Rome 2 : Total War

Darujhistan · 16 Mar 2013 at 13:13

bakes0310 said:
Yeah it requires Kingdoms.
Empire and Nap are a good game with darthmod. But me personally aint a fan of that era so didnt put much time into it. Thats what i like about Total War series you got different periods in history to pick from. I think i played kingdoms the most especially with mods. But the winner for me was Rome i just love that period.
I got steam by itself on a 500gb HDD ive only got abut 10gb left.
Im thinking of getting a new monitor, even though mines good i just want an even better one.....

I have kingdoms so no bother. Just wondered.

I am a history buff, and the early modern period doesn't interest me nearly as much as ancient and medieval.

The upgrade itch is incessant, but I have stood my ground since I built this one last May.

I can see RTW 2 pushing me into a new GPU though.

bakes0310 · 16 Mar 2013 at 13:31

Darujhistan said:
I have kingdoms so no bother. Just wondered.

I am a history buff, and the early modern period doesn't interest me nearly as much as ancient and medieval.

The upgrade itch is incessant, but I have stood my ground since I built this one last May.

I can see RTW 2 pushing me into a new GPU though.

Probably will need a new graphics card it depends if you wanna play max settings.
You got the same cpu as i do, have you got it overclocked, you should easily get it to 4Ghz if you only got the stock cooler.

Mr Krugga · 16 Mar 2013 at 15:01

I'd take Europa Barbarorum II over Rome Total War 2 any day, but I doubt we'll see the day, etc...

Darujhistan · 16 Mar 2013 at 16:50

bakes0310 said:
Probably will need a new graphics card it depends if you wanna play max settings.
You got the same cpu as i do, have you got it overclocked, you should easily get it to 4Ghz if you only got the stock cooler.

No chance of 4GHZ, it runs too hot on stock cooler.

It's in the 50s and 60s @ 3.6GHZ.

57 degrees right now with Iplayer on.

opethdisciple · 16 Mar 2013 at 17:58

The dev's have already said that hardware requirement wise, they are aiming for similar specs to Shogun 2.

Edrof · 16 Mar 2013 at 18:18

Now that'd be nice.

PsychoPigeon · 19 Mar 2013 at 14:28

This episode features burning balls, fight performers and CA taking on the whole world at Shogun 2

bakes0310 · 21 Mar 2013 at 14:52

Just thought id post this link with the confirmed features of Rome 2. It gets updated regulary when theres new information.

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/64152-Confirmed-Rome-2-features?

Divinious · 21 Mar 2013 at 14:55

Can't come soon enough for me just finished another 100 odd hour shogun 2 game & loved every minute!

bakes0310 · 21 Mar 2013 at 15:50

Divinious said:
Can't come soon enough for me just finished another 100 odd hour shogun 2 game & loved every minute!

If you want to get yourself even more excited watch a history series on Rome. i highly recommend Rome Rise And Fall Of An Empire.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB732wBSTvw

bakes0310 · 22 Mar 2013 at 12:32

Final faction reveal: Egypt
http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War:_Rome_II_-_Egyptian_Faction

DutchSchaeffer · 22 Mar 2013 at 13:54

As expected with the Egypt reveal then, good stuff!

Decisions decisions as to who to go first

Thank you for the link to Rome Rise And Fall Of An Empire bakes, I am really enjoying it so far.

Squark · 22 Mar 2013 at 14:15

Lots of guyliner on those Egyptians

Harri25 · 22 Mar 2013 at 14:24

Own all Total Wars from the original Shogun onwards. Love how the series has grown. Also love how Creative Assembly has grown from a couple of people to what it is now...atleast someones seeing growth within the UK

Divinious · 22 Mar 2013 at 14:49

Harri25 said:
Own all Total Wars from the original Shogun onwards. Love how the series has grown. Also love how Creative Assembly has grown from a couple of people to what it is now...atleast someones seeing growth within the UK

I agree 100% they deserve all the plaudits they receive for consistantly turning out great games that respect the fans of the series, I even loved Empire though it had its detractors.

Darujhistan · 22 Mar 2013 at 14:55

Egypt was a shoo-in for the final faction.

The Iceni was a mistake however. They had no significant historical impact.

Illgresi · 22 Mar 2013 at 15:07

I'm amazed the Seleucids aren't a starting faction. Though I'm guessing it'll be much like Empire, and all the remaining factions (such as the greek city-states, Aedui etc ) will be minor factions. It'll be modded within days to allow you to play as anyone hopefully.

bakes0310 · 22 Mar 2013 at 15:26

Looks like there might be more than 8 factions theres another icon space on the faction page. And also in the total war forum there is a hint from the developers that they actually didnt say 8 was the final count

Next rallypoint video apparently theres gonna be another faction reveal.

McPhee · 23 Mar 2013 at 13:49

For anyone interested, all the Total War games and DLC currently have 75% off at GreenManGaming. Just picked up Fall of the Samurai Collection and the remaining Shogun II DLCs that I don't have (Blood Pack, Hattori, Rise and Sengoku) for under a tenner. Utter bargain!

EDIT: Well that was anticlimactic. I thought FotS was a standalone game like Napoleon, so I entered the code, figuring I could give RotS or a Hattori campaign a shot while it downloads. Big mistake. It's an update for Shogun II. On my crappy rural internet connection, I should be playing the DLC that I've just bought around... Monday. Joy.

Qel · 23 Mar 2013 at 13:57

Illgresi said:
I'm amazed the Seleucids aren't a starting faction. Though I'm guessing it'll be much like Empire, and all the remaining factions (such as the greek city-states, Aedui etc ) will be minor factions. It'll be modded within days to allow you to play as anyone hopefully.

They'll probably release them as DLC and I'll be amazed if they don't do some kind of silly Spartan dlc.