In an IGN interview with Creative Assembly Communications Manager, Kieran Brigden, spilled the beans on the much awaited multiplayer campaign mode. He said:
The multiplayer campaign game will be limited to 1v1, certainly for its first iteration; this is because we want to include playing battles from the campaign. In terms of how it will work, yes, you will be able to save your games and return to them. You could have several 1v1 games on the go so that you can have a series of opponents, enabling you to dip in and out of games against different opponents over a period of days, weeks and months. This links in deftly with the Steam buddy system: letting you see who's online and pickup with them.
He went on to explain the victory conditions of the multiplayer campaign mode:
In the first instance, the victory conditions from the single player campaign will be applied for multiplayer. There are several campaign modes: shorter 100 turn campaigns or the longer 200 turn versions, and based on capturing a set of regions or earning the highest level of prestige by a given in-game date. At a later stage, we may well look to develop specific victory conditions and extend modes for multiplayer.
He said that players can take over the role of AI:
In addition, players will get the option to fight as the opposing AI army in any battle encountered by their opponent. So basically, the player can replace the AI in battle, meaning that players can be constantly fighting multiplayer battles that have an impact on the overall campaign.
You will still have the standard fare of multiplayer land battles and the new sea battles with a whole host of options to tweak a match. There will also be some form of match making that will look for an opponent of similar skill and leaderboards too. Can't wait to get online with this game.
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