Land battles are fought in real time on a large battlefield, as in previous Total War games. For example, generals and admirals can recruit units in the field (which are dispatched from the nearest settlement or shipyard), and there are new formation tools for warfare that revolved around gunpowder weapons.Įmpire: Total War was originally released for PC in 2009 with a Mac port, developed by Feral Interactive, following in 2012.

It features some of the largest 3D fully featured naval combat ever seen in a game - a new addition to the Total War franchise - newly refined diplomacy and AI, a larger campaign map which includes North and South America, Africa and India along with Europe, and new campaign mechanics. The game covers such important events as the growth of European continental empires like Prussia and Austria, the birth of the French Republic, the American Revolution, as well as the rise of global empires through naval supremacy and trade.

Empire: Total War is a strategy game set in the 18th Century.