Release Date: 3/3/2009 Category: Strategy Number of Players: 1-8 Manufacturer: SEGA UPC: 010086852295
Empire: Total War : PC Description
Expanded Description After conquering feudal Japan, imperial Rome, and Europe's middle ages (twice!), The Creative Assembly's veteran strategy series turns its attention to the New World in Empire: Total War. The game is set in the 1700s, when technological advances and tall ships empower nations to travel the globe. Untold riches await in new trade routes to the east, and untouched lands to the west lay ready for colonization. In the style of earlier games in the series, Empire: Total War is played on two levels. Overall strategies for the nation's defense and expansion are planned and executed in a turn-based campaign mode, not unlike Sid Meier's Civilization, in which icons on a map represent cities and armies. When the military forces of two nations collide, the battle is won and lost in a flowing, real-time mode, more similar to Age of Empires, in which both the forces under the players command and those of the enemy move and attack at the same time, across 3D battlefields. Along with new, era-authentic weapons and fighting styles, Empire: Total War introduces naval combat to the 3D real-time battles. Players command single ships or entire fleets at sea, through context-sensitive mouse clicks. A wide selection of realistic naval maneuvers are supported by the game, including cannon battles and the boarding of enemy ships, which allows players to command the sailors on deck as they fight desperately for control. Empire: Total War is built with a new graphics engine that creates dynamic seas and weather, as well as the series' most detailed battlefield landscapes to date.
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Special Features
Game Special Features
Campaign strategy and battlefield tactics from the creators of the Total War series
Win the New World -- and dominate the old one -- through colonization and conquest
Plan your expansion in turn-based campaign mode, then win it in real-time battles
Naval combat: Command tall ships or entire fleets in flowing 3D battles at sea
Take command of the United States for the first time in a Total War game
Control Elements Keyboard Mouse
ControlInstruction CONTROLS: CAMPAIGN MAP KEYS; CAMERA CONTROLS; W or Num 5 Key = move up; S or Num 2 Key = move down; A or Num 1 Key = strafe left; D or Num 3 Key = strafe right; Num * or X Key = increase height; Num / or Z Key = decrease height; GAMEPLAY CONTROLS; Enter Key = end turn; Esc Key = options menu; Spacebar Key = animation speed up (toggle); Ctrl Key + S Key = quick save; Ctrl Key + L Key = quick load; Home Key = look at nation capital; Backspace Key = cancel order; BATTLE MAP KEYS; W or Num 5 Key = move forward; S or Num 2 Key = move backward; Q or Num 4 Key = rotate left; E or Num 6 Key = rotate right; A or Num 1 Key = strafe left; D or Num 3 Key = strafe right; Num * or X Key = increase heigh; Num / or Z key = decrease height; Num + or V Key = pitch upwards; Num - or C Key = pitch downwards; Home Key = zoom general; End Key = zoom unit; Delete Key = track unit; GAMEPLAY CONTROLS; Spacebar Key = show unit destinations; Ctrl K + C Key = select all cavalry; Ctrl Key + M Key = select all musketeers; Ctrl Key + H Key = select all melee only; Ctrl Key + B Key = select all artillery; Pause or P Key = toggle pause; Ctrl Key + T Key = toggle game speed; Shift Key + G Key = open battle chat (general); Shift Key + T Key = open battle chat (team); MOUSE BUTTON CONTROLS; IN THE CAMPAIGN; Left Mouse Button = select character or building, activate any button or message received; Right Mouse Button = move selected piece to target location, display information on target object in review panel; Left Mouse Button (Double-Click) = display information on target object, dismiss information; Right Mouse Button + Drag Mouse = show route to destination for selected piece; IN BATTLES; Left Mouse Button = select unit, activate button, select a unit via its unit card; Right Mouse Button = move selected unit to target location, issue orders to selected unit; Left Mouse Button (Double-Click) = zoom to unit when clicking on unit card; Right Mouse Button (Double-Click) = issue run or full sail order to selected unit; Left Mouse Button + Drag Mouse = create unit selection box; Right Mouse Button + Drag Mouse = create formation and change facing of selected unit
