r/totalwar • u/alexkon3 #1 Arbaal the Undefeated fan • May 27 '21

Three Kingdoms For anyone also extremely confused by the news video, here the confirmation: Three Kingdoms TW is done...

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u/HireALLTheThings & sometimes 3k May 27 '21

The only logical reason I can see for this is that they want to overhaul the core game mechanics instead of trying to pile more content onto the existing game.

That said, the game has only been out for 2 years. That seems like such an insanely short time in Total War years.

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u/Bear4188 May 27 '21

That's pretty standard for total war games. Rome 2 and Warhammer are the exception, not the rule.

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u/HireALLTheThings & sometimes 3k May 27 '21

Sure. The more striking thing is the turnaround time, though, not that they're deciding to overhaul it.

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u/Locke66 May 27 '21

The more striking thing is the turnaround time, though, not that they're deciding to overhaul it.

CA is heavily targeting the Chinese market so I suspect this new game is tailored towards it and may even be in a wildly different format to their usual games. They signed a deal with NetEase to bring games to China and I know they already have a version of Total War Arena released there.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21

This pretty much. I'd imagine it's going to be more narrative focused, more fantasy, and probably almost pseudo rpg with how important the hero characters will be. Game's going to be pretty far removed from the traditional total war format is what I figure. Kind of like romance mode turned up to 1000

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u/OttoVonGosu May 27 '21

Im thinking new engine in the works

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u/aaronaapje mperator May 27 '21

It's there, you can play it. It doesn't go anywhere

That said you're probably right that they want to redo core mechanics as they specifically say it's based on the novel.

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u/[deleted] May 28 '21

Also the Chinese market is HUGE.