Has anyone been able to finish a campaign in Empire Total War?

I am starting to get even more dissapointed with this game. First it requires Steam and now I can't even finish a campaign, because of all the bugs and glitches. I have tried three seperate factions and each time it crashes after about half-way through. The game itself is great, but its getting ridiculous even after the patch nothing works right. Has anyone actually been able to finish a campaign? I am wondering if it has to do with Vista? I thought they pushed backed the release date, because of this. I am really boggled that they would release this game so unfinished. Don't understand how people can keep praising this game if it does not work correctly.

I was able to finish a campaign as Great Britain but that's because the game is broken and the AI can't do amphibious landings. Knowing that the British Isles are safe from any AI attacks makes it easy to crank up the economy and grab the victory areas you need in a very short period of time.

The game is seriously bugged. I'd recommend holding off on purchasing to those who haven't already bought it. It was clearly not ready for release.

I was able to finish a campaign as Great Britain but that's because the game is broken and the AI can't do amphibious landings. Knowing that the British Isles are safe from any AI attacks makes it easy to crank up the economy and grab the victory areas you need in a very short period of time.

The game is seriously bugged. I'd recommend holding off on purchasing to those who haven't already bought it. It was clearly not ready for release.

I'm almost Done with my Grand Campaign, I've been taking My Campaign Slowly, I've Finished The R.T.I. few times, But a crap load of Custom Battles/Scenarios,

But I've Put in many Hours sense the game came out and not once Had a Crash like allot of people are Claiming :? Yes, I've Hit a few Bugs but nothing game breaking, The Game Runs Fine on my end.

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But I haven't Been playing allot the last few days, Just Ordered a new Video Card and I can't Bring myself to play a game till its put in and Running.:P So, My Prussia Campaign is at a pause at the moment.

I have beat two long campaigns and the ROAD TO INDEPENDENCE to.

Awesome game! Best game in ages imo.

Havnt had one crash or freeze either.

I'm almost Done with my Grand Campaign, I've been taking My Campaign Slowly, I've Finished The R.T.I. few times, But a crap load of Custom Battles/Scenarios,

But I've Put in many Hours sense the game came out and not once Had a Crash like allot of people are Claiming :? Yes, I've Hit a few Bugs but nothing game breaking, The Game Runs Fine on my end.

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But I haven't Been playing allot the last few days, Just Ordered a new Video Card and I can't Bring myself to play a game till its put in and Running.:P So, My Prussia Campaign is at a pause at the moment.

Krayzie_3334

*takes out Krayzie's Prussia Army in an epic battle in the snow* :P

The game is seriously bugged. I'd recommend holding off on purchasing to those who haven't already bought it. It was clearly not ready for release.

bogaty

I completely dissagree, i havnt had one crash or freeze yet and this game is the most fun ive had in ages.

The best 40$ ive spent on a game in along time. Only country i noticed that bug that you where talking about is with Britian, Sweden and the others ive done get attacked quite often.

Only issue i have with the game is the odd AI problem and the odd pathfinding issue. No problems that make me wish i hadnt bought the game though. Maybe upgrade some parts of your comp or make sure its clean? I havnt found one thing that makes this game UNPLAYABLE AND NOT READY FOR RELEASE. Saying its not ready for release just makes me shake me head, as that thought never once came into my head, this game runs perfect for me and my mates, i can deal with the odd ai problem.

[QUOTE="bogaty"]

The game is seriously bugged. I'd recommend holding off on purchasing to those who haven't already bought it. It was clearly not ready for release.

kozzy1234

I completely dissagree, i havnt had one crash or freeze yet and this game is the most fun ive had in ages.

The best 40$ ive spent on a game in along time. Only country i noticed that bug that you where talking about is with Britian, Sweden and the others ive done get attacked quite often.

Only issue i have with the game is the odd AI problem and the odd pathfinding issue. No problems that make me wish i hadnt bought the game though. Maybe upgrade some parts of your comp or make sure its clean? I havnt found one thing that makes this game UNPLAYABLE AND NOT READY FOR RELEASE. Saying its not ready for release just makes me shake me head, as that thought never once came into my head, this game runs perfect for me and my mates, i can deal with the odd ai problem.

