Rome Total war 2

paglynncashel · 08-04-2013 10:56am #1

Any hear details of it? looked at a trailer on http internet where rome attacks carthage: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaDlihIqPws (trailer)
looks awesome :eek:
hope my pc can run it though!!

Sephiroth_dude · 08-04-2013 1:58pm

I'm gonna need a new one :-/.

paglynncashel · 08-04-2013 2:20pm

fact. empire total war was the same, unbelievably slow on my system, had to sell it on again

Celtic Tiger · 08-04-2013 6:59pm

Loved the first Rome, cant wait to try the multiplayer campaign.

McSasquatch · 23-04-2013 4:02pm

Seriously, this is amazing looking - a walkthrough of one of the historical battles, the infamous battle of the Teutoborg Forest.

Could almost feel the ground shake! My most anticipated game of the year by a long way.

nesf · 24-04-2013 1:36am

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I'm gonna need a new one :-/.

Ah, the Total War series, forcing strategy gamers to upgrade their PCs for over a decade...

Sephiroth_dude · 24-04-2013 9:40pm

nesf wrote: »

Ah, the Total War series, forcing strategy gamers to upgrade their PCs for over a decade...

I need an upgrade anyway,my machine is 5 yrs this yr :0.

nesf · 24-04-2013 9:46pm

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I need an upgrade anyway,my machine is 5 yrs this yr :0.

Yeah I upgraded in late 2011, I should be good for a nice long while.

McSasquatch · 24-04-2013 10:53pm

Heh, will be upgrading here too. Titan SLI here I come!!!!*

*not really

Sephiroth_dude · 25-04-2013 12:11am

I'll be building a new machine I'd say :0

nesf · 25-04-2013 1:05am

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

I'll be building a new machine I'd say :0

After five years even the case is probably worth upgrading.

Sephiroth_dude · 25-04-2013 9:49am

nesf wrote: »

After five years even the case is probably worth upgrading.

He he indeed,everything will be new even the monitor

McSasquatch · 25-04-2013 12:29pm

The monitor is about the only thing I'm keeping... There'll be no heating this winter I tells ya.

McSasquatch · 09-05-2013 8:17pm

Money to burn? Then the Collector's Edition might be for you, at a mere £110 sterling from Game. I'm actually seriously tempted... what's that about a fool and his money??

nesf · 09-05-2013 8:35pm

McSasquatch wrote: »

Money to burn? Then the Collector's Edition might be for you, at a mere £110 sterling from Game. I'm actually seriously tempted... what's that about a fool and his money??

£110 for what exactly? I don't see much there that I'd pay much for.

Outkast_IRE · 09-05-2013 8:38pm

McSasquatch wrote: »

Money to burn? Then the Collector's Edition might be for you, at a mere £110 sterling from Game. I'm actually seriously tempted... what's that about a fool and his money??

It doesnt even mention getting the additonal factions that will be released, for that sort of money you should get every DLC included.

McSasquatch · 09-05-2013 8:45pm

A Roman onager!!!!

McSasquatch · 09-05-2013 8:48pm

Outkast_IRE wrote: »

It doesnt even mention getting the additonal factions that will be released, for that sort of money you should get every DLC included.

Yeah, that's the shitty way the business is going it seems

Outkast_IRE · 09-05-2013 8:51pm

McSasquatch wrote: »

Yeah, that's the shitty way the business is going it seems

I dont mind if some effort goes into it, for example the Ikko Ikki faction in shogun 2, required a completley different style of play, had new units and had a good bit of effort put into it.

But one or two of the other additonal clans were mostly the same requring no new style of play etc, with barely any changes.

kowloon · 09-05-2013 9:17pm

nesf wrote: »

£110 for what exactly? I don't see much there that I'd pay much for.

But you get an individually numbered copy!

(Something about fools and their money)

sulc84 · 09-05-2013 11:41pm

and price is fantastic..

nesf · 09-05-2013 11:48pm

kowloon wrote: »

But you get an individually numbered copy!

(Something about fools and their money)

If Steam ever start numbering downloads during their sales we're doomed.

sulc84 · 09-05-2013 11:53pm

Someone preordered Rome 2 ?

McSasquatch · 10-05-2013 2:26am

I don't "get" pre-ordering games really, especially this far out from release. Even if there's some kind of content-related bonus for those who pre-order, I generally don't (certainly not for an extra €100 CE either).

kowloon · 10-05-2013 2:56am

McSasquatch wrote: »

I don't "get" pre-ordering games really, especially this far out from release. Even if there's some kind of content-related bonus for those who pre-order, I generally don't (certainly not for an extra €100 CE either).

I have a problem with pre-ordering.
Bonus weapons, units or whatever are either going to be entirely aesthetic or worse still, they'll be something that alters game balance. Then there's the 'special pre-order price' which might be a little cheaper than the price on launch day but doesn't last long.
I don't like being blackmailed into buying something before I can read a review on the grounds that I won't get the full experience if I don't pre-order.

Aliens: Colonial Marines.

Dynamo Roller · 10-05-2013 3:36am

I watched the Teutoburg video and by the looks of it they still haven't changed the mob mentality of the AI. I saw two units in a column grabbed with the cursor and ordered to charge an enemy unit which was directly in front of the two units. The first unit slammed into the enemy unit as expected but the rear unit just ploughed into its own friendly unit and tried to carve in. As far as I can see they never even bothered to make the AI adaptable in any way. It just looks like a new graphic skin for medieval 2.

paglynncashel · 10-05-2013 10:17am

hope im not hijacking this thread a bit, but on a side note I am praying to (god, allah, sweet zombie jesus) that the team that did europa barbarorum will do something on this new version of rome, can you imagine caesars campaign in gaul for real??!

Sephiroth_dude · 10-05-2013 1:51pm

September 3rd release,so that give me about 3 and half months to build a new pc :-|.

nesf · 10-05-2013 2:11pm

Dynamo Roller wrote: »

I watched the Teutoburg video and by the looks of it they still haven't changed the mob mentality of the AI. I saw two units in a column grabbed with the cursor and ordered to charge an enemy unit which was directly in front of the two units. The first unit slammed into the enemy unit as expected but the rear unit just ploughed into its own friendly unit and tried to carve in. As far as I can see they never even bothered to make the AI adaptable in any way. It just looks like a new graphic skin for medieval 2.

I think that's a feature. If you don't position your units correctly the AI won't give you charges into the flanks. I don't really have a problem with this. The idea of just box selecting three units and then hitting the front and both sides of the target just strikes me as making things far too easy for me and takes away from the hectic plate spinning act that is melee in Total War.

grizzly · 10-05-2013 5:25pm

nesf wrote: »

I think that's a feature. If you don't position your units correctly the AI won't give you charges into the flanks. I don't really have a problem with this. The idea of just box selecting three units and then hitting the front and both sides of the target just strikes me as making things far too easy for me and takes away from the hectic plate spinning act that is melee in Total War.

I'd agree with this. Once a battle starts the game is all about positioning troops and reacting with things fall apart. If they start auto-flanking it would be too easy.

ZeroThreat · 10-05-2013 6:52pm

hmm RTW2 is €54.99 on steam vs £29.99 from amazon, price premium isn't worth convenience of digital download imho...

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