Despite being one of the least polished and most buggy of all the TW games. I can not help but love this games scale and come back to it time and time again despite its constant problems. The TW series as a whole is sorta genre on its own so it really compares to each other. This one expands the typical eurocentric game play by adding north america, India and trade posts all over the world. Really expanding the basic map painting fun all over the world.

The inclusion of minor factions which would become a stable was a great addition loved that. As well as the way gunpowder dominate combat changed the gameplay in a way not done outside of the fantasy games and still make it and its sister game Neapolean feel super unique.

In the end I guess from here it feels like the end of the BIG history games. Shogun 2 and Rome 2 were remakes and the other history games have all been bite sized regional affairs. My heart still beats for the last time a history game in the series went bigger instead of just safe.

That said its extremely buggy even today and started the dlc nightmare. Its diplomacy system is absolute ass and its really not go the combat figured out (Neapolean however really nailed it.) still Cant not love it.

Please do a Empire 2 CA! You know that we all would love it!

It is an amazingly fun if a bit quirky game

cANNOT WAIT FOR THE NEXT GAME OF EMPIRE TOTAL WAR

soooooo bad. I am primarily ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ here about the naval battles. I have a brit fleet of 4 or 5 4th rates 3 admiral 5th rates and 6 6th rates. The frogs jump me with say 3 5th rates a couple of ffgs and some indianmen. I am sick of doing naval battles as they are complete ♥♥♥♥. the computer sails directly into the wind with no loss in speed. In the age of sail you could not do that you could get within a few points - 12.5 degrees, per points of the wind but no more. So I let the computer fight. What happens the frogs wipe out my mostly 4th and 5th rate ships and lose almost nothing. Weight of iron I had them by 3 times. There is also no ---no concept of different calibers of guns. Brit 4th rates had 18 and 24 and in some cases 32 pounders. one broadside from a 4th rate would turn a 6th rate or smaller into kindling in a hurry. Also the rage on said nave guns are in no way included in the game. a ff may have had 9lb cannons early in the wars or 12 lbs or maybe 18 pounders later in the war. Sloops and brigs were 6 pounders at best. They could still not stand against a line of battle ship.

♥♥♥♥ this whole Franchise

Unit commanding is too clunky. No polished enough when compared to shogun 2 and newer titles. They seem to ignore commands sometimes. And in forts is where they will just stand there and not do anything unless you do specfic commands to get them "unstuck".

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Great game, been playing it since its release in 2009!

dont underestimate long thin lines of riflemen the cavalry will try to hit you but it wont matter by the time they reach you. 2 units of artillery 2-4 units of horsemen <clean up crew save them for the retreat, and the rest rifles, maybe two melee units if you feeling like pushing them off a wall but that's about it in my opinion.