Sorry, but that one bug alone is a game killer and there are scores of others as bad. The inability of the AI to land armies from its ships means that you'll never experience any serious opposition in N. America or India and the whole things becomes just an issue of numbers and attrition.

The save game corruption bug is another serious flaw. It's quite common that saves get corrupted and once one goes, they all go. It's also puzzling that Empire forces you to store your savegames on your C: drive and doesn't provide the ability to delete them from in-game. People are reporting 10-15GB of disc space taken up with save games.

Trade zones are still bugged and the tactical AI is very, very flawed. Seiging a fort should be a tense, thrilling experience, but thanks to a braindead AI, it's just a matter of blowing a hole in a wall, wandering in and blazing away at the enemy who just stand there, counting bricks.

The game's got serious issues. It's unfortunate that we have to rely on the modding community to do the work that CA should've done in the first place.

My computer is quite up to snuff. I think blaming hardware at this point is a little far fetched. I might be able to understand if it has issues with Vista 32 and 64 bit but other then that I see no excuse for all the bugs I have been experiencing. Dead bodies lieing in the air certain actions cause the game to crash such as seperating generals to capitals and I remeber hearing countless interviews with the producers explaining how superior the AI is in this version will be. How they adapt to your game play and better diplomacy. Unrealistic AIall the way around IMO.I really havn't noticed any improvement in AI intelligence since Rome Total War. I have been a Total War fan for almost a decade, but this game had soooooo much potential and IMO many more months of programming and debugging should have been used. I think some of you Total War fans are still in denial... I know I was but now I have accepted how much SEGA raped Creative Assembly in this game. Hopefully a good patch wiill be provided before the greedy buggars work on an expansion.

^ I agree, and its a huge shame when such a once respected franchise falls so far off the path here. Its obvious Sega is to blame just as much as CA.DarKre

lol, Ive played every Total War game and each one has had some issues at launch. But Empire is up there with Shogan as my fav in the series, the game is great imo even with its SMALL issues. Its just to bad you and others have such troubles with the game.

Also some of you should try other nations besides Britian... try Sweden, Prussia, what ever.

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

[QUOTE="bogaty"]

The game is seriously bugged. I'd recommend holding off on purchasing to those who haven't already bought it. It was clearly not ready for release.

bogaty

I completely dissagree, i havnt had one crash or freeze yet and this game is the most fun ive had in ages.

The best 40$ ive spent on a game in along time. Only country i noticed that bug that you where talking about is with Britian, Sweden and the others ive done get attacked quite often.

Only issue i have with the game is the odd AI problem and the odd pathfinding issue. No problems that make me wish i hadnt bought the game though. Maybe upgrade some parts of your comp or make sure its clean? I havnt found one thing that makes this game UNPLAYABLE AND NOT READY FOR RELEASE. Saying its not ready for release just makes me shake me head, as that thought never once came into my head, this game runs perfect for me and my mates, i can deal with the odd ai problem.

Sorry, but that one bug alone is a game killer and there are scores of others as bad. The inability of the AI to land armies from its ships means that you'll never experience any serious opposition in N. America or India and the whole things becomes just an issue of numbers and attrition.

The save game corruption bug is another serious flaw. It's quite common that saves get corrupted and once one goes, they all go. It's also puzzling that Empire forces you to store your savegames on your C: drive and doesn't provide the ability to delete them from in-game. People are reporting 10-15GB of disc space taken up with save games.

Trade zones are still bugged and the tactical AI is very, very flawed. Seiging a fort should be a tense, thrilling experience, but thanks to a braindead AI, it's just a matter of blowing a hole in a wall, wandering in and blazing away at the enemy who just stand there, counting bricks.

The game's got serious issues. It's unfortunate that we have to rely on the modding community to do the work that CA should've done in the first place.

To each there own man, its wierd how i havnt had ONE save curruption or freeze/crash yet that you are talking about. Why are my save games working fine and others are not? I havnt expereienced alot of hte issues you mention, so time for an upgrade maybe?

Why is it that me and other people on my xfire are not having save curruption, crashes or freezes yet?

