Rome 2 : Total War

ReltonBFD · 8 Sep 2013 at 13:23

Loving sparta at the minute , got a Hero ( one which gives experience per turn ) in a full army all rank 5 just steamrolling through all province's

CaptainRAVE · 8 Sep 2013 at 13:23

Monkeymatt said:
Brilliant. So 40 minutes in and I had enough and was slaughtering the AI ans the game crashes.. Very, very frustrating. Especially as that was the 2nd siege that the enemy had performed in their turn so I'll have to replay both the 1st and 2nd sieges...

Quick save before each battle?

Darujhistan · 8 Sep 2013 at 13:25

Bergkamp said:
6 hour marathon session... That''ll have been about 10 turns then.

Garbage.

The turns times aren't too long, it's that people these days have zero patience. The 'stare at screen all day' generation have lost the ability to entertain themselves for a few minutes. Let's say a turn takes 5 minutes (it doesn't on my PC) i'd pick a book up and read a few pages, but then again reading books is another lost art for most people.

The moment some people lose contact with a screen, it's like their world has ended. The moment a screen isn't entertaining them they are lost and bored.

CaptainRAVE · 8 Sep 2013 at 13:34

A turn barely takes 30-40seconds on mine. Guess I am lucky?

Darujhistan · 8 Sep 2013 at 13:36

CaptainRAVE said:
A turn barely takes 30-40seconds on mine. Guess I am lucky?

Yup. That's all it is.

Omaeka · 8 Sep 2013 at 13:42

Yeah the turn time is better in this than Shogun 2, that's something they've improved a lot. It takesa little longer in this than Shogun, but there are like 5x as many factions to process and 10x as many settlements for all the AI to manage and decide to attack etc etc.

Bergkamp · 8 Sep 2013 at 13:44

Darujhistan said:
Garbage.

The turns times aren't too long, it's that people these days have zero patience. The 'stare at screen all day' generation have lost the ability to entertain themselves for a few minutes. Let's say a turn takes 5 minutes (it doesn't on my PC) i'd pick a book up and read a few pages, but then again reading books is another lost art for most people.

The moment some people lose contact with a screen, it's like their world has ended. The moment a screen isn't entertaining them they are lost and bored.

Brains here hasn't heard of exaggeration. If you think having to entertain yourself through other means while doing something that in itself should be entertaining is acceptable, then I couldn't care less. It isn't acceptable for me.

Tummy · 8 Sep 2013 at 13:46

Given in. Downloading now for a nice Sunday afternoon

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dmferrett · 8 Sep 2013 at 14:00

CaptainRAVE said:
A turn barely takes 30-40seconds on mine. Guess I am lucky?

As you discover more and more factions that will slow down significantly trust me, its not luck!!!

Richeh · 8 Sep 2013 at 14:05

And in co-op multiplayer the turns start at 3 mins and keep increasing...happens for everyone.

Klo · 8 Sep 2013 at 14:09

Darujhistan said:
Garbage.

The turns times aren't too long, it's that people these days have zero patience. The 'stare at screen all day' generation have lost the ability to entertain themselves for a few minutes. Let's say a turn takes 5 minutes (it doesn't on my PC) i'd pick a book up and read a few pages, but then again reading books is another lost art for most people.

The moment some people lose contact with a screen, it's like their world has ended. The moment a screen isn't entertaining them they are lost and bored.

I shouldn't have to though. If I want to read a book, I'll read a book. It doesn't take me 2 minutes to turn a page once I've finished one.

I don't mind waiting a little for the turns to finish, but it is getting a bit ridiculous at times. This nothing to do with patience, its to do with wanting to play the game I paid for.

Crippled Potato · 8 Sep 2013 at 14:16

Bit of a weird one,

Started deploying a siege when I relished that I had built those wooden shield trolley things instead of a battering ram. (Didn't realise at this point that you can burn down gates instead like shogun)

So I made my army drop the equiment and withdraw but the wooden trolley things turn round completely by themselves and follow them like some benny hill sketch! :confused:

havenrl · 8 Sep 2013 at 14:35

dmferrett said:
As you discover more and more factions that will slow down significantly trust me, its not luck!!!

yeah, turns really do take a lot of time, especially when factions start to attack you, and you have to defend mid turn.

takes up a lot of time.

Darujhistan · 8 Sep 2013 at 14:44

Klo said:
I shouldn't have to though. If I want to read a book, I'll read a book. It doesn't take me 2 minutes to turn a page once I've finished one.

I don't mind waiting a little for the turns to finish, but it is getting a bit ridiculous at times. This nothing to do with patience, its to do with wanting to play the game I paid for.

But you are playing it, the turn times are part of the game. I know you're frustrated and everyone is with this release, but it's going to be months before it's fixed and even longer before the game is what it could and should be. I don't see what else you can do except be patient or turn it off.

So far CA haven't even touched the surface of the issues this game has. This is how TW works, they release the game, the community fixes it and then improves it.

Darujhistan · 8 Sep 2013 at 14:45

havenrl said:
yeah, turns really do take a lot of time, especially when factions start to attack you, and you have to defend mid turn.

takes up a lot of time.

Yeah but the battles are game play really, not turn time.

havenrl · 8 Sep 2013 at 15:12

Darujhistan said:
Yeah but the battles are game play really, not turn time.

Yeah I understand that bit, does break up the turn time, to give you something to do.

kablooey · 8 Sep 2013 at 15:16

Tried 2 quick battles and had 2 CTDs...I think I'll leave this for a couple of months.

Boycey0211 · 8 Sep 2013 at 15:24

not sure I'm getting along with this, first total war game i've been able to put down in the first 2 days of playing it. Just doesn't feel right at all

Flibbles · 8 Sep 2013 at 15:50

I can live with the low-ish FPS, but the turn times are doing me in...

My i5 is sitting at 70% when idle on the campaign map, coincidence? Possibly explains why turn times are so long 'cause there isn't much left for the turns.

Darujhistan · 8 Sep 2013 at 16:28

Flibbles said:
I can live with the low-ish FPS, but the turn times are doing me in...

My i5 is sitting at 70% when idle on the campaign map, coincidence? Possibly explains why turn times are so long 'cause there isn't much left for the turns.

It's because it's very poorly optmised, unfinished and bugged.

It's a beta at best, more like an alpha.

It's going to be months to years before this game is what it could and should be.

That's always been the TW way.