Empire Total War Special Forces Edition
Empire: Total War (Special Forces Edition) by Sega features grand turn-based campaign map and rich historical flavor while introducing for the first time 3D naval combat.
Set in the 18th century, an era filled with global conflict, revolutionary fever and technological advances. Empire: Total War features the debut of 3D naval combat; you will be able to command vast fleets or single ships upon seascapes with extraordinary water and weather effects that play a huge role in your success or defeat. Use your cannons on enemies, and close in to grapple their ship and prepare to board and fight hand-to-hand on the decks.
Sending in the troops
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Take the war to the seas
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Engage in brutal hand-to-hand combat
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Synopsis
Prepare to wage war on your enemies, relying on the firepower of six powerful Special Forces units. In Empire: Total War Special Forces Edition, you’ll travel back to the 18th century, an era of relentless territorial expansion and near-perpetual war. The Age of Imperialism reigns, and around the world the seas are filled with ships belonging to the superpowers of the day. This ambition, however, inevitably leads to conflict. Take to the high seas for extraordinary 3D naval combat as you prove you have the daring and determination it takes to conquer the globe.
Key Game Features:
- Draw on the fierce power of six additional Special Forces units: the HMS Victory, Rogers’ Rangers, the Ottoman organ gun, Ghoorkas, the Corso Terrestre Guerrillas and Bulkeley’s Regiment
- Explore empire-building in greater depth with bonus materials, such as a fold-out single-player campaign map, the History Channel’s The Revolution on DVD and The Art of Empire: Total War art book
- Dominate the sea, command an army and strive to conquer the globe as you go to battle in the 18th-century Age of Imperialism
- Take command of a single ship or a vast fleet, all with fully destructible sails, and engage in real-time 3D naval warfare
- Savor the stunning power and majesty of real-time seascapes, dynamic weather and an advanced landscape and flora system, courtesy of the DX10 graphics engine
- Engage in cannon and musket warfare as well as brutal hand-to-hand combat
- Fight in locations around the globe, including India, Europe and America
- Gain access to advanced features gradually in a tense, episodic campaign
- See how you match up against other players in the rankings, and join leagues and ladders for additional challenges
- For 1 to 8 players
The Next Installment of the Total War Franchise
Take command of single ships or vast fleets for exhilarating real-time naval warfare. Pound your enemies with the power of your mighty cannons, then board enemy ships and engage in exciting hand-to-hand combat. Battle both enemies and the elements as the new DX10 graphics engine renders seascapes and dynamic weather to stunning effect. Experience war on a global scale with any of more than 30 in-game factions encompassing an array of major world powers, including the United States, then take the fight online to battle with far-off friends in a variety of new multiplayer modes. This expanded Special Forces Edition provides you with access to the elite skills of six exclusive Special Forces units, including Lord Nelson’s 104-gun flagship, the HMS Victory; the highly trained elite light infantry unit Rogers’ Rangers; the Ottoman organ gun, a powerful field gun capable of inflicting incredible damage; Nepalese Ghoorkas, each armed with a deadly 18″ curved knife known as a kukri; the Corso Terrestre Guerrillas, an independent light infantry guerrilla regiment known for its skirmish and stealth tactics; and the fearsomely hardy Bulkeley’s Regiment, a French unit of Irish mercenaries. With the Special Forces Edition, you’ll also receive a fold-out campaign map, a DVD of the History Channel’s The Revolution series and a book of concept art.
User Ratings and Reviews
3 Stars And she said…I mean…this is a good game
Down to what makes and does not make this game good. First off let me say that muskets and gun fire is the best sound in the world! lol!
Good:
- Graphics, all of the units and buildings look good and are very nice.
- Units rock, all of the units are nice and cool!
- Factions, I like the fact that their are a ton of factions. Just some don’t really need to be included, like Hannover.
- Naval battles, finally they fit this in. It should have been done with Medieval 2: Total War but they wanted to use ships with cannons.
