Total War Eras
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Psyk said:I've never played the game so I'm having difficulty understanding why high-class prostitutes are such a good weapon?
Really? Theyre almost unstoppable assassins in Shogun (well, they'll keep trying till they get a chance to kill the target). You can take out the rival clan leaders and thus reduce the clans to leaderless militias, or kill generals to make armies less effective. Only way to counter a Geisha is another Geisha or a Ninja that has racked up kills already.
They're absolutely top-notch assassins. 
Take down those annoyingly clever generals with them and armies are easier to defeat on the field of battle. The little fmv's you get when you tell them to kill someone are pretty 'entertaining' too. 
Shogun & Medieval are fantastic games, it's a shame Rome didn't do the Total War series justice imho. I still play the first two to this day.
Take down those annoyingly clever generals with them and armies are easier to defeat on the field of battle. The little fmv's you get when you tell them to kill someone are pretty 'entertaining' too. Shogun & Medieval are fantastic games, it's a shame Rome didn't do the Total War series justice imho. I still play the first two to this day.
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HicRic said:
how so? imho Rome is the best; 3d graphics, huge expansive quasi-world(europe), amazing ai, nice battle intros etc, etc ok i'll agree that it didn't do some of the things the previous games did, but rome is ,imho, the best total war game, and i know Medieval 2 will be shedloads better,
what do you actually get in eras, and for how much?
I think you get all TW games + all expansions in Eras. Pretty sweet!
My issue with Rome is that, and I'm afraid I disagree with you here, that I feel the AI is appalling. It can't cope with the new campaign map very well and does some very poor things on the battlefield in comparision with the AI from Shogun/Medieval. Seige AI pathfinding is nothing short of a joke! Rome's battles also feel too fast and arcadey to me too.
The graphics are lovely though, and I do like some of the things they did like the battle speeches.
hopefully Medieval 2 will build on this but also bring back more of the features from the older games too. Now they have the 3D engine set up hopefully we'll see more evolutions, more features, more everything!
My issue with Rome is that, and I'm afraid I disagree with you here, that I feel the AI is appalling. It can't cope with the new campaign map very well and does some very poor things on the battlefield in comparision with the AI from Shogun/Medieval. Seige AI pathfinding is nothing short of a joke! Rome's battles also feel too fast and arcadey to me too.
The graphics are lovely though, and I do like some of the things they did like the battle speeches.
hopefully Medieval 2 will build on this but also bring back more of the features from the older games too. Now they have the 3D engine set up hopefully we'll see more evolutions, more features, more everything!
Stolenknowledge123 said:
- £29.99...* The pack contains:
* Shogun: Total War with Mongol Invasion Expansion Pack
* Medieval: Total War with Viking Invasion Expansion Pack
* Rome: Total War with Barbarian Invasion and Alexander Expansion Packs
* Exclusive limited edition content, including:
* The Total War Story, a 40 minute documentary detailing the past, present and future of the Total War series, featuring exclusive interviews and game footage
* Exclusive preview material for Medieval 2: Total War, including trailer, game information, screens and artwork
* Art booklet plucked from the Creative Assembly archives detailing the creation and evolution of the Total War series
* Glossy A2 poster for Medieval 2: Total War
* 5 Art cards covering the whole Total War series.
Me wants - just dont have the time to play to justify it
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deal of the year!*gets credit card out*
the box it comes in must be HUGE! i that 5 disks?, now i know where all the oil
production goes to
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rome gets my vote due to the unrestrited stratagy map. Altho I can be a big bugy at times. For example an enemy can not pass around a certain distance of you troops with out fighting. Therefore allowing you to set a line of forts to defend a board. However this does not stop them fleeing after a battle past this line.