I have tried every country/nation and all the modes, finished some and other some up very high in turns just to see if there was any crashing or save curruption the further in time that i got. But still no save issues (over 9 saved games no curruption) or crashing, can you advice me how to experience this save curruption and crashing?

[QUOTE="bogaty"]

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

I completely dissagree, i havnt had one crash or freeze yet and this game is the most fun ive had in ages.

The best 40$ ive spent on a game in along time. Only country i noticed that bug that you where talking about is with Britian, Sweden and the others ive done get attacked quite often.

Only issue i have with the game is the odd AI problem and the odd pathfinding issue. No problems that make me wish i hadnt bought the game though. Maybe upgrade some parts of your comp or make sure its clean? I havnt found one thing that makes this game UNPLAYABLE AND NOT READY FOR RELEASE. Saying its not ready for release just makes me shake me head, as that thought never once came into my head, this game runs perfect for me and my mates, i can deal with the odd ai problem.

kozzy1234

Sorry, but that one bug alone is a game killer and there are scores of others as bad. The inability of the AI to land armies from its ships means that you'll never experience any serious opposition in N. America or India and the whole things becomes just an issue of numbers and attrition.

The save game corruption bug is another serious flaw. It's quite common that saves get corrupted and once one goes, they all go. It's also puzzling that Empire forces you to store your savegames on your C: drive and doesn't provide the ability to delete them from in-game. People are reporting 10-15GB of disc space taken up with save games.

Trade zones are still bugged and the tactical AI is very, very flawed. Seiging a fort should be a tense, thrilling experience, but thanks to a braindead AI, it's just a matter of blowing a hole in a wall, wandering in and blazing away at the enemy who just stand there, counting bricks.

The game's got serious issues. It's unfortunate that we have to rely on the modding community to do the work that CA should've done in the first place.

To each there own man, its wierd how i havnt had ONE save curruption or freeze/crash yet that you are talking about. Why are my save games working fine and others are not? I havnt expereienced alot of hte issues you mention, so time for an upgrade maybe?

Why is it that me and other people on my xfire are not having save curruption, crashes or freezes yet?

I have tried every country/nation and all the modes, finished some and other some up very high in turns just to see if there was any crashing or save curruption the further in time that i got. But still no save issues (over 9 saved games no curruption) or crashing, can you advice me how to experience this save curruption and crashing?

So, because you personally have not experienced problems with the game, everyone else is somehow lying or their hardware isn't up to snuff? Yes, that's the sign of buggy programming, 100% repeatability on all systems.

Head over to the tech support sections of either the official total war forums, the TWCentre - Empire Total War tech support forum, or the Steam - tech support forum and have a quick look around. Perhaps you can pull your Knight Errant routine there as well and tell everyone who is experiencing any issues with the game that, in your expert opinion, the fault must lie with their systems as you've experienced no issues. Surely CA and Sega need a stout defender such as yourself, braving the wilds of internet forums as you fight off all scurrulous rumours and chastising anyone who has the temerity to claim Empire Total War isn't just the smurfist thing since smurf.

(BTW, I'm pretty sure my system more than measures up, but thanks for the upgrade "tip". Very helpful, that. Please, do let me know just where my system is lacking, in your esteemed opinion. Intel 9550 Quad-Core 2.83MHz, ATI Radeon 4870 1GB PCI-e videocard, Vista 64 Home Premium ed, SP1, 8GB RAM, SoundBlaster Audigy 4 audiocard.)

As for yoru assertion that I should just "not play Britain" to deal with that whole, pesky AI can't land armies from the sea thing. That's assinine. As I already mentioned, not only does it make the game pretty much impossible to lose if you're playing Great Britain, it also makes Britain a non-entity if you're not. As an ally, they're useless as they can never come to your direct aid. As an enemy, they can't do much but blockade things with their navy. It's farcical that you would not see this as a huge bug in the game.

Can't you just reload if it crashes?

Can't you just reload if it crashes?

Swiftstrike5

I haven't experienced the issue myself, but apparently not. Once it's corrupted, it's pretty much done. Seems to corrupt all savegames when it hits as well. Some poor slob put 200 horus into his campaign only to lose all his saves to teh corruption bug. He's not exactly a happy bunny right now..

