Something that has proven very popular with the likes of Team Fortress 2 is the "Achievements" system. Empire: Total War makes full use of them and I list all thirty below as well as the conditions required to get them. Some look quite straightforward to obtain. Some will take skill and patience.
Founding Father
Take one region by conquest, somewhere in the world.
Aftermath has got this one already!
Perfidious Beast
Use treachery to best effect by turning against at least five allied nations and attacking them.
Observe Diplomatic Niceties
Use diplomatic threats to good effect by making gains from five separate negotiations.
Assassin!
Use your assassins to kill, in unlooked-for fashion, twenty men who hinder your plans.
The Efforts of Others
Successfully steal five technologies researched by other nations.
Affairs of Honour
Use your duellists to kill twenty men on the "field of honour"
Polymath
Have your natural philosophers and scientists research all the technologies available to your nation.
Bloody Madman
Carve a bloody path to victory: kill a hundred thousand enemies!
Tyrant and Ogre
Bring terror to the hearts of men: kill half a million enemies!
Conqueror of All
Be hailed as a true conqueror: kill a million enemies!
Expansionist Power
Capture ten regions, anywhere in the world.
A New Rome
Demonstrate outstanding ability, and capture one hundred regions.
Only Obeying Orders
Ensure that thirty missions, regardless of detail or type, are successfully brought to a conclusion.
Into the Breach!
Attack! Attack! Attack! Win ten multi-player siege battles when commanding a besieging army.
The "Chevaux de Frise"
Defend, sir, defend! Win ten multi-player siege battles when commanding the defenders of a fortress.
Blooded
Demonstrate your sense of duty and honour: complete ten multi-player battles.
Drumbeat to Victory
Draw the sword and march onwards: complete one quick battle.
Whiff of Grapeshot
Gain some experience of combat: complete one ranked battle.
l337 Guard
Achieve victory in ten multiplayer battles, cutting a bloody path to greatness through your enemies' plans.
Marshal's Baton
Achieve victory in fifty multiplayer battles, dashing your enemies' hopes in pieces in the process!
Command of the Ocean
As a commanding admiral, win ten multi-player naval battles.
Raw Recruit
War sir, is a terrifying experience! Take part in a multiplayer battle.
Grand Tactician
Win ten classic multi-player battles.
American Hero
Complete the Road to Independence campaigns freeing the American colonists from British rule!
Accomplished Strategist
Complete the main campaign game on the easy difficulty setting.
Veteran Strategist
Complete the main campaign game on the medium difficulty setting.
Strategic Genius
Complete the main campaign game on the hard difficulty setting.
Emperor of Europe
Subdue and hold all the provinces and regions in Europe at the same time.
Master of the Americas
Conquer or control all the provinces and regions in the Americas at the same time.
Maharajah of the Indies
Have mastery over all the provinces and regions in India at the same time.
-Love Gaius
TWH Seraph, TWH Grand Zinquisitor & Crazy Gaius the Banstick Kid
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Take one region by conquest, somewhere in the world.
Use treachery to best effect by turning against at least five allied nations and attacking them.
Use diplomatic threats to good effect by making gains from five separate negotiations.
Use your assassins to kill, in unlooked-for fashion, twenty men who hinder your plans.
Successfully steal five technologies researched by other nations.
Use your duellists to kill twenty men on the "field of honour"
Have your natural philosophers and scientists research all the technologies available to your nation.
Carve a bloody path to victory: kill a hundred thousand enemies!
Bring terror to the hearts of men: kill half a million enemies!
Be hailed as a true conqueror: kill a million enemies!
Capture ten regions, anywhere in the world.
Demonstrate outstanding ability, and capture one hundred regions.
Ensure that thirty missions, regardless of detail or type, are successfully brought to a conclusion.
Attack! Attack! Attack! Win ten multi-player siege battles when commanding a besieging army.
Defend, sir, defend! Win ten multi-player siege battles when commanding the defenders of a fortress.
Demonstrate your sense of duty and honour: complete ten multi-player battles.
Draw the sword and march onwards: complete one quick battle.
Gain some experience of combat: complete one ranked battle.
Achieve victory in ten multiplayer battles, cutting a bloody path to greatness through your enemies' plans.
Achieve victory in fifty multiplayer battles, dashing your enemies' hopes in pieces in the process!
As a commanding admiral, win ten multi-player naval battles.
War sir, is a terrifying experience! Take part in a multiplayer battle.
Win ten classic multi-player battles.
Complete the Road to Independence campaigns freeing the American colonists from British rule!
Complete the main campaign game on the easy difficulty setting.
Complete the main campaign game on the medium difficulty setting.
Complete the main campaign game on the hard difficulty setting.
Subdue and hold all the provinces and regions in Europe at the same time.
Conquer or control all the provinces and regions in the Americas at the same time.
Have mastery over all the provinces and regions in India at the same time.
TWH Seraph, TWH Grand Zinquisitor & Crazy Gaius the Banstick Kid
Got news regarding Total War games that should be publicised? Then email m2twnews@heavengames.com. My blog.
Nelson was the typical Englishman: hot-headed, impetuous, unreliable, passionate, emotional & boisterous. Wellington was the typical Irishman: cold, reserved, calculating, unsentimental & ruthless" - George Bernard Shaw
Vote for McCain...he's not dead just yet! - HP Lovesauce