Neutral(between):
- Tactical map, this thing is a big large map! The only bad thing is that none of the factions even go into the India part of the map, so why have it?
- History, most units are just normal units that almost every faction has. It would have been nice to see some good historically accurate units in the game. I no some units are, but the game makers did not make some units that made that period what it was! For example, France should have the Imperial Guard because Napoleon used them to win almost every battle he was in.
Bad:
- Steam, well…Steam is the worst! You have to have the internet to run the game, and if you don’t have the internet then you might as well burn the game cd.
- Crashes, if you buy this game and don’t use steam to patch it right away(which is impossible because steam is required to even install the game) your going to run around screaming and pulling your hair out.
- Indian factions, There are so many India factions that it gets all crazy in North America. Very hard to fight them with what Europeans used. Archers fire faster then guns : (
- Small factions, Most could be deleted from the game. They just use up space and plus they make massive armies that you could never do with only one city like the AI has with a single faction. Just not every fair.
- Battles, most battles with a AI larger army VS your own larger army does not work so well. The AI likes to stack all of it’s units to one side and then just push you until it wins. Even if you place elite units and have many troops flank to either side the AI still keeps moving until it takes out your cannons.
- Historical battles, I believe there is only 4 maps for the history battles. Which I thought there would be at least 10. More would have been better, like the battle of Waterloo, or any other great battle.
Over all:
Empire: Total War is a game that is some what kind of dumb when you first install it because you have to wait days to install and update and patch and then wait for Steam, make a Steam account, log in. Then finally play! You can play offline but Steam always wants you to play with the online mode. Most of the time if your internet goes down it won’t let you play the game. Which is the worst! Because I have really bad internet. The game play is fine, battles are some what bad but are okay I guess. Should have made the game more historically with units and factions. Although it crashes if you don’t get it patched it’s a okay game in all. Only one thought should run threw your brain before you buy this game, new or used.
If you buy a used version, most likely it won’t work. Steam does not let you install a already installed version, it’s nothing like normal just plain CD games(even if the person takes it off his/her PC then it still might not work. Really good chance it won’t work!). Buy a new copy, they are around $30 to $50. And well worth it, after the patches that is.
4 Stars Get the standard edition
It’s a great game, but the Special Forces Edition blows.
The special units aren’t so special. The art book that I thought I was getting turns out to be a tiny cheapo instruction manual with pictures in it. At least you got a fully bound, respectable book for special editions of other games like Guild Wars, for example.
This special forces edition is kind of a waste. Save your money and get the standard game instead.
5 Stars Great Game
I have had no problems with STEAM or installation at all. The game runs great as long as there are no other programs running as well. If there is a security scan or some other background program running or too many other people logged on the battles sometimes crash but when other stuff is paused or shut down everything runs fine. The battles are superb! STEAM has given me no problems, campaign is awesome. Defiantly worth the cash.
1 Star DO NOT BUY!!!
Title says it all. This is my first time buying an Empire game and I will not be buying another one. The funny part is, I never even got to play the game. I payed full price, waited for my purchase, installed, then was confounded when Steam (a program you are forced to install to even install Total War) kept giving me a “Game is unavailable at this time” error. The game is on my hard drive… yet Steam will not let me access it, at all. The game itself is probably great, but if Steam is involved you wont be allowed to enjoy it. Sega and Creative Assembly have really ruined a good thing, and will not be getting any more business from me, and hopefully not you.
1 Star Be careful what you buy!!!!
I love all Total War games. This is perhaps the best one yet. There is just one small problem. YOU CAN’T PLAY IT!!!!!!!!!!
In order to install the game, you need an internet connection with a Steam account. The game takes over 5 hours to install. If that wasn’t long enough, every time you go to load a game, it takes almost 10 minutes!!!! Also, Steam comes up with constant updates. That means that you have to update several times a week just to play the game. If your internet is down or if the update fails, you can’t play the game. THEY SHOULD HAVE TOLD YOU THAT ON THE BACK OF THE BOX!!!!!! I would have loved this game, but I can’t get it to work.
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