Empire Total War Demo--Why the Wait?

As of today, there is still no Empire Total War Demo. How come? The games supposed release date is March 3rd, which is only 3 weeks away. I recall a Rome Total War Demo being released well in advance of the actual game, and Medieval Total War 2 followed suit with a demo being released sometime before the game.

Any guesses on the delay of the demo?

As of today, there is still no Empire Total War Demo. How come? The games supposed release date is March 3rd, which is only 3 weeks away. I recall a Rome Total War Demo being released well in advance of the actual game, and Medieval Total War 2 followed suit with a demo being released sometime before the game.

Any guesses on the delay of the demo?

They need a demo for this game. We need to benchmark how well our computers are going to run the game.Wasdie

Yeah I agree--we need a demo.

I would do the sign up for the sega website, but gamespot is going to tell us asap also I think.

There won't be a demo, end of story.lucky326

From the TW/CA forums concerning the demo:

This should answer what questions you have for the demo.

Thanks for that last post--it really helped out to clear some things up. I think regardless though we're all on our toes here for a demo. I was expcting a release maybe a month ago, but that was baseless of me to think. I'm still waiting though, and even though I know I'll probably love the game, I'm not pre purchasing the game till I play something.

What about any of you? Have any of you pre purchased it or plan on doing so? Or are you waiting for release of the actual game or demo, or perhaps a review?

I'm waiting to test the AI. I don't mind an AI that can't put up much of a challenge, but I hate it when my units don't follow my orders (MTW2 was plagued with AI bugs and it's frustrating). I would account 90% of my unit loss to my AI not following my orders correctly.

Empire sounds like the enemy AI has been improved drasticly, but I still want to know about unit control. Otherwise, I would purchase the game this instant.

Yeah I don't mind about enemy AI too much either and I definitely understand about Unit orders. It was particularly annoying when I would click cavalry to charge and instead of drawing their lances would sort of half run half walk into the enemy. Hopefully those sorts of issues get fixed.

I am sort of worried about Empire total wars map though looks like there aren't too many cities this time around. I could be wrong but from my observation it doesn't look like too many provinces are popping up.

Still, waiting for this games demo has been one heck of a drag. I remember when I got the Rome Total War demo I kept playing the same two levels over and over, I was fascinated.

I have been playing Age of Empires III to help satisfy my craving for the game.

But, it is like getting only half a cupcake.

That's what I don't understand. The content is there, but they don't want to release it in fear of showing a game that needs a lot of touching up. Ok, that's fine. Now I'm not familiar with the whole programming/design aspect or how long it takes, but if its three weeks till a release date, shouldn't there be something on the table (demo wise) that shows the game off.

At this point, I'm expecting to go to the store to buy the game and there's going to be some special offer like "Free demo with purchase of game". That would be funny. But that's really just how close it's cutting it.

At this point I wonder if they are going to push back the release date again. If we were talking about it's original release date, it would only be days away. Maybe the demo will come out on the original release date of Empire Total War? Pure speculation.

That's what I don't understand. The content is there, but they don't want to release it in fear of showing a game that needs a lot of touching up. Ok, that's fine. Now I'm not familiar with the whole programming/design aspect or how long it takes, but if its three weeks till a release date, shouldn't there be something on the table (demo wise) that shows the game off.

At this point, I'm expecting to go to the store to buy the game and there's going to be some special offer like "Free demo with purchase of game". That would be funny. But that's really just how close it's cutting it.

At this point I wonder if they are going to push back the release date again. If we were talking about it's original release date, it would only be days away. Maybe the demo will come out on the original release date of Empire Total War? Pure speculation.

AntoniustheGrey

That would be quite amusing but the real reason i want this demo is to see how well my system can cope with the game,I dont want to buy the game and than find out i need an upgrade

The full game will be playable at an event on 25th, at CA's headquarters I think.

Maybe that's when they'll release the demo...

http://shoguntotalwar.yuku.com/topic/42543/t/Empire-Total-War-Hands-On-Day.html

We are holding an open day on the 25th of Feb (though this date could shift a day or two, I should be able to confirm this shortly). This will be a chance for a very lucky few to come to our Horsham office and play the game for the first time and let all your forum buddies know just what all the fuss is about. If you are UK based, over 18 and can make it to Horsham for the morning of the 25th and would like to be considered for the chance to be chosen this is what you need to do...