Europa Barbarorum II.
- Thread starter Mouthwash
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Maniacal
the green Napoleon
But I just started up a game as Karthadastim in EB1 :/ Really looking forward to playing this once I finish that game up.
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
Rome 2 came out almost exactly one year ago, and it states in the first paragraph in the post linked to that it is on the M2TW engine.
The link Mouthwash posted said:
Medieval II came out in 2006, and EB II started not long thereafter. If they'd switched to Rome 2's engine, it might not've been out until 2020! I've also heard that Rome 2/Empire/Shogun/Napoleon's engine is not as good for melee combat as Rome/Medieval II's was, so sticking with Medieval II may have been better regardless of time constraints.
** makes note to add to to-play list **
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
I don't recall the combat system being much different from the other TWs, but the AI is bad in all of them. No idea how much these modders have improved it.
They are using AI modpacks for the campaign, and I assume with every unit being made and tested over seven years, there have been improvements to the battle AI as well. Admittedly I've never played M2TW much, so I don't know how flexible it is for modders.
EDIT: They just released their first campaign AI for EBII. I guess they wanted to release the game and see how the campaign progressed for others before tinkering.
What's FATW?
schlaufuchs
Break My Heart
Maniacal
the green Napoleon
The AI for Medieval 2 is as moddable as the AI for Rome 1 is, I don't know exactly to what extent but it is actually moddable. Unlike Empire, Napoleon, Shogun 2, and Rome 2 (afaik) where modders can't actually directly mod the AI (contrary to Darth's claims about how amazing his AI work has been).