So, because you personally have not experienced problems with the game, everyone else is somehow lying or their hardware isn't up to snuff? Yes, that's the sign of buggy programming, 100% repeatability on all systems.

Head over to the tech support sections of either the official total war forums, the TWCentre - Empire Total War tech support forum, or the Steam - tech support forum and have a quick look around. Perhaps you can pull your Knight Errant routine there as well and tell everyone who is experiencing any issues with the game that, in your expert opinion, the fault must lie with their systems as you've experienced no issues. Surely CA and Sega need a stout defender such as yourself, braving the wilds of internet forums as you fight off all scurrulous rumours and chastising anyone who has the temerity to claim Empire Total War isn't just the smurfist thing since smurf.

(BTW, I'm pretty sure my system more than measures up, but thanks for the upgrade "tip". Very helpful, that. Please, do let me know just where my system is lacking, in your esteemed opinion. Intel 9550 Quad-Core 2.83MHz, ATI Radeon 4870 1GB PCI-e videocard, Vista 64 Home Premium ed, SP1, 8GB RAM, SoundBlaster Audigy 4 audiocard.)

As for yoru assertion that I should just "not play Britain" to deal with that whole, pesky AI can't land armies from the sea thing. That's assinine. As I already mentioned, not only does it make the game pretty much impossible to lose if you're playing Great Britain, it also makes Britain a non-entity if you're not. As an ally, they're useless as they can never come to your direct aid. As an enemy, they can't do much but blockade things with their navy. It's farcical that you would not see this as a huge bug in the game.

[QUOTE="kozzy1234"]

[QUOTE="bogaty"]

Sorry, but that one bug alone is a game killer and there are scores of others as bad. The inability of the AI to land armies from its ships means that you'll never experience any serious opposition in N. America or India and the whole things becomes just an issue of numbers and attrition.

The save game corruption bug is another serious flaw. It's quite common that saves get corrupted and once one goes, they all go. It's also puzzling that Empire forces you to store your savegames on your C: drive and doesn't provide the ability to delete them from in-game. People are reporting 10-15GB of disc space taken up with save games.

Trade zones are still bugged and the tactical AI is very, very flawed. Seiging a fort should be a tense, thrilling experience, but thanks to a braindead AI, it's just a matter of blowing a hole in a wall, wandering in and blazing away at the enemy who just stand there, counting bricks.

The game's got serious issues. It's unfortunate that we have to rely on the modding community to do the work that CA should've done in the first place.

bogaty

To each there own man, its wierd how i havnt had ONE save curruption or freeze/crash yet that you are talking about. Why are my save games working fine and others are not? I havnt expereienced alot of hte issues you mention, so time for an upgrade maybe?

Why is it that me and other people on my xfire are not having save curruption, crashes or freezes yet?

I have tried every country/nation and all the modes, finished some and other some up very high in turns just to see if there was any crashing or save curruption the further in time that i got. But still no save issues (over 9 saved games no curruption) or crashing, can you advice me how to experience this save curruption and crashing?

(BTW, I'm pretty sure my system more than measures up, but thanks for the upgrade "tip". Very helpful, that. Please, do let me know just where my system is lacking, in your esteemed opinion. Intel 9550 Quad-Core 2.83MHz, ATI Radeon 4870 1GB PCI-e videocard, Vista 64 Home Premium ed, SP1, 8GB RAM, SoundBlaster Audigy 4 audiocard.)

You dont find it wierd that some are having problems with crashes,freezes and save curruption, while others are not?
I simply named some things that i thought might help, (defrag, hardware upgrade, driver issues,etc.. things that have worked with some others having these problems) but if you dont care for some friendly advice then i wont mention it again in your pressence.

The game runs great for me and my friends, and i was just curious as to why some people are having issues and others arnt.

I am allowed to voice my opinion and experiences with Empire just as much as you are.

With the ideas i had to maybe get the game running, was me trying to be helpful, not to be rude or mean.

Sucks the game doesnt work for you, but for me and many others its working fine. I feel terrible for you and others who are having issues. But when ever i read people having problems with a certain game, i like to test the game on multiple computers to see if I get those problems. And having tried the game on 3 pcs, i still have no freezes, crashes or save curruption. And also its not that hard to take out Britain as you said above imo, ive doen it quite easy.

