NEW HISTORICAL TW GAME ANNOUNCED: [World War 1] (speculation)

[Qinshi]

Hey,

OH MY GOD.
There has been an update from CA on their Total War teams.
Because people were complaining why it took so long to pump out the patches for Warhammer (its kinda good).
If you read this post of CA on their official forum:
https://forums.totalwar.com/discussion/178892/what-are-the-total-war-teams-working-on-updated-24-06-16#latest


You'll notice this:

Historical Team – Unannounced Total War Title
Game Director - Janos Gaspar
This team most recently released Total War: ATTILA in February 2015, which went on to become our best-selling ever follow-up title. Since that game was finalised for manufacture at the end of 2014, they’ve primarily been in the early pre-production stages of our next historically-based major release. That involves planning, scheduling and researching the period, art styles and technology we want to put into the game. They’ve recently started prototyping some feature ideas and that will be the next stage of development that will keep them busy for now. It will be some time before we reveal this title. It will be huge, it will be historic. It will not be soon. It is not worth asking any more questions about it.

So , it has been 'announced'. The team of Attila is already busy on the new big game in the Total War franchise.
Let the discussion begin.

What do you think?
(their are also 2 warhammer titles in development, but we knew that.)

I think it will be World War 1.
Why?
1) WW1 is 'hot' now. Look at the buzz around BF1 in comparison to the new CoD.
2) Gyrocopters in Warhammer are just a test case for the planes at the end of WW1.
3) its HUGE and its historical. Its the one big global thing they didnt do.
4) it will take several years to perfect this.
5) The game will release in 2018. Because of the 100year anniversary of WW1. It will be all over the news, with big events and things.
Its the ideal PR for launching a new game, that will be a huge sale succes due do the momentum.

For all the kiddies in the total war section:
World War 1 / The Great War: 1914-1918.
It was the Treatie of Versailles that ensured World War 2 could begin.

Steam tanks: Testcase for first tank in WW1
Magic: Testcase for gas attacks in WW1
Gyrocopters/flying units: Testcase for first planes in WW1
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Edit:
No medieval 3, Rome 3 or shogun 3: CA already announced it many times, their will not be a third installment of an existing title in the near future.

No Total War: China, cause the biggest buying/playing audience of the Total War serie is the Western European gamer.

CA: creator of Total War: is a French/british studio.

[Dana Zanerman]

Errr,it was already confirmed that next historical title was in development.
Nothing new

[Qinshi]

SO basically WO1 has been announced to be released at 2018.
2018 cause of the 100 year anniversary for WO1.
The big momentum it will create, the hype around new gamers to learn how 'great' WO1.

Global scale.

Look at the signs:
Steam tank in WH: Test case for the first tanks in WO1.
Gyrocopters in WH: Test case of the planes in WO1.

[SuperGorp]

Oh man, now that's what I call a tease!

[SleepyNarwhalz]

Its already been confirmed a few times

[Dana Zanerman]

What is WO1 ? World War 1 ?

[Qinshi]

World War 1 indeed.

[SleepyNarwhalz]

Opprinnelig skrevet av EternalSilence:

World War 1 indeed.

I doubt WW 1 would work well in a total war format. By that point in time we had moved past infantry blocks in formations and used more squad based tactics

[Kimse]

Opprinnelig skrevet av EternalSilence:

SO basically WO1 has been announced to be released at 2018.
2018 cause of the 100 year anniversary for WO1.
The big momentum it will create, the hype around new gamers to learn how 'great' WO1.

Global scale.

Look at the signs:
Steam tank in WH: Test case for the first tanks in WO1.
Gyrocopters in WH: Test case of the planes in WO1.

I think its very very presumptious of you saying that steam tanks and gyrocpters are just a test in order to test units in a future WO1 :D

Steam Tanks and Gyrocopters are in TW: W for 1 reason only and that is due to the lore and army lists in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle TT.

[Glymner]

Seriously if it's not Medieval or Pike and Shot, I will not buy it.

[SleepyNarwhalz]

Gyrocopters wouldn't transfer to planes at all.

[Qinshi]

Opprinnelig skrevet av SleepyNarwhalz:

Opprinnelig skrevet av EternalSilence:

World War 1 indeed.

I doubt WW 1 would work well in a total war format. By that point in time we had moved past infantry blocks in formations and used more squad based tactics

I think you mistake World War 1 for World War 2.

Squads? lol.
Fast phased? lol.

Trench warfare, line battles, over the top, infactery battles, raids on different trenches, no mans land, begin of airal combat, Pyriet gas/mosterd gas, ...
My god, Its all historical, its all new.

[SuperGorp]

Swords, spears, bows, axes, and cavalry is my preference.

[Qinshi]

Opprinnelig skrevet av Kimse:

Opprinnelig skrevet av EternalSilence:

SO basically WO1 has been announced to be released at 2018.
2018 cause of the 100 year anniversary for WO1.
The big momentum it will create, the hype around new gamers to learn how 'great' WO1.

Global scale.

Look at the signs:
Steam tank in WH: Test case for the first tanks in WO1.
Gyrocopters in WH: Test case of the planes in WO1.

I think its very very presumptious of you saying that steam tanks and gyrocpters are just a test in order to test units in a future WO1 :D

Steam Tanks and Gyrocopters are in TW: W for 1 reason only and that is due to the lore and army lists in the Warhammer Fantasy Battle TT.

its a test case he, to see if they could even implement arial warfare into the total war franchise.
AND its succesfull, people like it.
So they have the 'green light' of the Total War community.
Its not like they gonna reskin it.

maybe its gonna be special powers from a general to call in airplanes. So we dont need to micro managment the planes.

[Nano]

To be honest, after Warhammer I am finding it really hard to get excited for yet another historical game. This is coming from someone who played every TW game after Rome. It seems to me that they will lose a lot of money going back to historical games so soon after Warhammer.

[Nano]

Civil War is probably the most modern the Total War series can get without a total overhaul.