Despite its all-round unrivalled excellence, there is one aspect of Creative Assembly's BAFTA award-winning Shogun: Total War that perhaps held it back in terms of multimillion sales: the fact that it was set in medieval Japan rather than medieval Europe. Not that we're complaining but, understandably for most, it's far easier to relate to a knight in shining armour than it is a samurai in hakama or kataginu - leaving aside the problem of pronunciation. Similarly, how many of you can have claimed to have seen Rashomon or Seven Samurai? How about Robin Hood: Prince Of Thieves? Exactly.
No matter how many billions more will buy the recently renamed Medieval: Total War on the basis of its setting, the signs look good that gameplay-wise the game will build upon its predecessor's solid foundations. For those who missed it, Shogun was, of course, a delicate blend of Warhammer's epic table-top battles, mixed with a healthy dose of Civilization-style turn-based complexity. A potent mix for sure, and one that worked perfectly. It's no small complement when we say that Shogun was the most important strategy game since Dune 2 and, if we dare carry the analogy further, Medieval could be to Shogun what C&C was to West wood's ground-breaking first RTS.
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'We've kept the basic premise of Shogun: Total War but completely redesigned the gameplay to make it suitable for the period,' says Michael de Plater, creative director of The Creative Assembly, on die differences between both games. 'The 3D battlefields are now as varied as they are spectacular to look at - with everything ranging from deserts to lush European landscapes. Sieges have now become an important part of the game and the 12 playable factions each have their own unique units, tech trees and strengths/weaknesses, with more than 100 different unit types in 1 total, from Knights Templar and Bedouin Camel Warriors to Brigands,! Archers and Peasants.'
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One of Shogun's few weaknesses and conversely Medieval's greatest single innovation, is the game's castle battles. As well as towering stone keeps and forbidding ramparts, the whole lot will be fully destructible, with players able to field mangonels, siege cannons, trebuchets and ballista.
'Siege warfare was a very important part of Medieval warfare, and we've dedicated a lot of time to making castle sieges an incredible experience,' offers de Plater. 'Players will also be able to custom-design their castles by adding defensive features, such as catapult towers, palisades, and outer walls. In the earlier periods, the battlefield is dominated by knights and heavy cavalry. Longbows then make their mark and, towards the end of the game, gunpowder and heavy artillery will heavily affect the gameplay - and ' the castles.'
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Shogun campaign veterans will I remember how important it was to keep generals and heroes alive, and in Medieval we can expect a similar 'honour' system, with monarchs, their heirs, dukes and lords now boasting RPG-style character development, which, as de Plater says, 'accrue various vices and virtues that reflect their actions'. It seems a local lord crazed with bloodlust, as well as ruthless in combat, may well spark off a rebellion.
But it is the familiar as much as the I new that will ensure Medieval takes over from Shogun as the wargame of choice for PC strategists and, while the 3D real-time battles - again featuring countless thousands of troops across far more varied terrain - will be just as' epic in scope, the turn-based element of resource management, diplomacy, I research and espionage seem to have been significantly ramped up to mirror the game's far more varied spread of warring cultures.
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'Part of the popularity of Shogun: Total War was the fact that it combined turn-based and real-time strategy,' explains de Plater. 'The 3D battles have much more meaning to the player if they've been involved in creating those battle conditions through their own strategic decisions. All manner of non-combat units will feature, as princesses, bishops, heretics, i-finders, famous artists, and ralphilosophers (scientists).
These characters can trigger religious wars, negotiate treaties, create famous works of art or make incredible scientific discoveries,' he adds.have much more meaning to the player if they've been involved in creating those battle conditions through their own strategic decisions. All manner of non-combat units will feature, as princesses, bishops, heretics, i-finders, famous artists, and ralphilosophers (scientists).
These characters can trigger religious wars, negotiate treaties, create famous works of art or make incredible scientific discoveries,' he adds.
'Part of the popularity of Shogun: Total War was the fact that it combined turn-based and real-time strategy,' explains de Plater. 'The 3D battles have much more meaning to the player if they've been involved in creating those battle conditions through their own strategic decisions. All manner of non-combat units will feature, as princesses, bishops, heretics, i-finders, famous artists, and ralphilosophers (scientists).
These characters can trigger religious wars, negotiate treaties, create famous works of art or make incredible scientific discoveries,' he adds.have much more meaning to the player if they've been involved in creating those battle conditions through their own strategic decisions. All manner of non-combat units will feature, as princesses, bishops, heretics, i-finders, famous artists, and ralphilosophers (scientists).
These characters can trigger religious wars, negotiate treaties, create famous works of art or make incredible scientific discoveries,' he adds.