Not everyone knows alot about computers, so some advice about checking drivers, defrag, check for viruses and hardware upgrades,etc... has helped people in the past and they have been very thankful to me for listing those things.

Me and Krazy are not having all these crashing problems, so im curious as to why me and him and my friends are not experiencing these issues while others are? The odd AI issue and the fact that Britian is messed up are not game destroying issues for me and they are for you so lets leave it at that for now. Its still hands down the msot fun ive personally had on any of the Total War games. Also.... every Total War launch ive seen has had problems when they where released, so this isnt the first time. total War games are know to have bugs at launch.

35+ hours on the game and zero issues whatsoever. Has ran perfectly fine for me. I play everything at Ultra High settings, 2x AA, at 1280x1020 resolution. This game is perfection. Seems like the amount having any issues whatsoever is very very small.

35+ hours on the game and zero issues whatsoever. Has ran perfectly fine for me. I play everything at Ultra High settings, 2x AA, at 1280x1020 resolution. This game is perfection. Seems like the amount having any issues whatsoever is very very small.

Puckhog04

Glad to see im not the only one pug :roll:

A little irrelevant, but regarding that guy with the 200+ campaign wasted due to bugs...um...200 FREAKING HOURS?!?!?!

According to the thread, that was posted 2 weeks after the game was released, so the guy played 200+ hours in 2 weeks lol. Amazing...he must have literally ate, sleep, and poo'd Total War.

I really find it hard to believe that some of you have not had ONE glitch or issue with Empire. Recently I have had a fleet of 8 ships stuck in the crossing of the Americas and North America. Whenever I clicked on those ships the game crashes, because they are stuck in Limbo. Thats just an example and is not hardware related.I really don't think you guys or gals are really exploring the game too much if you havn't experienced any problems. I realize that a game as in depth as Empire gets exponential with the amount of possibilities, however the amount of people experiencing problems is not small and can be seen by just browsing the forums. As for people not experiencing issues I think that you probably are not really exploring the game very in depth and should not consider yourself a gamer.

The only major problems are that the AI can't do naval invasions and the poor path finding. Both will be fixed with time. Honestly, you people need to stop freaking out, TW ALWAYS has bugs at release.. stop getting your panties in a knot and acting like this is the buggiest release of a game ever. I'll also mention that my system is mid line and I have only experienced one crash so far.

As for people not experiencing issues I think that you probably are not really exploring the game very in depth and should not consider yourself a gamer.

srbbnd

^^ Ha ha thought that comment might get the sand out of some of your vaginas.

Newest problem I've found is as follows:

If you have a fleet with the maximum number of ships allowed and you take prizes from an enemy during an engagement, the game crashes 100% of the time because you've now got more ships in your fleet than the game can handle.

Yeah, only because of my good friends in Poland killing off Sweden for me. The only bug I have experienced so far is AI issues. Doesn't stop me from enjoying this great game.

So I just got rockets... I equipped half my army with them thinking they would be bad azz. Because they are rockets... I killed three people with 10 units of rockets against my rally to iradicate the Sweeds and lost. I really don't see the point of rockets are even including them in the game if they can't be utilized. Frickin rockets. Hmmmm rockets it just sounds cool.

Historically, rockets were terribly inaccurate. Their only value on the battlefield lay in their shock value against untested troops. There are numerous anecdotes from the time about them veering all over the sky and never coming anywhere remotely close to their intended targets but still causing whole regiments to rout. One story I enjoy is about a Spanish garrison defending a pass into Portugal who routed themselves with their own rocket fire.

I've been having more and more crashes lately. Barely got through 2 turns and it crashed 4 times. 2 of which were "Insufficient Video Memory" errors. Another one where it didn't completely load (it did, but the load screen didn't go away so I could select my units, but I couldn't see them or the battlefield). The last one was just a normal crash with no specific error.

