Movement of armies on strategic map, creating armies from units, leveling up armies, building castle, training leaders...
I think it was quite different than what Silva proposed.
Yep, its different. What I propose is the equivalent of Wing Commander or Operation Flashpoint, only instead of a pilot or a soldier on missions, you are a general commanding your army. It would be more, uh, personal, I think.
- a central story for you to follow just like WC and OFP, but with multiple branches and alternate paths opening up according to your performance and decisions during missions/operations.
- no strategic layer gameplay. There should be a map, but only to see where you are on a given campaign.
- game based on operations with multi-branching missions each (again, just like OPF or WC)
- manage your army in a more personal way - meet your captains at the tavern/bar/bathhouse/sake-house between missions and converse with them. Have full profile with traits for them. Like Jagged Alliance. Have them shouting and bleeding at you during missions. Focus progression on field- tactics, abilities, maneuvers, etc.
- make the battles hardcore simulation shit. The equivalent of DCS World flight simulators for battles. Boost AI intelligence. Make the game extra difficult, but fair. The Dark Souls of strategy games.
- Accomodate "Losing is fun" philosophy. Aka: no save load game. If you lose a battle, you lose a battle. Like a man. Like in FTL. Make it so losing a battle doesnt mean game over. Make it so its possible to feel if youre losing and have the option to flee to preserve resources and alleviate losses. Make it so the campaign/story accomodate losses maybe through branching paths or something.
- Have the campaigns be historical multi-branch stories with at least two different sides/generals to choose from. (Oda vs Tokugawa; Leonidas vs Xerxes; Salahadin vs Lionheart, etc). Have each historical general well depicted both skills-wise and visually like my badass Masamune fella here..
- Name it "Real War" and reboot the whole series from the start: Shogun Real War, Medieval Real War, Rome Real War.
Voilá.