Just give me Three Kingdoms already and you'll even have me consider pre-ordering. I think I haven't pre-ordered a game in like ten years, and I'm extremely reluctant to even buy anything at full price if it's digital (which all recent Total War games have been in practice), so I think you can see why that's a pretty big statement from me.
Sadly, I doubt they're going to go for it. It's probably a bit risky for them due to Three Kingdoms being an unfamiliar setting to a lot of their target audience. Even Japanese hustiry seems to be something a lot of people don't like as a setting, let alone Chinese history even less people are familiar with.
What they should definitely not do is a modern or futuristic settings. Handling formations is a huge thing for the series, and I highly doubt they can do anything like that with a modern/futuristic setting. Maybe with space ships, but I wouldn't personally like seeing Total War go that route.







