I think the multiplayer only ever supported the "map" part of the game, and not the combat part?

Never played it multi, it takes too long. A decent game of Shogun would last five / six hours, probably five hundred / six hundred for Medieval, good luck trying to get a decent game going with the current batch of filth that's fucking up the Internet.

Creston

I don't see anything about the demo supporting multiplayer but when the full comes out I'm all for some multiplayer on this one. I think Medieval let you play co-op against the computer, right?

So... the lesson to be learned is: "plan to release when everyone else is releasing (as per usual), BUT! desperately hope that everyone else decides to delay their games!"

But then still release. Rather than delay. Also, in early November most game companies had already announced their delays, so it was looking like a wretched christmas, until Blizzard made their release announcement almost near the end of november, and sold 358 trillion units.

Creston

Ahh yes, I have been looking forward to this for a *long* time!

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No publisher ever learned from Blizzard. When Blizzard released Warcraft 2, they did it for a Xmas when everything else was being delayed

So... the lesson to be learned is: "plan to release when everyone else is releasing (as per usual), BUT! desperately hope that everyone else decides to delay their games!" ?

That's the sound my cat would make it if understood the concept of Total War.

I'm fanfuckingtastically excited about this game, the only damper is the fact that they have their "secret war" shit in it again, meaning that your army of 500.000 Templar Knights can be totally defeated by three priests and a limp spy.

The analness with which Medieval forced you to plant 8 priests / spies / assassins in every single country just to be able to retain control over your own fucking armies just really got to me. I played probably a million games of Shogun and its expansion to a finish, but I never ever finished a single game of Medieval. Eventually the crap of moving spies and priests around would just get on my tits and force me to quit.

I SERIOUSLY hope that it's not as bad in this one, but who knows.
A demo is much loving goodness. Thanks CA!

Creston

Why do all these good games have to come at the same time

God, don't even get me fucking started on this. They ALWAYS do. Because publishers look at the entire year, and think, hmmm, we could release our AA title in month xxx, when nothing of note is coming out, and starved gamers will buy it in droves, OR, we could release it on THE SAME FUCKING DAYwhen the three best titles of the year are coming out, and sell absolutely no fucking copies whatsoever.
THAT SOUNDS FUCKING GREAT!!!!

No publisher ever learned from Blizzard. When Blizzard released Warcraft 2, they did it for a Xmas when everything else was being delayed, leading to an absurd amount of sales of the game for xmas presents, simply because THERE WAS NOTHING ELSE OUT. This pretty much put Blizzard on the fucking map.

Every game publisher in the world is a total fucking moron, and really is not deservant of life.

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There's alot of love in this thread!

Looking forward to monday for some reason

Can wait for this, I recently re-installed Shogun and Medieval Total War and IMHO they are the best RTS ever made they have totaly redifned the Genere.

And from what I have heard, Rome Total War is going to be even better

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This bad ass news.

wootage

Yes, I love that show. What an amazing game to be used by the History Channel.

Woot!! Demo demo demo.

anyone watch "decisive battles" on the history channel

it uses the game to reenact battles

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The Former Leader and Victor of the rebel movement against the dark Lord Surewood and his fiendish cohorts(bunko)

Huzzah!

\o/

wait, I've got to go into the city on sunday, for a week... /o\


damned doom3 STILL hasnt got here yet, for a catalog of reasons, many of which may result in a new meaning of "going postal" which refers to the actions of customers instead of employees. royal mail SUCK since privatisation.

Took them Long enough!!! Was a year ago they were using the engine of the game on BBC2 in the UK.

Why do all these good games have to come at the same time ... when bar Far Cry the rest of the year has been so pants for PC games.