Rome: Total War Demo is out!
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Amenhotep7
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kittenOFchaos said:
In this thread?
All I see in this thread is a link to the demo which doesn't allow you to play as the Romans on the Trebia map. But you say there is a link to a patch for the demo that allows you to play as Romans on the Trebia map. I would like to know where it is, so I can kick some Carthaginian butt!
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Amenhotep7 said:I would like to know where it is, so I can kick some Carthaginian butt!
Plus, you also know what troops they have amd you also know about he suprise cavalry
Only trouble is they will have perfect timing, and you don't know hen that its...
Amenhotep7
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Yeah, but I didn't hafta play the game to know that. I could crack open any book about the Punic Wars, and it'd describe to me the Battle of Trebia...
Gogf
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Heh, I just replayed it, and at the begining reorganized my troops, and "pulled a Cannae" 
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@KOC: Can we have a link to the patch please?
.@KOC: Can we have a link to the patch please?
Gogf
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Okay, the play as Rome patch/mod is available here:
http://www.totalwarcenter.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6982
http://www.totalwarcenter.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=6982
Amenhotep7
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@Gogf
The link doesn't work.
Edit: Nvm. It works.
The link doesn't work.
Edit: Nvm. It works.
Gogf
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I think Total War Center is suddently extremely slow for some reason.
FriendlyFire
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Find PLAYROME patch attached:
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Amenhotep7
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What? Is that an attached patch in the demo?
Amenhotep7
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Yeah, I do wish they'd introduce us to the campaign map.
The added negative is that there was a TV program based on Rome Total War and one of the episodes that I watched was the Rome - Carthage battle so I had already seen the terrain and knew what would happen so it wasn't really that new.
Volstag
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Am I the only one who found the demo to be particularly underwhelming?
* The graphics: Yeah, they're 3D, but they don't look that great (edit: let me rephrase that... up close they look good, but when you're scurrying around the map, they almost look worse than the 2D sprites in MTW). In fact, it looks very similar to MTW. I heard a rumor that it might be due to the fact that they're rendering everything via the software (as opposed to sending it to your card).
* Is it just me, or is the Rome vs. Carthage fight easy as heck? Even on the toughest difficulty setting.
* Everything moves real quick, and dies real quick. Also, I found it somewhat disturbing that I can perform frontal light cavalry assaults (against spear) to great effect. Uh....
Basically, in the end, it seems easier and it's more "forgiving" than MTW -- even at the hardest difficulty level. Other than that, it plays/feels almost identical to MTW -- w/ the exception of the ancient era 3D units.
For me, personally, it's all about the strategic game. The tactical battles are pretty fun, but, generally, they're pretty easy (unless you're grossly out-classed and out-manned).
Oh well... still looking forward to the release.
-V
* The graphics: Yeah, they're 3D, but they don't look that great (edit: let me rephrase that... up close they look good, but when you're scurrying around the map, they almost look worse than the 2D sprites in MTW). In fact, it looks very similar to MTW. I heard a rumor that it might be due to the fact that they're rendering everything via the software (as opposed to sending it to your card).
* Is it just me, or is the Rome vs. Carthage fight easy as heck? Even on the toughest difficulty setting.
* Everything moves real quick, and dies real quick. Also, I found it somewhat disturbing that I can perform frontal light cavalry assaults (against spear) to great effect. Uh....
Basically, in the end, it seems easier and it's more "forgiving" than MTW -- even at the hardest difficulty level. Other than that, it plays/feels almost identical to MTW -- w/ the exception of the ancient era 3D units.
For me, personally, it's all about the strategic game. The tactical battles are pretty fun, but, generally, they're pretty easy (unless you're grossly out-classed and out-manned).
Oh well... still looking forward to the release.
-V
FriendlyFire
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Volstag your an old hand at MTW you should play as the Romans who are tired by the time they start moving up the hill. As well as lacking in calvary units
But I have to agree everything moves so fast. Then i noticed the map being much larger, This is likely to accomidate large forces. (As well as Huge trees which look awful.)
ATTENTION: RTW demo players
Make sure you check out the 15Mb flash file/presentation that comes with the DEMO. theres a lot of great screenshots and information, as well as shots of the campagin map.
But I have to agree everything moves so fast. Then i noticed the map being much larger, This is likely to accomidate large forces. (As well as Huge trees which look awful.)
ATTENTION: RTW demo players
Make sure you check out the 15Mb flash file/presentation that comes with the DEMO. theres a lot of great screenshots and information, as well as shots of the campagin map.
philippe
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looks a promising game but my pc is too weak for it
CenturionV
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Well I have to say the demo was ok, not that I expected much, it seems like alot of people thought this demo would come with half the grand campaign, a dozen historical battles, and multiplayer, demo's just don't work that way.
Think of it this way, imagine you had never played MTW, and you got a demo, you had only 1 battle, a huge army of peasants vs a big group of spearmen and some royal knights, if thats all there was, you would get pretty bored.
The demo is not ment to be a standalone game, just a minor taste of the games full glory. I do think the battles look far better than anything from the total war series before, however you have to use the right view, alot closer to the ground to see the real coolness of it all, looking from a birds-eye view like the old total war games is just not the way to get the full graphic enjoyment. I frequently paused the demo, then worked positioning the camera at different angles to view an elephant or horse charge, or a volley of skirmisher spears, and from the low down angles its a thing of absolute bueaty, of course your gonna need a hefty system, or the battles will NOT look that great. And we all know the real bread of the total war series is the strategic map, I have friends who don't even play the tactical battles, just the strategic map on MTW.
There is another weird thing I noticed about the demo, I got almost the same graphic lag (mainly at the start before the troops got wittled down) on nice high setting with gleaming helmets and shiny watter, and high-res textures, as I did with things cranked way down to the bottom, the improvment was not really much regardless. I still had to play the first minute or two with pause orders and then going in close to watch the battles.
Think of it this way, imagine you had never played MTW, and you got a demo, you had only 1 battle, a huge army of peasants vs a big group of spearmen and some royal knights, if thats all there was, you would get pretty bored.
The demo is not ment to be a standalone game, just a minor taste of the games full glory. I do think the battles look far better than anything from the total war series before, however you have to use the right view, alot closer to the ground to see the real coolness of it all, looking from a birds-eye view like the old total war games is just not the way to get the full graphic enjoyment. I frequently paused the demo, then worked positioning the camera at different angles to view an elephant or horse charge, or a volley of skirmisher spears, and from the low down angles its a thing of absolute bueaty, of course your gonna need a hefty system, or the battles will NOT look that great. And we all know the real bread of the total war series is the strategic map, I have friends who don't even play the tactical battles, just the strategic map on MTW.
There is another weird thing I noticed about the demo, I got almost the same graphic lag (mainly at the start before the troops got wittled down) on nice high setting with gleaming helmets and shiny watter, and high-res textures, as I did with things cranked way down to the bottom, the improvment was not really much regardless. I still had to play the first minute or two with pause orders and then going in close to watch the battles.
Gogf
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Dell19 said:
Actually, not exactly. On the battle of Cannae episode of decisive battles, they give a quick run-through of Trebia, mostly Hannibal ouflanked Rome, and used his elephants, nothing to giving away. Of course, you did see the terrain.
The campaign map doesn't look so good, from what I've seen, but it could just be I'm used to civ, and it will be good.
Gogf
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I heard of TC, but never saw it. They actually played the game? Well, that's a shame, ruins any surpirse you could have had.
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