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Submitted by Gwynne Dixon on February 20 2009 - 10:43

A demo of SEGA's Empire: Total War will be released via Steam at 4:00pm this afternoon...

SEGA has announced that the demo for its highly anticipated RTS title, Empire: Total War, will be available on Valve's Steam download service from 4:00pm today.

These reports come from Shacknews, although SEGA didn't reveal which features of the full game that the demo will cover.

Empire: Total War is due for release in the UK on March 4th, which you should probably put in your diary as it's a Wednesday rather than the usual Friday.


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By: Anonymous

Added:Fri 31st Jul 2009 23:49, Post No: 31

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'Where "should" reenforcements come then?'

Wherever they were placed on the campaign map should be indicative of where they appear within the battle. A secondary army placed directly behind my main should not spawn onto the battle map directly behind my enemy's army, though this is widely the case.

 

"And I've had plenty of occasions when the AI has retreated."

This is either a lie or a misunderstanding of terms. The AI will "rout" on the battle map when defeated/overwhelmed. The AI does not retreat in campaign map situations; like 20 full assorted units meeting one half strength unit.

"Empire: Total War has been universally acclaimed, but individual complains will always happen"

 

As far as reviews from those paid by a larger company (gamespy, gamenet,tvg, etc) you're right, they're overly positive. Player-written reviews, as far as I have read, have been littered with the comments echoed here - bugs, broken- and missing content, permanently-corrupted saves - take your pick.

The only game i've ever seen that compared to this one's level of buggedlybrokenness is Daikatana - woe betide purchasers thereof.

 


By: SegaBoy

Added:Thu 02nd Jul 2009 17:08, Post No: 30

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Oh yeah?  And where did you get that juicy morsel from?  Can't see it myself, seeing as no Total War game has been released for a console.


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By: Anonymous

Added:Thu 02nd Jul 2009 16:51, Post No: 29

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Empire: Total War is for xbox 360

 

 


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By: Anonymous

Added:Tue 23rd Jun 2009 07:58, Post No: 28

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bad update since then i cant play online when i give orders it takes ten seconds between them to be followed so now my cav wait until everyone fire at them or mly troops dont move they wait to die. This is the worst update I ever seen i am totally desappointed and feel that i cant play it anymore... before everything worked just fine... so now it is just a waste


By: SegaBoy

Added:Thu 16th Apr 2009 10:45, Post No: 27

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I found the naval combat in general pretty hit-and-miss...


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By: Anonymous

Added:Wed 15th Apr 2009 00:35, Post No: 26

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a large fleet is too hard to manage.


By: SegaBoy

Added:Tue 07th Apr 2009 11:15, Post No: 25

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Where "should" reenforcements come then?

And I've had plenty of occasions when the AI has retreated.

Rarely had an issue with CTD, perhaps once.  It's unfair to label this as a fault, as this is most often caused by problems with individual setups.

Empire: Total War has been universally acclaimed, but individual complains will always happen.

Sounds like you should just take your copy back and get a refund, as you're obviously not happy with it.


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By: Anonymous

Added:Mon 06th Apr 2009 23:17, Post No: 24

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What the hell kind of awful review is THIS? Did you even play the game, Mr. Reviewer? Did they pay you with freebies. Did the shine blind you?

1. AI can`t do sea invasions. You are invincible as England.

2. Reinforcements don`t come where they should on battlemaps.

3. Diplomacy is useless.

3 Loads of other AI uselesness, like the enemy never retreats even if outnumbered10\1.

4. Loads of cTDs, sounds issues etc.

Plus a helluva a lot more, too many to write here. The only good stuff are the land and ship battles, but alone it is not enough if Campaign Ai is crap!

And if you rated the game on what it might be like in the future, WE want to know what it`s like NOW! It`s our money we spend, not yours.

 

The game deserves 6\10 and you deserve 2/10 for the review.

 


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By: Anonymous

Added:Sun 29th Mar 2009 09:17, Post No: 23

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This game is a disaster full of game breaking crashes and errors. I don't know how a positive review can be justified.


By: SegaBoy

Added:Fri 13th Mar 2009 23:16, Post No: 22

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Why can't you play it, admitedly STEAM has issues but I can't see why it's stopping you from playing.


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