modern total war
would it work?
why/why not?
>a series about line-based pitched battles
>giving it an entry about modern warfare
Lol no. WW1 advocates are already seriously pushing it. The Victorian Era is probably as far the Total War series can go and still retain its identity.
it would just turn into late game Civilization
>>340862559
That's Man of War, anon.
>>340862559
Yes, it's called Hearts of Iron IV, but you probably wouldn't like it
>>340862559
>Total War: Mexican Drug Cartels
I can see this working in my head.
>>340862781
This.
no it wouldn't
a modern total war with "prototype" weapons could work.
we have nuclear deterrents now. so just put in ways to counter ICBMs, stationary lasers, rail artillery, microwave weapons, things like that.
make it to where if you really want to use a nuke on someone you have to risk your own ass to do it, like fly it in in an invasion fleet.
>>340862559
does modern warfare have formations of dozens and hundreds of men?
do the battles have a clear start and an end?
>>340863648
Yes, they do
Victoria Total War would be awesome.
>>340864093
>them uniforms
>awesome
>>340864093
Have you never heard of Napoleon or Empire?
>>340864257
Victorian era is more akin to Fall of the Samurai
>>340862559
Wargame Red Dragon is already a thing faggot.
>>340863767
they don't, you fucking retard
95% of the fighting is short skirmishes and everything in decentralized with shit tonnes of initiative given to the teams on the ground
Total War battle engine and gameplay is built for eras where the general in charge could micromanage everything and soldiers moved around in blobs. Neither is done nowadays because it's suicidal. Today is all about improvisation and agility.
Sure, you can make a strategy game about modern warfare but it would play nothing like Total War.
just make the next one Total War: Middle Earth and watch the money just pour over you
infantry combat would mean nothing because guns and nukes, on a series were infantry combat means everything and is the focus of the gameplay because melee and formations
>>340866436
>general in charge could micromanage everything
They could determine the initial battle formation and general orders and that's about it, communication was very limited compared to today where COs actually micromanage quite a bit at the operational level using modern comms.
>>340865987
Red Dragon doesn't have politics, economy or espionage.
Campaigns is only a single operation.
Admittedly, actual grand strat with Wargame-style battles would be interesting. And actual economy system would allow to drop forced units ballancing.
>>340862559
literally Men of War