Maybe I'm just crushing the AI so badly that the game needs a break from my massive army of russians. I just have a huge group of 4 armies and they're always together so it's almost a 100% guaranteed autoresolve. Although, there was some BS where I had 300 units of cavalry (to run down anyone who survives) and the enemy only had 6 people left in a single unit of artillery. Somehow I lost 40 cavalry? Not to mention Galleys' excessive firepower gives them a huge bonus in autoresolves when a small 6th rate could easily down a fleet of galleys by just avoiding the front (which isn't too hard because the AI ALWAYS does line formation).

CA really slacked in some areas, but I can't bring myself to hate this game. It's just too much fun. It'd be a whole lot better if they'd just done a open beta or something to get out all the issues. A 30 turn campaign would have brought up all the issues most of us face. But now we just have to wait. I haven't bothered posting all the issues I have. I'd probably spend about 40minutes trying to get them all down.

I really find it hard to believe that some of you have not had ONE glitch or issue with Empire. Recently I have had a fleet of 8 ships stuck in the crossing of the Americas and North America. Whenever I clicked on those ships the game crashes, because they are stuck in Limbo. Thats just an example and is not hardware related.I really don't think you guys or gals are really exploring the game too much if you havn't experienced any problems. I realize that a game as in depth as Empire gets exponential with the amount of possibilities, however the amount of people experiencing problems is not small and can be seen by just browsing the forums. As for people not experiencing issues I think that you probably are not really exploring the game very in depth and should not consider yourself a gamer.

srbbnd

Ive had pathfinding issues, AI issues, etc.. But not one Crash,freeze or currupt save file. Nothing that makes the game unplayable or makes me want to uninstall it. Im having a blast with this game.

Ive gotten atleast to turn 70 in all my 6 games for your information, and much further in some. 45+ hours on the game and no crashes,freezes,currupt saves,etc.. SO its definatly not a matter of me not playing the game enough or getting deep into the game. Once they fix some of the ai issues and the problem with Great Britian ill have nothing wrong with this game as im not crashing, freezing, reseting, getting saved currupt files, etc.. as some others are having.

Calling me "not a gamer" because i havnt had any crashes or freezes yet if foolish pal. Ive played this game and "explored" tons.

Historically, rockets were terribly inaccurate. Their only value on the battlefield lay in their shock value against untested troops. There are numerous anecdotes from the time about them veering all over the sky and never coming anywhere remotely close to their intended targets but still causing whole regiments to rout. One story I enjoy is about a Spanish garrison defending a pass into Portugal who routed themselves with their own rocket fire.

bogaty

A little irrelevant, but regarding that guy with the 200+ campaign wasted due to bugs...um...200 FREAKING HOURS?!?!?!

According to the thread, that was posted 2 weeks after the game was released, so the guy played 200+ hours in 2 weeks lol. Amazing...he must have literally ate, sleep, and poo'd Total War.

dnuggs40

Two weeks would be about 336 hours. He could certainly manage it even if he slept 8 hours a day and had three meals per day for a total of 1 hour 30 minutes. Even then he'd have some free time, though of course it would only be like 30 minutes.

I've been having more and more crashes lately. Barely got through 2 turns and it crashed 4 times. 2 of which were "Insufficient Video Memory" errors. Another one where it didn't completely load (it did, but the load screen didn't go away so I could select my units, but I couldn't see them or the battlefield). The last one was just a normal crash with no specific error.

Maybe I'm just crushing the AI so badly that the game needs a break from my massive army of russians. I just have a huge group of 4 armies and they're always together so it's almost a 100% guaranteed autoresolve. Although, there was some BS where I had 300 units of cavalry (to run down anyone who survives) and the enemy only had 6 people left in a single unit of artillery. Somehow I lost 40 cavalry? Not to mention Galleys' excessive firepower gives them a huge bonus in autoresolves when a small 6th rate could easily down a fleet of galleys by just avoiding the front (which isn't too hard because the AI ALWAYS does line formation).

CA really slacked in some areas, but I can't bring myself to hate this game. It's just too much fun. It'd be a whole lot better if they'd just done a open beta or something to get out all the issues. A 30 turn campaign would have brought up all the issues most of us face. But now we just have to wait. I haven't bothered posting all the issues I have. I'd probably spend about 40minutes trying to get them all down.

