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The only game I play, on the the pc, is IL2, but lately I was considering buying the new game on the block...Rome Total War.
I played many a miniature games with metal painted figures, mostly historical, and seem to really enjoy painting and playing with miniatures better then pc games. I have a rather large collection of ancient figures, along with other periods, and like setting them all up, with other players, for a grand sized table top battle.
Anyone played RTW and if so what are your opinions of the game? Is it similar to the other Total War series? What about the graphics, tactics, on line battles...?
THX
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Speaking as a big, big MTW fan - I'm pretty underwhelmed with it so far. I think once it reaches the same maturity as MTW did after the Vikings expansion it'll be great. It's not there yet. Amazingly the individual 3d units manage to look even more ******ed fighting each other than the old 2d sprites did, at times, which is a big, big bummer. Pathfinding AI is awful. Music is a lot less interesting than MTWs. War Elephants can take a flaming onager boulder to the head, and ask for another. You will no doubt get a lot of people telling you to go buy it now, but frankly having bought it I wish I'd waited until it was cheaper. Loved it for the first few days, but some of the minor issues get very annoying after a while.
edit: actually - biggest disappointment? They managed to make city and castle sieges boring. Ouch!
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Its worth every penny! All â£25 of it. Not a fan of that genre at all - but this one made me buy it. Simply stunning. If any of you havent heard of it read some reviews
- got 95% in PCGAMER. Only 1% under HL2
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I brought it, I played it non-stop for about 72 hours, and I haven't played it since. The battles, which I was really looking forward to, lack any opportunity for any real tactical input once forces are joined and last about 120 secs, which is pretty lame.
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I have to agree that multiplayer is lacking, though I am finding the single player campaigns very addictive. The TotalWare series has always been lacking in MP mode, and I was hoping for MP turn-based play option like in the SP campaigns.
But I still think it was a good buy.
<BLOCKQUOTE class="ip-ubbcode-quote"><font size="-1">quote:</font><HR>Originally posted by Ploughman:
I brought it, I played it non-stop for about 72 hours, and I haven't played it since. The battles, which I was really looking forward to, lack any opportunity for any real tactical input once forces are joined and last about 120 secs, which is pretty lame. <HR></BLOCKQUOTE>
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try the demo, it you like it then buy it, if not then dont.
only you can decide if you like it, remember we all have our own opinions, dont let antyhing said in here sway you (personal opinions are only valid to the person who is reviewing/talking).
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Yes I love it, the AI is not the best though.
It has just about everything but is missing proper supply lines.
Also has some whatif units I do not like
ie head hurlers, screeching german wemon, wardog units
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From a big creative assembly fan I bought it and I don't know...... its good but it lacks that buzz that made say medieval total war great.
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Patch this puppy and all will be well.
There are a few problems, but the inherent greatness of the game is there. And if you have the hardware to run this thing at 1600x1200 (this game screams to be played at high res like no other) with high options, the battles are truly cinematic. I can get about 3000-4000 units going in a battle and still get good FPS, everything maxed, with an AMD64-3000/512/9800Pro.
I haven't figured out the campaign part yet, I'm too used to the old Medieval:Total War setup, but the custom battle editor alone is worth the price. An addictive riot of a game.
And you can still go to war with France! (The Gauls anyway.)