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[umiman]

I will play it, but I won't buy it.

Why are people so proud to announce this in a public place?

Because they're sticking it to the man! Take that, corporate!

They're also risking trouble for/from Toady. You aren't supposed to be quite so open about illegal activities here, lest you get warned, muted, or banhammered :V

Maybe he will get it as a gift? ...Christmas is coming.

Do people gift pre-orders? Is that a thing you can do?

[Teneb]

Pre-order bullshit aside, I think this is shaping up to be a pretty good game in the series, with much, much more variety than the rest of the total wars. I like how there are a lot of cities with unique graphics, that can be corrupted or orkyfied.

[boki]

Looks like you will not be able to see shit on the world map if you are not looking close up like they did in the demo.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

I think Shogun was the last good TW game. Rome II was just so bland and kind of unbalanced.

fakeedit: I really hope this one will be good though.

[umiman]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTQGv3n2Puw

Campaign gameplay video. Looks quite nice.

[Teneb]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UTQGv3n2Puw

Campaign gameplay video. Looks quite nice.

I thought Mech#4 had posted it, but it was only the CGI stuff. Yeah, the campaign map looks good, if nothing else.

[TempAcc]

Look ok but, no actual battle footage, which is unfortunate :C

[lordcooper]

Yeah, the campaign demo should focus on battles.

[Urist McScoopbeard]

I think it might just turn out alright. I really love the visual style this time round.

[Digital Hellhound]

Man, looking at that map, CA should've done fantasy ages ago. Those are some really cool details in the terrain and settlements - really dramatic-looking peaks, narrow dwarven bridges, Orkish damage on the land, so much stuff, damn. I'm liking everything I see. Hype levels rocketing up.

[Mech#4]

There's a bit more information that has been released within the last few days:

Dwarf faction unit list.

There's also this blog post about buildings from Creative Assembly that also has some information about the land corruption mechanics that the Warriors of Chaos and Vampire Counts have. It mentions that, at least for the Warriors of Chaos, "Forbidden cults will spring up and formerly law-abiding citizens could soon be at each other’s’ throats." It also covers the resources and how the different factions will make use of them.

[lordcooper]

http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Regional_Occupation_Blog

tl;dr Badlands and holds can only occupied by dwarfs or orcs, Norsca can only be occupied by the Norscans, Chaos is fully 'hordelike' without settlements and the rest can be occupied by the rest.  The intent is to stick to lore a bit and make alliances/raiding/razing more of a thing instead of just growing your blob.  I am very cautiously optimistic.

[ZebioLizard2]

Huh so they are using the Atilla system for Chaos Warriors... I approve! Course the holds and badlands thing is odd but compared to the number of human settlements and how others work it seems alright.

Wait so Border Princes and Brettonia are a thing now? Or are they basically neutral types until the DLC come out.

[lordcooper]

The playable races at launch are Dwarfs, Orcs, Empire and Vampire Counts.  Chaos is a preorder bonus because fuck those who want to be informed customers amirite, but will almost certainly be purchasable as DLC at some point.

[ZebioLizard2]

I know that, but it seems Brettonia and the Border Princes are able to conquer. My main question is Brettonia having its own unique army or will it share units with basic human stuff till they get their own DLC.


Seems Skaven won't be in this game, which is a pity but I can understand they'd likely need either more of the southern lands, or Lustria.