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Topic Subject: Total War: Attila revealed!
posted 09-25-14 12:00 PM EDT (US)   
And the next Total War game is... TOTAL WAR: ATTILA!!! Here is the official description along with some details and a link to the trailer below:

"Against a darkening background of famine, disease and war, a new power is rising in the great steppes of the East. With a million horsemen at his back, the ultimate warrior king approaches, and his sights are set on Rome…

The next instalment in the multi award-winning PC series that combines turn-based strategy with real-time tactics, Total War: ATTILA casts players back to 395 AD. A time of apocalyptic turmoil at the very dawn of the Dark Ages.

How far will you go to survive? Will you sweep oppression from the world and carve out a barbarian or Eastern kingdom of your own? Or will you brace against the coming storm as the last remnants of the Roman Empire, in the ultimate survival-strategy challenge?

The Scourge of God is coming. Your world will burn."

Apocalyptic destruction mechanics

*Wield the ferocious power of fire in battle to set buildings ablaze and terrify defenders, or wipe entire cities and regions from the face of the campaign map with the new raze mechanic.

Legendary start position

*Playing as the Western Roman Empire you will begin with vast territories under your control, but weakened by political in-fighting and threatened on all sides by enemies, your dominance will quickly become a struggle to survive.

Overhauled game mechanics

*Improved core gameplay and UI through the latest optimised and modified Total War game mechanics, including politics, family tree, civic management and technological progression.

Incredible period detail

*With new period-specific technologies, arms and armaments, religion, cultures and social upheaval, Total War: ATTILA delivers an authentic experience of this ominous chapter of our history.

Outstanding visual fidelity

*Improvements and optimisations to both campaign and battle visuals create a chilling vision of a looming apocalypse and the ruin of the civilized world. With breath-taking scale, atmosphere and improved graphical performance, witness the end of days and the rise of a legend.

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Brace yourselves citizens, the Scourge of God is coming!!!


"Life is more fun when you are insane. Just let go occasionally".- yakcamkir 12:14
"It is not numbers, but vision that wins wars." - Antiochus VII Sidetes
"My magic screen is constantly bombarded with nubile young things eager to please these old eyes. This truly is a wonderful period in which to exist! - Terikel Grayhair
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posted 09-25-14 02:05 PM EDT (US)     1 / 3  
Here's a few videos by DarrenTotalWar who paid a visit to CA several weeks ago and had some hands-on game time with Total War: Attila as well as Lead Designer Janos Gaspair, Senior Campaign Designer Dominique Starr and Lead Art Pawel Woss!

Battle Gameplay


Campaign Gameplay


Developer Interview - Battles


Developer Interview - Campaign


A very big thank you to DarrenTotalWar for sharing his experience with the Total War Community!

"Life is more fun when you are insane. Just let go occasionally".- yakcamkir 12:14
"It is not numbers, but vision that wins wars." - Antiochus VII Sidetes
"My magic screen is constantly bombarded with nubile young things eager to please these old eyes. This truly is a wonderful period in which to exist! - Terikel Grayhair
Angel of Total War: Rome II Heaven and the Total War: Attila Forums

[This message has been edited by Terikel Grayhair (edited 09-26-2014 @ 02:04 AM).]

posted 09-25-14 02:54 PM EDT (US)     2 / 3  
Well, early signs are the Huns will not be a playable faction, which must be one of the first times SEGA\CA have gone out of their way to market a Total War game extensively around a prominent historical figure and not make them the focus of the game per say (compare to Napoleon for example). Hard to say at the moment how much of the emphasis on Attila is easily identifiable and digestible marketing and how much of it translate over to the gameplay, but I will be disappointed if the Huns are less the Huns and more Attila-the-faction since the Huns were causing trouble before the rise of Attila and the Huns were actually two kingdoms (and one troublesome force) ruled by Bleda and Atilla for longer than it was just one fearsome Kingdom united under Attila's rule.

Which reminds me, everyone loves to glorify Rome even during the decline, but it's significance had taken a hit over time as it was at most only the spiritual heart of the Western Roman Empire by now since the administrative capital had essentially moved further north. But, hey, it's another one of these easily identifiable and marketable icons, so I guess you can't blame marketing for going with the easiest most recognisable symbols when speaking about the game.

Now that they are (supposedly) correcting some of the mistakes they made with Rome II, hopefully they will not be so quick to forget why they arranged the technology screen as they did in the previous games instead of how they arranged it in Rome II for future titles.
posted 09-26-14 03:52 AM EDT (US)     3 / 3  
Napoleon 2: electric bogoloo?

Quite excited, the new governors system and stuff seem interesting.

And I shall go Softly into the Night Taking my Dreams As will You
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