Rome 2 : Total War
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Soldato
Thoroughly enjoying it so far - had a good few hours on it last night - nearly finished the prologue so started an Iceni campaign and the main game is sloooooooow - which is good. Conquest shouldn't mean taking a few turns to take over the British Isles.
I like the new diplomacy map. There's plenty of stuff to get my head around too. The new city page is a little confusing at first, but there's a lot of information via the right mouse button to keep even massive nerds happy - the chieftain system for the barbarians might need some investigation - there was some weird, weird events taking place during my game. I had zero money issues as the Iceni, though - I must be doing something wrong!
Plus it runs acceptably on my laptop (benchmark was 35 fps on Medium), so no need to retreat to my man-cave when I want to play - although I had my laptop on silent fan and I thought it would melt through the table
There are bugs, but this is day one and that doesn't bother me too much - I'm sure it will be patched soon. I think I'll run that dxdiag fix mentioned earlier soon though...
Overall, positive after a few hours play.
I like the new diplomacy map. There's plenty of stuff to get my head around too. The new city page is a little confusing at first, but there's a lot of information via the right mouse button to keep even massive nerds happy - the chieftain system for the barbarians might need some investigation - there was some weird, weird events taking place during my game. I had zero money issues as the Iceni, though - I must be doing something wrong!
Plus it runs acceptably on my laptop (benchmark was 35 fps on Medium), so no need to retreat to my man-cave when I want to play - although I had my laptop on silent fan and I thought it would melt through the table
There are bugs, but this is day one and that doesn't bother me too much - I'm sure it will be patched soon. I think I'll run that dxdiag fix mentioned earlier soon though...
Overall, positive after a few hours play.
Still working my way through the prologue - the game appears to play smoother than Shogun 2 did, which is a huge positive.
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I'm playing as the Iceni and while money isn't an issue at the moment my city's happiness seem to plummet whenever I go to war with another nation which has caused a number of rebellions so far already.
I don't understand how to chieftain system works either, no matter what I do I always seem to loose influence?
I don't understand how to chieftain system works either, no matter what I do I always seem to loose influence?
I'm struggling to understand how tw veterans are surprised by bugs and performance. I've been playing since the original medieval total war and for as long as I can remember every launch (maybe not napoleon) has been plagued with the same issues...
The true fun for me is not playing vanilla but rather the moded versions such as darth mod. I fully expected a cluster**** of bugs and performance issues at launch. It wouldn't be a true total war game without them
The true fun for me is not playing vanilla but rather the moded versions such as darth mod. I fully expected a cluster**** of bugs and performance issues at launch. It wouldn't be a true total war game without them
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Not entirely sure I like the changes over Rome.
I just wanted a more advanced Rome Total War, with better graphics, better AI etc
I just wanted a more advanced Rome Total War, with better graphics, better AI etc
The only thing I dislike so far is not being able to split armies out like in Shogun. Happy with pretty much everything else. Performance is okay. Had a crash out to windows on my first campaign battle however.
For anyone struggling with performance, look back for my post on updating the DirectX to bump your FPS
For anyone struggling with performance, look back for my post on updating the DirectX to bump your FPS
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Sunk 7hrs into it yesturday as Iceni and stopped after taking over all of the British Isles by around turn 32.
My biggest gripe is the speed of the battles. What is the point in them investing all this time/effort into animating soldiers faces and the likes if you dont get the opertunity to zoom in and see any of it. Combat happens so fast you have to stay zoomed out to keep up with the flow of the battles, which I'm averaging at 6mins per battle. That includes seiges!
Way too short.
My biggest gripe is the speed of the battles. What is the point in them investing all this time/effort into animating soldiers faces and the likes if you dont get the opertunity to zoom in and see any of it. Combat happens so fast you have to stay zoomed out to keep up with the flow of the battles, which I'm averaging at 6mins per battle. That includes seiges!
Way too short.
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Is it my laptop or are the unit textures a bit rubbish at Very High settings? The units look very plasticky. BTW, the game runs pretty much good at Very High on my MSI GX740 laptop with its 5800 gpu.
I have spent about 45 mins on the game and still coming to grips with the new interface, but overall the game looks solid and needs more time invested before I can enjoy it. I hope the game has 'fun' units in it like the old burning pigs and wardogs for breaking enemy morale and hunting down enemy routers with ruthless efficiency. :]
I have spent about 45 mins on the game and still coming to grips with the new interface, but overall the game looks solid and needs more time invested before I can enjoy it. I hope the game has 'fun' units in it like the old burning pigs and wardogs for breaking enemy morale and hunting down enemy routers with ruthless efficiency. :]
Soldato
I'm playing on my laptop instead of my desktop so it's hard to tell if it's any better on mine - but it runs well enough and looks good. I can't really ask for more, visually.
Yeah, the intricacies of the barbarian government is something I need to try and get my head around - that said, to begin with I was more interested in smashing the Demetae than worrying about what people thought of me. They wanted me to pay £9k to marry one of my daughters off to some moany auld git - I think I'll have him poisoned instead!
Have given it 24 hours to read feedback and am dissapointed by what I've read so am staying clear for a few months to allow patching (hopefully they patch it!). It appears to be a dumbed down version of the original with "special powers" you can cast in battle and battles which finish in a few minutes to appease the teenagers.
Do the people that own it agree with this review? http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/total-war-rome-ii-review-a-total-mess/
Do the people that own it agree with this review? http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2013/09/total-war-rome-ii-review-a-total-mess/
In my opinion, it is far too early to say anything at this stage. The beauty of Total War is that a campaign is so long and complex, therefore, having only played the prologue I would not comment and think it is generally too early to either write it off or say it is great.
