Empire: Total War
- New Real-time 3D Naval Warfare. Players control release ships or vast fleets with fully destructible sails as well as cannon and musket action, boarding raids and more. This is the complete naval combat experience.
- All-new Game Engine. With a newly made Windows XP-compatible DirectX 9 graphics engine, players will experience real-time seascapes, dynamic weather and a new advanced landscape and plant life system.
- Episodic Campaign. Improves accessibility to the game by gradually introducing advanced features over time.
- Massive Scope. Over 30 in-game factions encompass all of the World’s major powers including the United States of America.and dodge pursuers using the stylus.
- Brand New Multiplayer Modes. Players vie for a place at the top of the rankings and join leagues and ladders for even more gameplay challenges.
Product Description
Control the sea, command splendid armies, forge a new nation and conquer the globe. Empire: Total War takes the Total War franchise to the 18th Century and the Age of Imperialism—a time of near perpetual war. This latest installation in the award-winning, multi-million unit selling Total War franchise introduces a host of revolutionary new features, including right 3D naval combat. Players will be able to command release ships or vast fleets upon seascapes rich with extraordinary effects. After pummeling enemies with cannon fire, players will close in to grapple enemy ships and prepare to penetrate, taking control of men as they fight hand-to-hand. With an entirely new game engine, Empire will see further enhancements to the 3D battles and turn-based campaign maps. Empire lets players experience combat on the high seas, India, Europe, and, for the first time, the United States of America.Amazon.com Product Description
Call the shots in epic battles all over the world and enlarge your realm of influence throughout the tumultuous eighteenth century with Empire: Total War for your PC. Set against the bold intellectual landscape of the Enlightenment, this extension of the Total War franchise brings you out of the middle ages and into a realm where guns, gunpowder, and naval warfare have a dramatic influence on the face of combat.
Realistic landscapes and weather add drama to your campaigns. View larger. |
Dynamic, 3D naval warfare expands the combat zone. View larger. |
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For the first time, North America is open as a field of battle. View larger. |
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Historic Factions, Expanded Horizons, and an Updated Campaign Map
Total War’s detailed, turn-based battle system has received some honest upgrades that will have an impact on both seasoned commanders and newly minted combatants. The UI has been streamlined, and the systems for handling trade and diplomacy have been updated. You have improved advisors at your disposal, and realistic espionage techniques can be carried out using agents.
Empire puts a variety of major political factions into your hands, including France, Spain, Splendid Britain, Sweden, the United Provinces in northern Europe, Prussia, the Ottoman Empire, and Russia. Detailed strategic elements come into play, whether you’re fighting in the heart of Europe, warding off Mamluk horsemen in the middle east, or effective to capture the wealth of India. Beyond all this, for the first time in Total War history, the continent of North America is an open field of play that describes the unique strategic problems encountered by the founding fathers during the revolutionary war.
Dynamic 3D Naval Battles and Forces of Nature
Total War’s signature 3D battle scenes are paired with a new graphics engine and improved technology, allowing war and conquest to take on an even more realistic feel. Advanced landscape and plant life systems add both realism and depth to the world stage, while dynamic weather consistently threatens to throw a wrench in your attack plans.
Whether you’re coordinating group firing or at the bottom of a defensive square formation, the musket and the cannon take center stage as newly developed implements of war. And they’re not just for use on land. Real-time naval battle set on dramatic seascapes help shape the balance of potential and determine the scope of your Empire, and they’re rendered in the same impressive 3D as battles on land. You may find yourself directing a vast fleet owing to intricate drills, controlling the helm of a release tall ship, or grappling to the enemy’s boat and dictating the course of hand-to-hand combat on deck.
New Multiplayer Action
Additional updates to the Total War model include a multiplayer component that provides player rankings for competitive commanders, leagues and ladders, and a selection of entirely new modes of game play.
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Haven’t played the Game yet. Heard it was a small tuff. I will see when I get a chance to check it out.
Rating: 3 / 5
This game is defenitly worth $50.00. It has splendid replay regard awesome interface sweet graphics and super excellent campaigns.
Rating: 5 / 5
I’ve bought and played the medieval II and the empire and while the empire game is a system hog it really runs pretty well. The steam issue, while irritating, is really overblown, it runs just fine. They’ve added some fascinating new layers to the game.
Rating: 4 / 5
I have never reviewed anything I buy here on amazon. But the Bashing and 2 star scores EVERY Pc game is just demorilizing!
Creative Assembly spent years developing this game and it is loads of fun!
I have played all Total War sports meeting since Shogun and this is the best iteration, hand down.
All TW sports meeting have been released with bugs and flaws but patches and mods have ironed out the kinks and turned every TW game into a hit!Empire is no exeption.Less then a week after release, CA has issued a patch and in a press release they state another one will be coming next week.
The thing with DRM that really boils my blood is that people bitch and moan consantly about something the developer has no control over!! By not purchasing the game JUST because of Steam ,(which is a splendid service, more on that later), you are destroying our unique gaming platform.
People who go around on amazon reviewing PC sports meeting that have DRM without playing the actual game are destroying PC gaming more than the Piraters!
CA could have released a much more forward DRM such as securom but they chose Steam, which is NOT spyware, DOES NOT require internet access to play everytime (ONLY ON INSTALL PEOPLE) and if you are reading this, then you have internet access! (If not, bop on down to the local computer shop and install the game there)
But Steam is a splendid service, you can download full sports meeting, you can install the game HOWEVER many times you want on HOWEVER MANY Pc’s you want! (Steam also has splendid Deals! (Bioshock for 5 bucks??, S.T.A.L.K.E.R for 5 smackers?? whats not to like??)
Buuuut now about the game.
This game is simply incredible, with 40 factions to cooperate with, there is alotta stuff to do! And yes, only 12 of the factions are playable but those 12 factions will keep you busy! And CA is probably going ot release patches to unlock more factions.
The Campaign Map has more detail then ever and the Tech tree offers a new aspect that has not been covered in previous TW titles.
The Land battles are Incredible! 18th century tactics must be used to win and large battles with 3000+ men are astounding to watch, the sound is also stellar, The crack of a musket barrage with the drums beating really sets the tone for this era of combat.
I could Go on and on, but you have probably read the proffesional sites review and they are absolutly right.
(Though they do say naval battles are dissapointing, I reflect this feature is either loved or Meh, I reflect they are quite fun but not centerpiece of the game)
But all in all, This game is definetly worth your cash and I reccomend to to TW veterans or people new to the series.
Cheers
Rating: 5 / 5
Contrary to many of the 1 star reviews, I am very impressed with this game and like the fact that I can run it owing to Steam. I have been using Steam for all my sports meeting for quite a while and have become a huge fan of it. Many companies have said they will not even make sports meeting exclusively for the PC any more since they have lost too much cash owing to piracy, so I dont hold responsible them for at least trying Steam. If you in fact give Steam a try, you may find you like it more than you reflect you would have otherwise. It really is a very excellent game tool.
As far as a review for the game, it really is an amazing game, and one I think was well worth the wait. I wont be able to do the game justice with a personal review, so for a great review go here –> [...]
Buy this game! It really is incredible!
Rating: 5 / 5