I was considering buying Empires: Dawn of the Modern World, Napoleon Total War, or Company of Heroes.
I realized that although I know plenty from the demo, I still have way to many questions. Because the Empires Forums are all archived or something, I'm posting here. Please answer any questions if you can.
GENERAL GAMEPLAY:
1) Can you play a map by yourself, like in the RoN demo?
2) Are the online servers still active?
3) Can you play a scenario in multiplayer? (if so is it: easy, just select the scenario and boom, or hard, like in EE where you had to convert it?
SCENARIO EDITOR/SCENARIO RELATED QUESTIONS:
1) What heroes are available? In particular, I am already planning a campaign (I know, stupid, right?) and was curious about the following figures:
--a. King Philip (saw him in the demo but is he playable?)
--b. Erwin Rommel (mentioned in demo but is he playable?)
--c. Charles de Gaulle
--d. George S. Patton (seen in cinimatics, is he playable?)
--e. Napoléon Bonaparte
--f. Any others you can list?
2) Do you make cinematics in the editor? Is it possible? Is it easy?
3) Does it have a trigger system, like EE, or a script system, like EEII?
4) Can you set the AI type?
5) Can you "hide" players? (like, can you make them not visible in diplomacy, like in Age of Empires III)
Thanks if you answer any of these for me. The sooner the better!
OFF TOPIC COMPLETELY: I love this font!
EDIT: One more question. Can you import Elevation Files? And if so, is it like EE or EEII?
I realized that although I know plenty from the demo, I still have way to many questions. Because the Empires Forums are all archived or something, I'm posting here. Please answer any questions if you can.
GENERAL GAMEPLAY:
1) Can you play a map by yourself, like in the RoN demo?
2) Are the online servers still active?
3) Can you play a scenario in multiplayer? (if so is it: easy, just select the scenario and boom, or hard, like in EE where you had to convert it?
SCENARIO EDITOR/SCENARIO RELATED QUESTIONS:
1) What heroes are available? In particular, I am already planning a campaign (I know, stupid, right?) and was curious about the following figures:
--a. King Philip (saw him in the demo but is he playable?)
--b. Erwin Rommel (mentioned in demo but is he playable?)
--c. Charles de Gaulle
--d. George S. Patton (seen in cinimatics, is he playable?)
--e. Napoléon Bonaparte
--f. Any others you can list?
2) Do you make cinematics in the editor? Is it possible? Is it easy?
3) Does it have a trigger system, like EE, or a script system, like EEII?
4) Can you set the AI type?
5) Can you "hide" players? (like, can you make them not visible in diplomacy, like in Age of Empires III)
Thanks if you answer any of these for me. The sooner the better!
OFF TOPIC COMPLETELY: I love this font!
[This message has been edited by CyrilBonaparte (edited 11-26-2010 @ 03:44 PM).]