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Title: Demo coming soon
Post by: Ischenous on February 09, 2009, 07:04:37 PM: That's right people, the one and only ETW demo (http://www.totalwar.com/empire/demo/) is coming!

Lets post our excitment and anticipation.
Title: Demo coming soon
Post by: Jubal on February 09, 2009, 07:45:16 PM: I'll definitely have to get the demo.
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Post by: stormcloud on February 10, 2009, 04:06:08 PM: oooh yeaah
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Post by: Private Clark on February 11, 2009, 05:16:34 AM: A source of mine told me it would be coming out today, he is going to die the next time he comes online...
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Post by: vadermath on February 12, 2009, 01:51:32 PM: portugaling YEAH! I have finally bought my new computer, and I've been experiencing M2TW and it's greatness for a few days (my last comp couldn't handle it) and I can't wait for the demo to come out!
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Post by: Private Clark on February 18, 2009, 04:55:57 AM: If it ever does... were nearing the full game release and still no sign of a demo...
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Post by: Silver Wolf on February 18, 2009, 03:13:46 PM: same story as M2TW demo...... it went out about 2 months before the full version (if my memory is right)
Title: Demo coming soon
Post by: Private Clark on February 19, 2009, 06:50:35 PM: Ummm... yeah but ETW is being released in March, its already late february, i really really need the demo to see if my pc can even run the thing, i dont want to spend 60$ and then pop in the disc and see "Could not run" :(
Title: Demo coming soon
Post by: CN2 on February 19, 2009, 11:04:40 PM: The demo for Empire:Total War is out tomorrow!

http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=113070 (http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showthread.php?t=113070)

Rejoice!
Title: Demo coming soon
Post by: Andalus on February 20, 2009, 02:03:04 AM: Darn, you beat me to it! :p

Great news! here's the original announcement (http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com?topic=42851/t/Empire-Total-War-Demo-release-date-.html).
Title: Demo coming soon
Post by: Private Clark on February 20, 2009, 05:31:47 AM: err...steam only?
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Post by: vadermath on February 20, 2009, 03:20:53 PM: I hope not, then I have to get steam.
Title: Demo coming soon
Post by: Andalus on February 20, 2009, 04:45:09 PM: Well you need Steam the play the actual game, so you might as wll get it now.
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Post by: Jubal on February 20, 2009, 05:22:30 PM: Seriously?
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Post by: vadermath on February 20, 2009, 06:36:49 PM: Steam is required for Empire Total War? Oh well, guess I have to get it then.
Title: Demo coming soon
Post by: vadermath on February 20, 2009, 06:58:38 PM: Sorry for double posting, but the demo is out, I'm gonna start downloading.
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Post by: Private Clark on February 21, 2009, 04:22:42 AM: :), something is screwing up with my computer and i only get a black screen with the ETW cursor, otherwise i can still here the sound in the background, its very infuriating.
Title: Demo coming soon
Post by: vadermath on February 21, 2009, 08:04:34 AM: At least you've downloaded it, my poor connection will probably be struggling with it the whole day.
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Post by: CN2 on February 21, 2009, 02:45:16 PM: It just did nothing for me, absolutely nothing. But according to the laws of physics, nothing cannot happen. So I have broken the laws of physics yet again.
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Post by: vadermath on February 21, 2009, 04:30:30 PM: I've just played all of the battles, there are 2 tutorials and 2 real battles. Two of them are land, and two of them are sea. The land battles are more realistic then in the previous games, now covering behind buildings and wood really means something. And the amount of strategy that can be made in the sea is simply overwhelming. To me, it looks almost identical to Sid Meier's Pirates, except it's with large scale battles. Everything is there, from adjusting sails, types cannon balls, and steering the ships. It's a bit difficult to do it with many ships at first, but after playing it for the second time, you already get used to it. As for the land battle, I'm quite satisfied with the strategy, and graphics. On my 2.8 dual core, 9600 GT, 2 gig RAM machine I didn't experience any lag even when all the cannons fired at the same time, so if framerate stays like this, I'll have no objections to the real time battles. Now I just need to see the changes made to the campaign.
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Post by: Andalus on February 21, 2009, 04:48:39 PM: Sounds great! :D I'm sure you're very pleased there's no lag!
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Post by: CN2 on February 21, 2009, 04:49:23 PM: Sounds good, really good... Can you blow up trees?
Title: Demo coming soon
Post by: vadermath on February 21, 2009, 05:23:47 PM: No, but I'm glad it's that way. In the land battle (not the tutorial one) I couldn't have won without the trees. In this battle, you're Britain against USA. There is a river with two crossings, and two enemy armies, one army mainly made of cannons at the first crossing, and another one further behind them. Across the river (at my side) there is a small hill covered with trees. There I sent my cannons, and they drew out the enemy army that was behind (the cannons have great range), while I sent my infantry to deal with the cannon threat to the east. Since my men were hidden in the trees, the enemy army went to eliminate my infantry that had been successfully portugaling up their cannons. While all of this was happening, I sent my cavalry across the other crossing that was further away, and when the enemy arrived to defend their cannons, I attacked them from the left flank, while I pushed my own cannons out of hiding, making it all one big bloody mess.