My initial impressions are that the new interface will require some getting used to. I did feel that I was not in complete control over the battles and they were indeed quite quick.
Performance on my 3570K rig with a GTX 560 was very good even on Extreme. I did note that on (DVD-based) installation, a new version of Direct X was installed which does appear (see earlier) to be an asset. The fan on the gfx card did not enjoy the experience
Has anyone who pre-ordered this from Amazon received the DLC code yet?
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It would be irresponsible for me to answer that! The most I've managed is 20 turns in and I've not experienced a quarter of the annoyances he has. I'm hopeful I won't! I would say that the units seem small on the battle map and I can't talk about epic as I'v eonly had one big batle and it was an assault, but I like the campaign map so far - very detailed - the British Isles is very dreary and wet-looking
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Does have some solid points, I have found the battles are more about who has the most and more varied army than who is more strategic. Turns load quick for me but im using an SSD which might be helping.
I think the problem with that review is the guy is obsessed with Shogun 2 which I thought was pants compared to rome and empire.
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Didn't play Shogun 2 or the expansion so no idea what the UI was like but is massively different to Empire and Napoleon, going to take some getting used to.
Just finished the prologue and started a campaign as Iceni, probably going to have to restart, ballsed up the beginning.
Just finished the prologue and started a campaign as Iceni, probably going to have to restart, ballsed up the beginning.
Someone? PLEASE?
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Well, I've managed to play through the prologue and a couple of custom battles (to practice) so I feel I can make a first impression.
It certainly is quite an interesting developement for TW.
The campaign map feels as if it's half Empire and half Shogun 2. With the way the regions work and the army replenishment/recruitment in the field. This along with the mix of 'corridors' and open space in the campaign map should make for a good deal of Field battles rather than all sieges as has often been the case in the past.
The battles themselves feel a little chaotic in my opinion. But then I thought the same of Shogun 2. It certainly has more similarity to that than it has any other game. Not to say that's bad - I like that it makes you think on your commanding general more - and the way you use your armies is tied quite closely to the components you choose and the experience you choose to give it on the campaign map (not in MP obv).
The new Line of Sight mechanic is fantastic! By far my favourite addition to the Real Time battle element
Overall pretty positive so far!
The only 2 things that have frustrated me so far are:
- the slightly fast and chaotic feel of the battles (once they get going) as I feel the troops move to fast and the Missile weapons feel like guns/lasers.
- I had a couple of moments where I thought the game crashed but it picked up again after a minute or two. I'm sure this will be fixed later though.
It certainly is quite an interesting developement for TW.
The campaign map feels as if it's half Empire and half Shogun 2. With the way the regions work and the army replenishment/recruitment in the field. This along with the mix of 'corridors' and open space in the campaign map should make for a good deal of Field battles rather than all sieges as has often been the case in the past.
The battles themselves feel a little chaotic in my opinion. But then I thought the same of Shogun 2. It certainly has more similarity to that than it has any other game. Not to say that's bad - I like that it makes you think on your commanding general more - and the way you use your armies is tied quite closely to the components you choose and the experience you choose to give it on the campaign map (not in MP obv).
The new Line of Sight mechanic is fantastic! By far my favourite addition to the Real Time battle element
Overall pretty positive so far!
The only 2 things that have frustrated me so far are:
- the slightly fast and chaotic feel of the battles (once they get going) as I feel the troops move to fast and the Missile weapons feel like guns/lasers.
- I had a couple of moments where I thought the game crashed but it picked up again after a minute or two. I'm sure this will be fixed later though.
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In Empire I don't think I ever used my Generals to build fortresses. I'm guessing with these corridors it will become a very useful part of the game.
From the off little details annoyed me.
Click on a army stack, the unit cards/tiles things are utterly retarded. Why did they choose this style??? Its hideous and lazy. Gimme back pictures of the soldier please not some ******** stick man.
The profile picture of the advisor or general is horrendous. They look like they are having a stroke and are at least 10 year old graphics. Look at the nifty pictures of characters in profile in Moba games or sc2 and many more etc etc. They make a difference. Hell Carmageddon had better ones than this ****.
Click on a town etc and it has 2 or 3 others as well. I don't care about the others at the moment I clicked on this one. What is the point of this? Also a lot of factions start as 1 town/city so it comes up with 3 or 4 AI towns. I don't get the point of it. **** it right off.
The city menu. Please what was wrong with old one. Why the daft little symbols ? Why does expanding city cause a lock up for 2 or 3 secs ??? Just seems lazy, they couldn't be arsed putting simple pretty little picture of a road or farm in this time around.
What is the that little tornado thing whizzing around random units?????
Click on a army stack, the unit cards/tiles things are utterly retarded. Why did they choose this style??? Its hideous and lazy. Gimme back pictures of the soldier please not some ******** stick man.
The profile picture of the advisor or general is horrendous. They look like they are having a stroke and are at least 10 year old graphics. Look at the nifty pictures of characters in profile in Moba games or sc2 and many more etc etc. They make a difference. Hell Carmageddon had better ones than this ****.
Click on a town etc and it has 2 or 3 others as well. I don't care about the others at the moment I clicked on this one. What is the point of this? Also a lot of factions start as 1 town/city so it comes up with 3 or 4 AI towns. I don't get the point of it. **** it right off.
The city menu. Please what was wrong with old one. Why the daft little symbols ? Why does expanding city cause a lock up for 2 or 3 secs ??? Just seems lazy, they couldn't be arsed putting simple pretty little picture of a road or farm in this time around.
What is the that little tornado thing whizzing around random units?????