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Rome II: Total War
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Completely agree about Shogun. I loved the changes they made to the gameplay and how everything seemed so polished but Shogun never really appealed to me as much as Rome, Medieval or Napoleon
VonMudra
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I'm personally worried. Shogun 2 was far from my cup of tea, too much balance and similarity. I was building armies of nothing but yari ashigaru and samurai archers once I realized all other troops were worthless against a combo of those units....
I'm hoping Rome 2 will be good, I really am, but I keep getting these tinges of worry. War dogs in that video, roman troops forming squares against an infantry attack, the older Fall of Carthage trailer with roman troops just mob charging like barbarians, plus the idiotic "omaha beach saving private ryan" look of the whole thing. I'm really really hoping Rome 2 will be good, but...that doubt still lingers, especially after what I personally felt was a debacle of a game for Shogun 2.
I'm hoping Rome 2 will be good, I really am, but I keep getting these tinges of worry. War dogs in that video, roman troops forming squares against an infantry attack, the older Fall of Carthage trailer with roman troops just mob charging like barbarians, plus the idiotic "omaha beach saving private ryan" look of the whole thing. I'm really really hoping Rome 2 will be good, but...that doubt still lingers, especially after what I personally felt was a debacle of a game for Shogun 2.
Hopefully someone would make a realism mod if that did happen - fingers crossed it isn't necessary though.
New 30,000 x 9,785 pixel screenshot from Rome 2 Total War. That's a pretty big screen
Sir Apple
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ScheifferB
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I think the reason Rome I was so successful was because they had a lot to play around with. Many years later and they now have even more variety. Shogun 2 was a let down in my opinion, the only exciting feature I enjoyed in the game was the Multiplayer Campaigns, how you could share troops instead of going head to head.
My favorite has always been the medieval games, and I'm hoping eventually they work on Medieval 3. Rome II will be that game that suffices for another 5-10 years after it's release, just like it's original.
My favorite has always been the medieval games, and I'm hoping eventually they work on Medieval 3. Rome II will be that game that suffices for another 5-10 years after it's release, just like it's original.
So now that Rome 2 is out what do people think? I know some people have been having graphical issues but so far I've been largely fine.
The one issue I did have is the stance of one of my armies at sea got stuck so I couldn't move it which left ~1500 men and a 3 star general floating around doing nothing.
The AI seems a little weak to me but I haven't cranked up the difficulty level much or tried out realism mode.
The one issue I did have is the stance of one of my armies at sea got stuck so I couldn't move it which left ~1500 men and a 3 star general floating around doing nothing.
The AI seems a little weak to me but I haven't cranked up the difficulty level much or tried out realism mode.
brrr
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I'm really liking it thus far. Have had a few graphical issues, where by frame rate bobs up and down randomly - particularly on the campaign screen.
Yeah AI isn't too smart in the battles, but I found it to be challenging on the campaign map. I was also struggling with the insane amount of public order issues in my controlled settlements - building new structures or garrisoning units doesn't seem to have much effect at all - and all one can do is simply wait for a rebellion army to crop up to fight in a battle.
Visually its breathtaking, but my one issue is with the iconography in the campaign screen and the total war encyclopaedia. I can see what they were trying to do, with creating them in that old ancient style of image making almost like a mosiac - but as a result some of the icons are very difficult to decipher what they are, without hovering over and reading the additional information.
Yeah AI isn't too smart in the battles, but I found it to be challenging on the campaign map. I was also struggling with the insane amount of public order issues in my controlled settlements - building new structures or garrisoning units doesn't seem to have much effect at all - and all one can do is simply wait for a rebellion army to crop up to fight in a battle.
Visually its breathtaking, but my one issue is with the iconography in the campaign screen and the total war encyclopaedia. I can see what they were trying to do, with creating them in that old ancient style of image making almost like a mosiac - but as a result some of the icons are very difficult to decipher what they are, without hovering over and reading the additional information.
brrr
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May I enquire as to why?
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