Too soon for hitler to be in civ 6/total war?

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lol, they haven't even mastered guns yet - I wouldn't mind, as long as it was implemented correctly. Personally I would prefer Medieval 3 :D
 
For a game like Hearts of Iron where it is seeking to portray (within reason) a real war realistically its understandable they have Hitler in there as it fits the game.

But for something like Civ which is more you creating your own story through the centuries someone like Bismarck is a much better choice for Germany as he is a symbolic and important figure in their history but not as controversial in the present as having someone like Hitler (and yes I'd argue the use of Stalin for Russia in past games is a poor choice as he's just as bad as Hitler if not worse but thats not for this thread... much better to have Peter or Catherine the Great).
 
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Regarding Hearts of Iron

It's tactfully done though. There aren't any swas-sticker's (sp?) etc, and nothing really on the holocaust, it just focuses on events such as the Annex of Austria, and Slovakia etc, and the invasion of Poland.

They also have the option to conduct Stalin's officer purge when playing as the USSR, and one off events that allow for cracking down on political dissent. But yes, civilians don't exist in the game, beyond the concept of conscripted manpower.
 
I remember playing a very decent scenario of WW2 in Civlization II.

I wouldn't like TW series going into WW2 times as it would have to be massively reorganised for it (and seeing that both Empire Total War and Napoleon were rather a failure - first TW games to feature guns era).

I don't see Hitler as a proud leader that took his civilization into glory. Might be better of keeping him away from Civilization leadership ;)
 
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lol, they haven't even mastered guns yet - I wouldn't mind, as long as it was implemented correctly. Personally I would prefer Medieval 3 :D

I'd quite like them to do something with Aztecs for a TW game :p although I have no idea how big aztec tribes were or if they even fought huge wars lol
 
I'd quite like them to do something with Aztecs for a TW game :p although I have no idea how big aztec tribes were or if they even fought huge wars lol

Aztecs were present in Medieval 2: Kingdoms, one of the campaigns takes place in the New World.

lol, they haven't even mastered guns yet - I wouldn't mind, as long as it was implemented correctly. Personally I would prefer Medieval 3 :D

Bah, you know that we need Rome 2 beforehand!
 
Ah I never played M2TW, but how in-depth was the addon? I mean it would be cool to have a ton of different playable tribes and well.....them being the entire game focus.
 
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<smallprintvoice> 20 unit limit. </smallprintvoice>
 
Total War wouldn't work with a conflict any more contemporary than the Chrimean, possibly.

Either World War certainly wouldn't work in a Total War game, they work best with melee combat rather than firearms.
 
okay, people are misunderstanding. I want to play as Aztecs.....in a Total War game.....entirely dedicated to the Aztecs. There. :p
 
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