Just about to give R2TW another shot since release. Can anyone recommend some mods for this?
Deus ex imperita is a total overhaul and very good but completely changed the dynamics. Give it a vanilla run through, then if you want a hugely expanded camp map and much slower battles give deus ex a go.
Attila play through are good but its a pretty old version they are playing so I'd focus on the dynamic changes of the game more than bug finding so far.
Also.. All tw games have a expansion. This is just a continuation of the theme. The last Rome game had barbarian invasion... Which was the same time period and theme as Attila.
Rome II is the most dumbed down title yet and i have played them since Shogun I. Anyone remember how shields used to work?
I remember flaming pigs and ninjas, I remember men flying through the air in RTW, I remember shields not working on hills, I remember the load bug where when you loaded the game all AI sieges got removed, I remember Activisions 3 patch policy. And those are just the main bugs/problems I remember from the early games which are over 10 years ago.
And you havent played them since shogun 1 if you didnt even get past ETW's intro, didnt buy R2TW etc. You do realise from what you've said you are criticising games you haven't played for 6 years? (ETW's release) But if you did in fact buy S2TW and enjoyed it, that game was made by the same "girls and amateurs" that you are criticising now (also a hilarious complaint...have you tweeted #gamergate in the past?
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The UI looks dreadful which five year old is doing the unit cards? Look at the state of the grey mess called the UI.
They are the peasants. they are all dull coloured as they always have been. If you look at screenshots for proper units they have colour. as for the UI, the overall theme for attila is a "darkening of the sky" so things are darker and moodier than R2TW for example.
But if you dont like the unit cards, just get a mod that changes them. Thats the entire joy of the TW series and what gives them longevity. modding. (which has got considerably better since the earlier titles) Do I have to remind you of the early TW's cards?