Rome: Total War Demo is out!

[Longasc]

http://www.3dgamers.com/games/rome/

Enjoy. A friend just told me about it, I am still downloading.

I recommend the Bittorrent-Link, all others are already full.

Well, let's see if it is really that great.

 

[-0blivion-]

Yes!
MTW is getting a little stale after so many games, this will be a welcome breath of fresh air.

Managed to get a download on the Australian server. Stable at 94 KB/second. Be done in 30 minutes.

 

[LLXerxes]

I'm currently downoading elsewhere, but I'm excited

I've been waiting for a couple months for this (now I'm gonna be waiing for 70 more minutes...)

 

[Dell19]

Its already preordered, not sure if I could stand playing the demo.

 

[Amenhotep7]

162 Meg!

But it'll all be worth it!

 

[Louis XXIV]

My problem is I know it will never play on this computer (it probably will play on my laptop, but there's no way I can transfer a 162 MB file).

 

[Dell19]

Couldn't you set up a temporary network to transfer the file?

 

[Longasc]

I wrote about the demo in the Total War Forum -> www.totalwar.org

No, it is not THAT great. Still promising, but it has some issues.

Graphics are not that great in real gameplay and camera control is awkward. But some things are better than in previous Total War games.

Still, I recommend downloading the demo and discussing it in the Total War Forum of TotalWar.org.

 

[TrailblazingScot]

I'm unsure about it, but then demos are very often different from the real thing.

I find command and control to be much harder in RTW (demo) than in MTW, the unit being alot less responsive. Due to the increased speed of the game and the difficulty in controlling units you'll find yourself either using the pause button alot more or going much more head-on upon your enemy.

Another 'feature' of the demo is to place your forces so close to the enemy and the so-called "ambush" already set up that it is quite tricky (at least as Carthaginians) to deploy in a better formation (not that you need to really).


P.S There is a patch for the demo to allow you to play as Rome.

 

[Louis XXIV]

Couldn't you set up a temporary network to transfer the file?

I think I'll just wait until the game comes out.

 

[LLXerxes]

P.S There is a patch for the demo to allow you to play as Rome.

Er, you can play as Rome in all of the games
Rome is theScipii, the Julii and the Brutii

 

[Thrawn]

If it wasn't for the fact that I've just moved and am on dial-up for a week or so, I'd be downloading this. I'll just have to wait.

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Er, you can play as Rome in all of the games
Rome is theScipii, the Julii and the Brutii

Please grow a brain, I was clearly talking about the demo as I wrote that I was

Now I'm mad.

 

[Amenhotep7]

The demo was great! I personally preffered playing as the Romans in the tutorial, but Carthaginians weren't so bad.

 

[LLXerxes]

Personally, I thought that was the worst tutorial ever...

 

[Amenhotep7]

I thought it was a wonderful tutorial.

 

[Gogf]

Well, it showed you how to play.

I just beat the tutorial, and crushed Rome as Hannibal .

@KOC: Where can I get this patch?

Armored elephants are great, they cause so much havoc.

 

[Amenhotep7]

P.S There is a patch for the demo to allow you to play as Rome.

Might I inquire as to where I may find this patch?

 

[Gogf]

You cross poster .

 

[TrailblazingScot]

Might I inquire as to where I may find this patch?

This thread contains alot of different "mods" and "patches" for the demo e.g play as Romans, more units added and the Romans starting across the river.

THIS IS FOR THE DEMO!!!!!