Rome II - How psyched are you?

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Blunderboy

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imahobbit4062 said:
Can we please have the Picts as a playable faction? Please CA?
At best they're going to be a minor faction (like rebels) for the Iceni to fight.
Never fear though, mods will sort that out.
 

remketh

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Shilefin said:
I'm excited like hell. I can't wait to spend another 200 hours on an another Total War game.

And for anyone interested:
http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Factions

All the factions in the game. They're being released every now and then.

Thanks for the link, i was looking for something like that to bookmark


Edit - Parthia will sweep west, unless they are not playable where Carthage will conquer?
 

aguspal

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As usual, I didnt even heard about it.


Thats my care level. LOL.

EDIT: Oh its a game from the Total Shit... I mean Total War series... ya... I tried that game once. Didnt exactly liked it. Moving on...
 

Strazdas

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Hopeful. i want it to be as good, and considerign their track record, it should be. so im peacefully anticipating.
 

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aguspal said:
As usual, I didnt even heard about it.


Thats my care level. LOL.

EDIT: Oh its a game from the Total Shit... I mean Total War series... ya... I tried that game once. Didnt exactly liked it. Moving on...
tha flame bait in this post.... must resist

OT

I guess im look forward to it, although the Total War series is going down hill imo, although i did reply Shogun 2 recently and it was better than i remembered so maybe im just going crazy. and i hope to god they fix the diplomatic AI, or atleast have a some what good one this time around
 

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demoman_chaos said:
Seems I am one of the few that really enjoyed Shogun 2 and Empire.
I think most Total War fans also liked them, its just most think they're bad in comparison to the previous titles
 

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Seems excellent to me, I can't wait to bring honour and respect back to the true rulers of the mediterranean: Carthage!
This game certainly seems to be taking a more machine-like approach to fighting, for those of us that like the two armies smashing into each other as opposed to individual combat, I think this will not disappoint.
 

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So stoked. I literally finally got round to buying a gaming PC purely because this got announced. I went as high spec as I could afford, but after watching some of the videos, I'm now pretty convinced even that won't be enough to run on max settings.

I mean, look at it. Even the pre-alpha build is gorgeous. Empire never interested me because of the time period, Shogun 2 seemed a little small in scope, and to be honest I haven't actually though to check it out since getting my PC. But Rome, well, it looks like everything I want. The original, but better.

People have been talking about being worried over how the battles are animated, one on one stuff and so on, but from everything CA are saying, I don't think that will be a problem. They talk specifically about wanting to capture that meat grinder feel, and I'm sure they'll deliver. Everything from integrated, useful navies to the wealth of faction variation the Rome setting will bring sounds incredible. The sheer scale and size of Carthage in that video... holy crap, pisses all over the hugest of cities in the original, and that's one of my favourite games of all time.

The talk of Legion continuity, of identity is just the cherry on top. And I love cherries.

Can't wait to don the Brutii green again and open a can of well drilled, professional whoopass all over the Grecian states in jaw dropping HD.
 

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I find it funny how much shogun hate there is, I loved the first shogun total war, y'know, the first total war game ever, and in my opinion shogun 2 was the same thing but WAY better. I'm stoked for Rome 2 because I did quite like the first Rome total war.

Also if you complain about the "scope" of shogun being small, and haven't played it, you're in no position to make that comment, sure the map isn't the world, but when you compare how long it takes to move your units, and the number of provinces and the amount of overall time it takes to complete the campaign to empires, or to the original Rome, you find that it's pretty damn close if not longer(at least compared to empires, because that game I picked up and beat in an afternoon, shogun took 2 days), and the co-op/competitive campaign play in it, made it incredibly replay-able.

My hope is that with Rome 2, they do the same kind of tweaking as they did with shogun, and make the same game, but with everything improved, and I sincerely hope that they keep the option for co-op multiplayer campaign, or at least allow a competitive full scale campaign mode, because that addition made me want to play it with other people as well as alone.
 

