Rome 2 : Total War

Spangles · 15 Dec 2012 at 17:02

How I wish they just gave you a big map and let you get on with it, like MTW 2 and before.

PsychoPigeon · 18 Dec 2012 at 14:50

Darujhistan · 18 Dec 2012 at 14:58

The 'Unmaking' of Carthage love it, any History grad will recognise the 'making' and the 'unmaking' of this that or the other.

Looks awesome and very demanding, this could be the excuse I need for a new GPU!

Does anyone have a rough idea of a release date?

Howitzer · 18 Dec 2012 at 15:10

End of 2013 they say.

I'm hoping for 8000 series cards by then. I still don't see the 7000s as a worthy upgrade to my 5850 lol.
(But then before that I had an X1950pro lmao)

Darujhistan · 18 Dec 2012 at 15:22

Howitzer said:
End of 2013 they say.

I'm hoping for 8000 series cards by then. I still don't see the 7000s as a worthy upgrade to my 5850 lol.
(But then before that I had an X1950pro lmao)

You'll have 8000 cards by then, there doesn't seem much point getting a 7970 or 7950 from a 7850, I'll wait for next gen.

There are a worthy upgrade for you, but each to his own, and you do have a rather extended upgrade path, I was looking at a 1950 pro when I built my last rig in 2007, and they were mid-range back then!!!

PsychoPigeon · 18 Dec 2012 at 16:31

I still have 4890 and it's still going strong

Squark · 18 Dec 2012 at 17:49

40 units, that could get extremely hard to follow in a battle

Darujhistan · 18 Dec 2012 at 18:20

Squark said:
40 units, that could get extremely hard to follow in a battle

Maybe they'll give the option of AI'ing a few?

redeye_uk · 18 Dec 2012 at 18:26

Darujhistan said:
Only 8 factions?

Wouldn't surprise me. Its got dlc written all over it

PsychoPigeon · 18 Dec 2012 at 18:26

Or have it so you can combine units at the start, so with one click you control 5 etc.

Squark · 18 Dec 2012 at 18:39

I'd prefer 8 Factions done well with depth and variety to 20 which have nothing to them

Darujhistan · 18 Dec 2012 at 19:05

Squark said:
I'd prefer 8 Factions done well with depth and variety to 20 which have nothing to them

Fair point. And good balance between them.

Clav · 19 Dec 2012 at 08:41

PsychoPigeon said:
Or have it so you can combine units at the start, so with one click you control 5 etc.

You have been able to do this with all TW games since the original Rome!

bakes0310 · 19 Dec 2012 at 09:01

8 factions but split into 3 seperate familys.

Howitzer · 19 Dec 2012 at 10:27

I think it's just Rome that is split into mini families/factions? like the first.

I hope theres the options to do it with the Greek City States though. Having Sparta or Athens rise up to rule all the Greeks would be awesome!

PsychoPigeon · 18 Jan 2013 at 21:48

Dave85 · 18 Jan 2013 at 22:22

Looks fantasticly good really looking forward to this hopefully doesn't get any delays.

kitkat9933 · 19 Jan 2013 at 01:43

Same It looks awesome.

Diplexbullet19 · 19 Jan 2013 at 09:49

I had high hopes but im really unsure... rome is my fav tw so far but this looks like they are going to experiment by making battles looks nicer and larger but skipping out on the map play.

Ur round next · 19 Jan 2013 at 10:01

I so cant wait for this