This game is brilliant, But you need a very powerful machine to run it on max with AA. The game now uses 4 cores but based on my experience so far only really saturates the 1st core at 100% followed by 50% use on the 3 other cores. (4.7Ghz Ivy)
The sound is better than previous TW games, the animations are brilliant and the use of shields for cover and projectiles such as sling shots and spears is just fantastic. Spears penetrate the shields and combatants raise the shields with the spears attached awesome.
There is a cinematic feature so you can get the perspective of a cavalry rider or foot soldier's direct view whilst charging or throwing javelins, it is amazing and very very well done.
I use an ivy clocked to 4.7GHz and a 7950 clocked at 1170Mhz and the game runs at 35 fps in the games integrated bench mark run at max settings everywhere 4xAA..
I can understand peoples complaints because at lower resolution and settings this game looks pants. So you need a great machine to play this great game.
Shogun 2 Fall of the Samurai was a great game this IMO is far better but you need power!!!
Ive spent 5-6 hours tonight playing and the game is as good as I though it was gonna be.............I really expected Single core usage again and for the fact CA have started to coed for multicore I fully commend them.