'There are also new strategic changes such as the ability for armies to be transported across the sea via ships. One of my favourite new features is that each territory on the strategy map is now geographically accurate - and the border over which you attack that region will determine the nature of the battlefield that you fight on. So, if you attack a region from the north, the terrain may be mainly mountainous (and hard to capture) but attacking the same region from the south could result in a flat lowland map. This adds another level of strategy to the turn-based game.'
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Though a full online campaign option has been ruled out for the sequel (as it eventually was for Shogun), it does little to diminish fervour for the game among PC Shogun fans. Today, Shogun still remains the benchmark for wargamers and there seems little to challenge it, at least until Medieval comes along. Having not yet had the chance to play the game first-hand we could be going slightly overboard, but from what we've seen we can safely say that Medieval will be the strategy game of 2002. All that remains is to try and predict what Total War scenario we can expect in 2004. Unfortunately, it's out of our hands, though we don't mind - it's bound to be another unrivalled epic.
A larger, more detailed campaign powers Medieval II.
I was a complete fan of Rome: Total War, having played it before Shogun and the original Medieval. Returning to its roots (sort of) while simultaneously keeping the stronger points of Rome and sprucing up the world with diplomatic niceties, Medieval II marks a healthy leap for the series. As with the previous entries, it flawlessly mixes real-time combat on huge maps, involving in some instances thousands of fighting men in epic battles, with a more subtle layer of diplomatic intrigue.
In the countries campaign mode, you can take up command of one of Europe's fledgling nations and lead them to dominance. Strategic decisions, such as managing settlements, moving units about, or keeping tabs your neighbors, take place on the Campaign Map, which has the look and feel of a Civilization game. As you upgrade cities, it's possible to see the countryside around them change from empty grassland to farmland, and see the roads fill up with wagons trading goods to and from your ports. Akin to any old-school Heroes or Warlords games, you also use cities as recruitment centers for your armies, steadily training better troops once your buildings (and population quotas) are good enough.
The primary and most stark difference in the way you build up towns in Medieval II (and every other preceding Total War game, for that matter) is the way you now must choose between developing each place as either a city or a castle. Each type has a discernible impact on the sort of buildings you have access to, and how quickly, but also in the amount of income they generate. Cities are economic centers that, in some instances, earn you twice the amount of gold that a castle can. The latter, on the other hand, offers you stronger military units earlier, and much sturdier defenses in the case of a siege. For a small penalty, you can rebuild your cities as castles or vice versa.
Likewise, the Pope adds a new layer of complexity to the campaign game. He's a sort of holy sheriff trying to keep the peace. This means that conquering the campaign map by destroying every faction is much more difficult. Fortunately, you can get in the Pope's good graces by building churches, training priests, participating in Crusades and laying down arms when he demands it. You can also win favor by participating in the Papal elections, which takes place once every ten or so turns. Cardinals from different nationalities participate, which further plays into the game's more complex diplomacy.
Other countries also hold the Pope's influence in high regard, so when a faction is ex-communicated for whatever reason, every other faction can pile on them. Ex-communication isn't as permanent a sentence as you might think, however – Papal favor will grow back, slowly. It might be annoying, but the system does have some level of fairness. For instance, I was once attacked by Denmark without provocation, fought back, won some territories, but was then scolded by the Pope to cease hostilities. I tried as much, even going as far as asking for a cease-fire, but the Danes were having none of it. After a few months of attacks, Denmark was ex-communicated, and I was allowed to destroy their faction.
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When armies finally clash the game goes into battlefield mode. You see an astonishing level of detail, right down to the faces of your men. Tactical considerations like formations, morale, tiredness, terrain and training all factor into how well your troops perform. It's possible to maintain an organized fight – up to a point, but often things do degenerate into pixel wars. Groups of men aren't as tightly knit as in Rome, and when order does break apart it's often difficult to realize what's going on. It's spectacular when hundred of men form a giant free-for-all, but one can't command much when this happens. Archers have also been powered down – whereas before they can cut down scores of men, here they merely drop a few guys. Catapults and Trebuchets, on the other hand, are just as fun and cool to use once they become available.
Even if you don't feel like grinding through the campaign map, you have plenty of historical battles (Agincourt, Hastings, Tennenberg) and also a quick battle creator that allows you to organize armies of any sides at any given location. Both of these features are also found in Rome, but it's nice to have them here as well. To be honest, on the other hand, I think the campaign is much more fun. Running a giant empire, holding off the Mongols, sending off armies off into a Crusade – it's all here, encapsulating weeks of play, and all of it's great fun.
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