Total War: Rome Remastered - 29th April Release Date
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Getting worse performance than Warhammer 2 for all the talk of optimization the game runs like crap.
And the UI is terrible feels like something from a tablet game.
Refunded for now, will pick it up again in the future if any decent mods come along.
And the UI is terrible feels like something from a tablet game.
Refunded for now, will pick it up again in the future if any decent mods come along.
If you're getting it for half price, then pick it up as it will be modded soon (by people such as the ones that work on RTR).
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Funnily enough it's made by the same guys who did the iPad version a few years back (Feral).
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So glad I passed it looked like crap to me, like a mobile game with a terrible UI, and zero improvements to gameplay. The You Tubers were in raptures over it so that immediately irritated me, 17 years on and is the game any better?
No it's not, you can call it a remaster a remake or whatever you like the truth it's a huge missed opportunity.
No it's not, you can call it a remaster a remake or whatever you like the truth it's a huge missed opportunity.
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Requested a refund. Still looks like a 15 year old game and is so dated in gameplay. I hope they refund me, I played it for 102 minutes according to my library
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No thought went into this travesty whatsoever. It's just a nostalgia cash grab, I can see it's shelf life being very short, no-one outside the absolute hardcore audience is going to play this for very long. It will need some very good overhaul mods and huge UI improvements or it will sink without a trace.
As someone said above the gameplay is so dated now and as much as I love the original that's clear, when people get over the nostalgia and play the game for a while it won't be long before they're loading up modern TW titles.
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Got my refund, putting it towards Anno 1800 deluxe, a vastly superior product.
Is there a mod that improves the UI to the old UI?
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But for me the remastered is worth it just for the modern hardware compatibility and ui scaling, alt tabbing, etc.
I play on so many different setups, from 1280x800 (deck), to 2160p (pc's), Surface laptop (2496 x 1664) to 3000x2000 (MS Surface Book), old games are a bitch with aspect ratio, resolution and UI scaling.
As for gameplay, I think Rome:Total war has the best gameplay of the whole series, followed by Medieval 2 and Shogun 2. Modern TW games are a bit rubbish in comparison imo.
Original:
- Income per settlement? Always visible.
- Public order? Right there.
- Construction and recruitment? Two clicks, max.
- Even the strategic map showed everything you needed at a glance.
- Default map shows way less info: no income, less city data. (yes I know you can turn them back on)
- You have to dig into toggles or settings to re-enable basic stuff.
- The new icons? They look “modern” but they’re not as readable or consistent.
- Important visual indicators (like unrest or plague) are subtle or buried.
But for me the remastered is worth it just for the modern hardware compatibility and ui scaling, alt tabbing, etc.
I play on so many different setups, from 1280x800 (deck), to 2160p (pc's), Surface laptop (2496 x 1664) to 3000x2000 (MS Surface Book), old games are a bitch with aspect ratio, resolution and UI scaling.
As for gameplay, I think Rome:Total war has the best gameplay of the whole series, followed by Medieval 2 and Shogun 2. Modern TW games are a bit rubbish in comparison imo.
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