the peasants in check whilst conquering your enemies with your powerful armies. Or build cities to develop a wealthy urban society, and battle your foes with diplomacy, bribery, assassination and armies of mercenaries.
A Supporting Cast
Put an array of ancillary characters to work and smooth your path to global domination. Boost your coffers with Merchants. Grease the cogs of diplomacy with Princesses and manage your faction’s path to religious enlightenment with Priests. Charge assassins to wipe out enemy generals and witness their cold-hearted killing first-hand with assassination movie sequences.
Embrace Religion
Will you obey the demands of the Papal States, catering to the whims of the Pope? Or shun his requests and risk facing his fearsome Inquisitors or even excommunication? Make a stand against him and you can infiltrate papal affairs by rigging elections.
Global Crusades
Win favour with the Pope and round up your armies for global crusades at his request. Players can even prompt the Pope to commission crusades as Catholicism wages a spiritual battle against the Muslim, Orthodox and Pagan religions.
source screenshots: http://www.gamestar.de/news/pc-spiele/strategie/30913/
Last edited by lobsterboy on Sat, 21st Jan 2006 12:21; edited 1 time in total
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| Posted: Fri, 20th Jan 2006 19:15 Post subject: |
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Oh yes fantastic. Here begins another clone war.
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| Posted: Fri, 20th Jan 2006 19:20 Post subject: |
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OMG fooking awesome...i want it now pleeeasseee
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deelix
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| Posted: Fri, 20th Jan 2006 19:21 Post subject: |
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Its ok my radeon 9800 pro, don't listen them, i still love you...
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X_Dror
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| Posted: Fri, 20th Jan 2006 19:24 Post subject: |
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Ohhhh yessssssssssssss!
I love Total War!
Rome:Total war was really great, i hope this one will be even better (better MP)
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| Posted: Fri, 20th Jan 2006 21:16 Post subject: |
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yiiip yiiip yiiip
too bad it won't run on my machine but then I can still play Shogun
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| Posted: Fri, 20th Jan 2006 21:32 Post subject: |
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I don't know why they're doing same thing over again, why not move on to Napoleon or WWII era?
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X_Dror
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| Posted: Fri, 20th Jan 2006 21:55 Post subject: |
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The Medieval era is the shit!
"Techniclly speaking, Beta-Manboi didnt inject Burberry_Massi with Benz, he injected him with liquid that had air bubbles in it, which caused benz." - House M.D
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| Posted: Fri, 20th Jan 2006 22:05 Post subject: |
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I just knew it was gonna be a new medieval, awesome stuff...my favourite history period.
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TB666
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| Posted: Fri, 20th Jan 2006 22:06 Post subject: |
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| bonespirit wrote: | | Oh yes fantastic. Here begins another clone war. |
The men within the units will look different now.
Look at the screenshots, you will see that even tho they are in the same unit they have different shields and faces.
So it will be less of a clone war now.
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Jan 2006 08:57 Post subject: |
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Wauw, this really looks great!
PC: Yes. Console: No.
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Jan 2006 11:53 Post subject: |
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Was looking forward to a Shogun 2 actually, but this will suffice.
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Narog
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Jan 2006 12:30 Post subject: |
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Looks nice, medieval is still my favorite total war game...
I hope they'll keep the dynamically generated battlefields from rome total war, probably my favorite feature in any strategie game.
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Narog
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fraich3
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| Posted: Sat, 21st Jan 2006 15:45 Post subject: |
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This screens look good. A lot of detail has gone into the units. I would prefer Shogun 2 as well, I find the Japanese setting more appealing. Who knows, maybe it's in a secret dev at Creative Assembly.
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fraich3
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2006 02:11 Post subject: |
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Yeh, i actually thought that they were done with the Total War concept, or atlest was going to go forward instead of doing a "remake" of an older one.
Maybe it just comes to show that money is the true spirit in the industry atm, non the less i hope its gonna be good, need a new strat game imo.
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Ispep
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2006 02:26 Post subject: |
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Rome Total War was rushed because of money. So it's no surprise that we are getting more of the same. But I'm not complaining either because it will still kick ass.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2006 02:47 Post subject: |
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imo, if they put rome´s round-based aspect of the single player campaign into the multiplayer instead of making it a stupid skirmish game with a set amount of units, it wouldve been the best multiplayer strategy game ever.
i hope they achieve this in medieval.
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2006 09:14 Post subject: |
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SycoShaman
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| Posted: Mon, 23rd Jan 2006 22:53 Post subject: |
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Oh, this is so sick. The total war series is fuckin awesome. I cant say ive ever played a game as many times as I have each total war game. So much replay value.
Wicked:)
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