[QUOTE="dnuggs40"]

A little irrelevant, but regarding that guy with the 200+ campaign wasted due to bugs...um...200 FREAKING HOURS?!?!?!

According to the thread, that was posted 2 weeks after the game was released, so the guy played 200+ hours in 2 weeks lol. Amazing...he must have literally ate, sleep, and poo'd Total War.

aliblabla2007

Two weeks would be about 336 hours. He could certainly manage it even if he slept 8 hours a day and had three meals per day for a total of 1 hour 30 minutes. Even then he'd have some free time, though of course it would only be like 30 minutes.

I'm loving the game. I do get the occational crash (every 2-3 hours if I play for a long time). However I make a point to quick save frequently so it hasent set me back more than a few mins at most.

Yeah there are bugs and yeah they are annoying. Not much diffrent from TW:M2 or TW:Rome, but thats not really an excuse. All that said I'm loving the game and consider it the best in the series so far.

[QUOTE="aliblabla2007"]

[QUOTE="dnuggs40"]

A little irrelevant, but regarding that guy with the 200+ campaign wasted due to bugs...um...200 FREAKING HOURS?!?!?!

According to the thread, that was posted 2 weeks after the game was released, so the guy played 200+ hours in 2 weeks lol. Amazing...he must have literally ate, sleep, and poo'd Total War.

dnuggs40

Two weeks would be about 336 hours. He could certainly manage it even if he slept 8 hours a day and had three meals per day for a total of 1 hour 30 minutes. Even then he'd have some free time, though of course it would only be like 30 minutes.

[QUOTE="aliblabla2007"]

[QUOTE="dnuggs40"]

A little irrelevant, but regarding that guy with the 200+ campaign wasted due to bugs...um...200 FREAKING HOURS?!?!?!

According to the thread, that was posted 2 weeks after the game was released, so the guy played 200+ hours in 2 weeks lol. Amazing...he must have literally ate, sleep, and poo'd Total War.

dnuggs40

Two weeks would be about 336 hours. He could certainly manage it even if he slept 8 hours a day and had three meals per day for a total of 1 hour 30 minutes. Even then he'd have some free time, though of course it would only be like 30 minutes.

Edit: I'm a hardcore Gamer and have no shame of it.

[QUOTE="srbbnd"]

I really find it hard to believe that some of you have not had ONE glitch or issue with Empire. Recently I have had a fleet of 8 ships stuck in the crossing of the Americas and North America. Whenever I clicked on those ships the game crashes, because they are stuck in Limbo. Thats just an example and is not hardware related.I really don't think you guys or gals are really exploring the game too much if you havn't experienced any problems. I realize that a game as in depth as Empire gets exponential with the amount of possibilities, however the amount of people experiencing problems is not small and can be seen by just browsing the forums. As for people not experiencing issues I think that you probably are not really exploring the game very in depth and should not consider yourself a gamer.

Ive had pathfinding issues, AI issues, etc.. But not one Crash,freeze or currupt save file. Nothing that makes the game unplayable or makes me want to uninstall it. Im having a blast with this game.

Ive gotten atleast to turn 70 in all my 6 games for your information, and much further in some. 45+ hours on the game and no crashes,freezes,currupt saves,etc.. SO its definatly not a matter of me not playing the game enough or getting deep into the game. Once they fix some of the ai issues and the problem with Great Britian ill have nothing wrong with this game as im not crashing, freezing, reseting, getting saved currupt files, etc.. as some others are having.

Calling me "not a gamer" because i havnt had any crashes or freezes yet if foolish pal. Ive played this game and "explored" tons.

Sorry M8. I don't want to sound rude, but you havn't finished a grand campaign yet have you? I have almost completed a campaign with over 30 crashes and I am on year 1773 and it is ridiculous. Most of my issues stem from using the final ships that are available once you get the final naval base. The game always freezes when I click on those ships so I usually have to add more ships to the units for the game to recognize the ships without it crashing. Just weird things like that happen. It looks like the majority of users here have not finished a grand campaign which I find quite strange for a game that has been in the works for many years. Unacceptable IMO. Once I finish this campaign I will be moving on to another game until a decent patch is released. Have been a Total War fan boy for years, but this Empire Total War has ruined the legacy for me.srbbnd