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Offline thrila

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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #30 on: March 04, 2009, 02:02:48 PM »
Apart from steam exclusives i refuse to buy from steam.  I don't how the prices compare in the US but new releases tend to be a tenner cheaper if you buy it from a shop.

I enjoyed the demo, i preferred the navy battle to the land battle- the land battle seemed a bit scripted.  When i replayed it a second time i took out all of the yankies cannon and good ol george washington let me move my cannons right up to his infantry and kill each of them  one by one with grape shot.  It seems the battle AI has the old habit of just sitting there, letting you rip him to pieces with arty.
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #31 on: March 04, 2009, 05:50:01 PM »
So far, I am not very impressed with it.  The Road to Independence is a scripted bore.
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #32 on: March 04, 2009, 06:21:30 PM »
The Road to Independence is a scripted bore.

It's the tutorial campaign, not surprised it's heavily scripted.


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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #33 on: March 04, 2009, 07:05:44 PM »
It's the tutorial campaign, not surprised it's heavily scripted.


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You have to play it to unlock the Americas faction.
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #34 on: March 05, 2009, 03:15:58 AM »
Only took 3 hours to download off Steam for me.


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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #35 on: March 05, 2009, 08:01:31 AM »
Heh, ok something very interesting I just noticed.....

They missed out Bermuda!



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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #36 on: March 05, 2009, 08:07:35 AM »
Should be finished downloading by the time I get home today!

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I think I'm comin down with something......  Flu goin around, ya know :)

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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #37 on: March 05, 2009, 08:45:48 AM »
Heh, ok something very interesting I just noticed.....

They missed out Bermuda!



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They did?

Pfffft.  That is silly.  Where do the troops who sack Washington leave from then?

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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #38 on: March 05, 2009, 08:47:25 AM »
Can't model every little thing, Medieval 2 left Malta and the islands off the Iberian Peninsula out too.
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #39 on: March 05, 2009, 09:26:58 AM »
Anyone expecting a video game to be 100% historically accurate should go read more books.  I'll probably wait till past the weekend to buy it off steam.  I've been very happy buying retail games off steam.  Though if my account were to get hijacked someday, there might be a problem.
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #40 on: March 05, 2009, 10:48:44 AM »
I don't expect "every little thing" to be included...but they didn't call Bermuda the Gibraltar of the West for no reason.

Here is a little historical perspective:

http://www.redcoat.me.uk/bermuda.htm

I'm still buying the game though...let me be perfectly clear.

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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #41 on: March 05, 2009, 01:57:02 PM »
Had my first major battle against the French last night.  While raiding French territory, my raider force of 545 men (militia, cavalary and Indian scouts and 2 cannon) encountered a much larger French force (1700 men) outside of Ft. Niagra.  I went on the attack and the French forces immediately retreated and left Ft. Niagra open for the taking.

At least they've modeled the French forces accurately ^__^


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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #42 on: March 05, 2009, 03:27:01 PM »
Had my first major battle against the French last night.  While raiding French territory, my raider force of 545 men (militia, cavalary and Indian scouts and 2 cannon) encountered a much larger French force (1700 men) outside of Ft. Niagra.  I went on the attack and the French forces immediately retreated and left Ft. Niagra open for the taking.

At least they've modeled the French forces accurately ^__^


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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #43 on: March 05, 2009, 05:17:09 PM »
Prussians are little cowardly as well. My redcoats assaulted Brandenburg with almost even numbers, however I lost only some 150 men while the prussians fled and lost over 800 men. I was also testing newly acquired 12 pounders with grapeshots, but the experiement failed on me as I tried to close into the range - prussians assaulted my line with all they got. Lost one artillery group as they were too slow to withdraw and soldiers rushed to form a line in front of the gun failed to hold the line. I had set the musketeers to form a single line with couple to cover the flanks and the cavalry was behind the center. Wasn't much of a shoot out as the prussians simply charged to do close up and personal business.

I counter charged with most of the line that hadn't been detached to cover the retreat of artillery. They charged with two lines one after another and didn't leave anything to cover the flanks or to flank me. As the soldiers got melded into a fiery mess of hand to hand combat I charged with the cavalry and used the musketeers covering the flanks to flank the prussians from both ends of the line, eventually attacking from behind. Soon after the prussians panicked and fled en masse - whoever was fortunate enough to get out of the encircelement. They didn't have much of a courage to fight under pressure.

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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #44 on: March 05, 2009, 05:26:39 PM »
I still can't get the damn Americas enabled in the Grand Campaign... anyone else get this done?

I finished the Road to Independence and that's supposed to open it.
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