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The only thing I can say to that is Carthago delenda est, you lily livered fool. I shall stand as tribune and pass laws removing you from command.
Go ahead and try, bee-atch! Hmmm... Lex Albina, or Lex Booa ¬_¬ ... *snrk* Besides, you tribunes are useless idiots, while I'm Pontifex Maximus (from 150), Princeps Senatus (from 147) and former Censor. Now run along and go cry to your daddy Cato...(!) =P

BlazeRaider said:
Seems excellent to me, I can't wait to bring honour and respect back to the true rulers of the mediterranean: Carthage!
Hmmm... *wonders if I should get roped into debate about Carthage's military system* ... -_-

UrinalDook said:
Can't wait to don the Brutii green again and open a can of well drilled, professional whoopass all over the Grecian states in jaw dropping HD.
Well, unfortunately not... as far as I can tell, you're just playing as Rome (so... dark red) but can choose to be the head of one of the gentes maiores (Cornelii, Junii and Julii).

This is one of the reasons playing as Rome will always be unsatisfying for me... because the system of 'families' just doesn't work with them. It should be more a case of 'political parties' (and just have two: Fabians and Claudians, which can then evolve into the Optimates and Populares at some point, before the system threatens to break and the Second Triumvirate wades in *****-slapping everyone into oblivion). Families can be connected by marriage and adoptions left right and centre. Ah well... I'll dream away... -_-
 

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Looking forward to it. I loved the first Rome Total War game. I don't think I'll be getting anytime near release though, I still have yet to really play Shogun 2 to any significant degree .
 

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The Total War Games were all must-buys for me.
So is Rome II
So will probably be every Total War title they ever release.
Even more so because Rome and Medieval are my favorites.
And god do I anticipate Warhammer Fantasy: Total War
Can't wait. So many hours of joy awaiting
 

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Hammeroj said:
DoomyMcDoom said:
I find it funny how much shogun hate there is, I loved the first shogun total war, y'know, the first total war game ever, and in my opinion shogun 2 was the same thing but WAY better. I'm stoked for Rome 2 because I did quite like the first Rome total war.

Also if you complain about the "scope" of shogun being small, and haven't played it, you're in no position to make that comment, sure the map isn't the world, but when you compare how long it takes to move your units, and the number of provinces and the amount of overall time it takes to complete the campaign to empires, or to the original Rome, you find that it's pretty damn close if not longer(at least compared to empires, because that game I picked up and beat in an afternoon, shogun took 2 days), and the co-op/competitive campaign play in it, made it incredibly replay-able.
It may have been way better than the original Shogun, but that may have something to do with the fact that it's the very first game in the series with no iterative process as far as the gameplay goes being done to speak of.

Dude, it's fine that you like Shogun 2, it really is, but making up nonsense excuses is not the way to go. Shogun 2 is set in one country. One relatively small country with next to no variety in units and no variety in architecture between the different countries; as opposed to something like Rome or Medieval which take place over something like the entirety of Europe (or more), feature completely different settlements and armies and all of that. The fact that it takes a long time to move your units in Shogun 2 has next to nothing with the sense of scale. Even if one hasn't played the game, I'm not sure I grasp why exactly it's unfair or untrue to regard this as having a far, far smaller scale than some of the previous Total War games.

OT: Just rewatched that Carthage siege demo, and it seems to have about the same mechanics in terms of combat as Shogun 2 had. One unit picks another, they lock in and everybody else who's near and could attack either of the two units just stands around doing nothing. I know this is pre-alpha footage, but somehow I doubt that's going to go away in the full release.
have you played shogun 2? If not, don't rag on it, I own and have played every total war game, hell I even own some of them on steam and as hardcopies.
Also the number of times I've seen the units line up only to be backstabbed by some dude with a spear in shogun 2 defies counting, so it's not all just one v one, or battles would take a lot longer to play out when the numbers are stacked unevenly.
 

aguspal

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spartandude said:
aguspal said:
As usual, I didnt even heard about it.


Thats my care level. LOL.

EDIT: Oh its a game from the Total Shit... I mean Total War series... ya... I tried that game once. Didnt exactly liked it. Moving on...
tha flame bait in this post.... must resist

OT

I guess im look forward to it, although the Total War series is going down hill imo, although i did reply Shogun 2 recently and it was better than i remembered so maybe im just going crazy. and i hope to god they fix the diplomatic AI, or atleast have a some what good one this time around

What flame bait? I am not lying... I really didnt like the game, its not a lie at all.

That begin said calling it "shit" its probably a little too much, I apogalize for that. It was merely an uninteresting game not for my tastes. Thats all...