The shot below shows you an error with the depth of field effect for example: I did notice a few niggles with the otherwise excellent Empire however. Horse-drawn cannon is also very manoeuvrable, but it looks as though standard cannon can’t be moved. Not only do they quickly destroy buildings (killing any troops garrisoned with) but they also demoralise and rout non-garrisoned infantry units fairly quickly. While I’ll need more persuasion to use Dragoons, canon units seem to be brilliant in Empire. Gun batteries could therefore need some anti-horse protection. Cavalry still seems fairly potent in Empire, as mounted troops can charge around destroying gun emplacements quickly (just as I used to do in Medieval II and Rome). Dragoons are cavalry units that need to dismount in order to fire their guns, and the constant dismounting and remounting makes them a pain to use effectively.ĭragoons seem to work reasonably well as shock-type cavalry, charging gun emplacements on horseback, but I suspect their recruitment cost will make me look elsewhere for that kind of unit. For example, I’ve already practically dismissed using Dragoons as they’re too fiddly to manage. What I did get a feel for, even after a couple of hours of gameplay, was how the game looks, plays and feels as you orchestrate a battle. The demo only gives you a tutorial for land and sea warfare, and an historical battle at both land and sea, so we can’t see more about how the turn-based strategy map works as yet. As we saw with our hands-on preview, the game has tremendous scale, covering land and sea battles across the world, and the political machinations to go with it. The intro video for Empire sets the scene very well. (I’m not pitching for sympathy messages there btw, just explaining why I’ve only had time for a quick initial thoughts blog). The following are my initial thoughts on the two tutorials and the land battle that I had time to play before heading off for family funeral. Anyhoo, I saw the ad for the Empire demo and started it downloading immediately. Cliff clearly didn’t miss the news but I only stumbled across it by accident when wondering whether to buy Dawn of War II through Steam or Play (why does it cost £11 more through Steam, by the way?).
I suspect Harry did too, as I’m sure we would’ve heard him saying "I’m leaving at six on the dot to go play Empire" last Friday. I’m not sure how I missed the Empire demo going on Steam last Friday, but somehow I did.
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