I thought I'd throw in my views on this topic:
The Thirty Years' War is the one I would really love to see. I have not seen any game that simulates that period well at all. I am always in search of games that allows one to simulate history, to get a feel for the difficulties that each side faced--primarily as an education tool.
Heretofore, I have primarily been a Paradox game player, but I am definitely watching the development of this engine closely. I am not one who wants to fight battles and campaigns first--rather, I prefer the diplomacy, where things really happened. Of course, that is probably the hardest thing for an AI to handle. Anyway, that is what I am looking for in a game.
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Thib, only now i saw this poll...sorry if i answer late. 
My vote is: none of the above.
I think there's an option you have underestimated market-wise: Japanese scenarios wars.
If you come to think of it, you could build a game like AACW on the Heike Monogatari (Taira vs Minamoto and the first shogunate), the 2 Korea invasions with the "what if" scenario (no Kamikaze saving the Japos from Kublai Khan's Horde) or the Sengoku Jidai (The last shogunate).
AGEod could beat the limit of Creative Assembly's engine and lack of online campaign via Grand Campaign and such game could involve dozens of players in single war each representing his own clan inserted in one of the major alliances of those periods.
In this scenario there's no opposition market-wise for AgeOd.
My vote is: none of the above.
I think there's an option you have underestimated market-wise: Japanese scenarios wars.
If you come to think of it, you could build a game like AACW on the Heike Monogatari (Taira vs Minamoto and the first shogunate), the 2 Korea invasions with the "what if" scenario (no Kamikaze saving the Japos from Kublai Khan's Horde) or the Sengoku Jidai (The last shogunate).
AGEod could beat the limit of Creative Assembly's engine and lack of online campaign via Grand Campaign and such game could involve dozens of players in single war each representing his own clan inserted in one of the major alliances of those periods.
In this scenario there's no opposition market-wise for AgeOd.
Another possible idea - the spanish civil war. I know, I know it's modern, and they used airplanes but it was also a slugmatch in the vein of the american civil war, and I think that it would be possible to use more or less the same command system and engine as ACW. Not an minor game, but maybe a future one?
Yes Lasse, the engine has yet to show its full potential in my opinion, and it's perfect for any conflict, in any era or scenario.
Just to make another example, the roman campaigns here and there in Europe or Africa can also be made (i.e. punic wars or the first triumvirate civil war, or de bello gallico).
In some cases, i think the heavy part of the job would only be the graphic/leader and unit portraits + the historical researches but the community could handle the second part easily.
Pre-1500 there are no guns so engine-wise it would be much easier to dev such scenarios.
I named the Japos because there's a high group of fans worldwide, there's really only 1 game covering the period (Shogun Total War) and the experiment of Creative Assembly gave them so much profit they could start the RTW and MTW projects.
Still, they were unable to generate a online campaign, something that AACW shows possible via Grand Campaign Project not to mention AACW is strategically very credible.
At this point any scenario is possible with the Ageod engine...it's all about uniting the community of modders. Some for design, some for map studying, some for historical reasearch and that's it.
Just to make another example, the roman campaigns here and there in Europe or Africa can also be made (i.e. punic wars or the first triumvirate civil war, or de bello gallico).
In some cases, i think the heavy part of the job would only be the graphic/leader and unit portraits + the historical researches but the community could handle the second part easily.
Pre-1500 there are no guns so engine-wise it would be much easier to dev such scenarios.
I named the Japos because there's a high group of fans worldwide, there's really only 1 game covering the period (Shogun Total War) and the experiment of Creative Assembly gave them so much profit they could start the RTW and MTW projects.
Still, they were unable to generate a online campaign, something that AACW shows possible via Grand Campaign Project not to mention AACW is strategically very credible.
At this point any scenario is possible with the Ageod engine...it's all about uniting the community of modders. Some for design, some for map studying, some for historical reasearch and that's it.
There is another game (two actually and a third in the works) covering the Shogun era: Takeda I+II.
http://www.ezgame.com/
Don't know if you can still buy the first one. Had a linear campaign with some different path depending on outcome of battles and events. Simple but fun.
Second game had a campaign map a la Total War but was quite limited and its limitations became apparent after some time of playing. Had potential I think. Not sure what they're planning for the third game.
There is also Sango (China-Han Dynasty) and Strength and Honour (Rome, Carthage and others) from the same company.
http://www.ezgame.com/
Don't know if you can still buy the first one. Had a linear campaign with some different path depending on outcome of battles and events. Simple but fun.
Second game had a campaign map a la Total War but was quite limited and its limitations became apparent after some time of playing. Had potential I think. Not sure what they're planning for the third game.
There is also Sango (China-Han Dynasty) and Strength and Honour (Rome, Carthage and others) from the same company.
I am so happy customer-wise of AgeOD's policy.
Look at that, they consult us...you're not dealing with those huge corporations where your ideas and opinions count nothing...Whatever the result of this poll will be it's gonna be a great game.
Actually i'm so curious about npc i might buy a cryogenic chamber and set the alarm on the 16th of november!
Look at that, they consult us...you're not dealing with those huge corporations where your ideas and opinions count nothing...Whatever the result of this poll will be it's gonna be a great game.
Actually i'm so curious about npc i might buy a cryogenic chamber and set the alarm on the 16th of november!
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