Rome II: Total War Confirmed

[LightSpectra]

I play SS exclusively, and it doesn't appear to fix the cavalry's sluggishness.

 

[CivIVMonger]

Try patching it and getting the Kingdoms expansion.

Even better get a mod like Stainless Steel.

I do have Kingdoms, but it didn't seem to do anything... :/

Oh well, I don't really play Med II 'cause my computer is a piece of crap.

 

[Patrick555]

Oh well, I don't really play Med II 'cause my computer is a piece of crap.

Nowadays, it isn't a problem to buy a computer that would be sufficient to let you play med2 without any troubles

 

[Oishi]

The article is from 2007.
Yeah it is from 2007.
I'd really love if this was Shogun 2.

 

[CivIVMonger]

I'd hands down take a Rome: II over Shogun but they were both *great* games.

 

[W|M]

Theres now another thread about Shogun II.

 

[CivIVMonger]

Rome is a great game, but after playing Paradox games I cannot go back to Total War.

 

[Flying Pig]

I wish they did RTW2. Hopefully one for the future.

 

[Traitorfish]

I wish they did RTW2. Hopefully one for the future.

They'll doubtless come back to it sooner or later, it's too marketable an era not too. That's why I'm glad they've done Shogun 2, actually- that's a period they could quite easily overlook. Even now, if there wasn't a "2" there, it seems quite unlikely that they'd be doing it.

 

[Dodge_272]

Rome is a great game, but after playing Paradox games I cannot go back to Total War.

Paradox games are grand strategy, and don't have a battle engine. I don't see how you could compare the two.

 

[Link]

Rome is a great game, but after playing Paradox games I cannot go back to Total War.

Why? There both great games with something to offer.

 

[Jos Ballenbak]

But they have almost nothing in common.

 

[Link]

Well i love both of them.

 

[Danielion]

Let's hope this one won't disappoint like E:TW and M2:TW. Personally I'm inclined to think TW games are the best when melee infantry is involved and the focus lies there, in terms of game play.

 

[W|M]

Let's hope this one won't disappoint like E:TW and M2:TW.

with the rest of the post though.

 

[Danielion]

with the rest of the post though.

Well, M2:TW I haven't played myself, so I might have talked here. That E:TW is a disappointment I know.

 

[cardgame]

The main weakness of M2TW is that cavalry, which had historically DOMINATED the field of battle, actually suck. Or at least appear to suck (they're SO SLOW, and charging looks like walking T.T ) and therefore are quite unsatisfying to use.

 

[Dachs]

That was more the fault of the devs screwing up in RTW.

 

[W|M]

Actually, I dominate with cavalry. That might be due to the fact that I´m so good with using cavalry (light and heavy) in pitched battles - Occasionally, I need to recruit Infantry mercenaries just so I can use siege equipment!

 

[Dachs]

I agree. Cavalry is insanely powerful in RTW and only ridiculously powerful in M2TW.