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| The United States faction is a goddamn con. by Fortinbras 03/07/2009, 12:03pm PST | ||||
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| They promised the U.S. as the last faction to be added, but it's not playable in the Open-Ended World Domination mode. Instead you get a shitty mini-campaign in 1788 that culminates in you having to occupy 22 territories in America including Louisiana, Texas, and New Mexico, and hold them until 1810. Also you're locked out from sending your fleets/expeditionary forces to Europe or India. Any fictional Harry Turtledove-esque fantasies you might have held about having the United States make a landing at York and proceed to annex the United Kingdom as the 14th state should just go right the fuck out the window.
Seriously, what the hell? Don't give me that balance issues bullshit, would it have been that hard to start out the United States in Virginia in 1700 and have them slowly expand outward? Additionally the grand campaign itself only runs to roughly 1800 or so, JUST WHEN THINGS ARE STARTING TO GET INTERESTING. I wanted to go tear-assing across Europe in a Napoleon hat while playing the French. Guess I'll have to wait for the inevitable expansion Empire: Total War - French Revolution for that. |
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First impressions of Empire: Total War by 03/04/2009, 2:34pm PST  Entire TW series review by 03/07/2009, 5:15am PST The United States faction is a goddamn con. by 03/07/2009, 12:03pm PST Also I can't believe that everybody review site bitches about the naval combat by 03/08/2009, 5:41pm PDT How did I ever go without Grenadiers?! by 03/13/2009, 9:02pm PDT Is it just a trend for developers to forget dual/quad core these days? by 03/14/2009, 4:14pm PDT Except Valve of course. 8( NT by 03/14/2009, 4:25pm PDT TF2 has a seizure if I try to alt-tab. NO POINTS. NT by 03/14/2009, 5:37pm PDT Not enough room in those 15 GBs to squeeze it in NT by 03/14/2009, 11:20pm PDT The opposite by 03/15/2009, 10:00am PDT SO IS MY DICK NT by 03/15/2009, 11:04am PDT |
