Each of the playable nations: Cherokee, Plains Nations, Pueblo, Iroquois and the Huron Confederacy, are present in Empire. Spain, Great Britain and the newly minted US of A are just some of the enemies you will bump into regularly, and whilst France and the United Provinces also have a ‘presence’ on the map, the nature of the time period means that you’re unlikely to come into contact with them.Įven though the synopsis says “five brand new factions”, that’s not entirely true.
Focusing on the Americas during the late 18th, early 19th century, the player gets to play one of 5 revamped Native American factions as the fight for survival against the ever expanding European factions.
You all remember Kingdoms, the expansion for Medieval 2: Total War that came with four mini-campaigns? Well imagine that, except there’s only one mini-campaign, and its download only, and that’s pretty much all Warpath is. We say expansion in all honesty it’s more of a micro-expansion. It's easy to imagine yourself trying to save this beautiful landscape. Fans all over feared another Valve/Left4Dead scenario, but despite fears CA have kept their promise of post-release support for Empire and now that promise has been edified by the release of their first official expansion for the game: Warpath.Įach faction has iconic special units for you to wreak havock with.
The latest batch of out-cries came from their recent announcement at this year’s GamesCom of a brand new Total War game, due out almost a year after the previous one. Some fans were appalled at the state Empire was released in, whilst others bemoan the delay of the multiplayer campaign and/or mod-tools, and then there are others who dislike CA’s new DLC strategy. It seems that ever since the release of their latest flagship title, Empire: Total War, the Surrey-based studio has been courting controversy left right and centre. Creative Assembly have been making waves this past year or so.
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