Rome 2 : Total War

I let negativity get to me and I didn't purchase empire tw for until two years after it was released which I regret as it was hugely enjoyable. I will get this game at lont but by the sounds of it this game like all other tw games before it has it's share of issues which will get patched out at some point.
 
opethdisciple said:
Sounds from the majority of comments this has been a huge let down. Nothing that can't be patched?
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Doubtful this can be patched to being decent. I think it'd take far too much time for free updates and given the state they released it it's already clear taking our money is all they care about, so they'll already be flat out making BS DLC.
 
Wait, the turn taking a year makes sense now. I wondered why all my generals kept dying on me via natural causes.. I only played for a few hours too!
 
Ok so using the tip about deleting the gfx.log and then checking the unlimited video memory has meant i can play it with it at least looking good ( extreme textures e.t.c)

Interestingly, if i check the unlimited video box whilst IN game then i do get hitches (akin to running out of video memory) if i check it BEFORE starting a battle, everything is fine and i get great textures aithout any hitching.

Only problem is.....performance is still absolute bobbins. I can't actually play the battle of carthage historical battle on any settings. Gpu usage averages well below 50%.....

There is some massive bottleneck in this game and i refuse to believe a 2500k at 4.4GHZ can't play a game of this with only one full stack vs one full stack! There isnt a CPU that i could buy that would be much better (HT excluded ofcourse..i dont think RTW2 actually uses HT).

Sooooooo. :(

There is a bug with video memory as well. People with 3GB GTX 780's are having the same problem (textures downgrading e.t.c).
 
ShiversDan said:
This game runs like garbage on my 690gtx....is my 2gb video ram the problem or is the game just badly optimised?
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It is horrendously coded/optimised. The reason your 690 GTX performans badly is because when there are a lot of units in a battle GPU usage will be below 50%...i have seen as low as 26% in some cases. Also SLI doesnt work yet.
 
I haven't really noticed too many performance issues so far (certainly, nothing worse than any other TW game - it loads faster, AI turns seem faster and I don't end up with the game locking up frequently), although I did run the DirectX installer pretty much straight away. I do like the new campaign map and some of the UI elements, however the battles are definitely too easy so far and that's quite disappointing. I wouldn't ask for a refund if it was possible, but I was expecting a little bit more of a challenge. So far I've been vastly outnumbered in almost every battle and still come out victorious, and I don't think I'm an outstanding general. :p
 
Right, created a profile that disables crossfire. Kind of gimps my 6990, but it will just have to do for now until there is a better solution.

At least the first patch is coming on Friday.
 
the game is beyond repair via patching IMO.

this is the 4th TW game using their pathetic engine and performance issues still exist.

if they havent fixed it by now then i wouldn't hold your breath for a fix via patching.

CA are useless at optimization.
 
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