Rome Total War

[Akka]

Well, I was a huge fanatic of MTW, and this game certainly won't change my love for the serie

It's going closer and closer to Civilization, honestly, and it beats the Rise of Rome scenario any time any day by a cosmic scale. The only two things I don't like are the excessive slaughter (usually, in MTW, a battle ended with about 20 % losses for the victor, and 30-50 % for the defeated, while here the loser often ends up with only a handful of survivors), and the interface, too "video game", and much less classy than the medieval-designed one of MTW.

But the rest... Oh my... The graphics are simply awesome. Hundred, thousands soldiers moving at the same time, each with his own desynchronised animation (not all acting the same at the same time), running, chopping, jumping, slashing, etc., and all this without slowing my computer down 0_o
And the diplomatic and strategic side is HUGELY improved. The population is now important, you can't continuously raise soldiers from the same place, you need people to go into your army, you have to manage your popularity with the Senate and the people of Rome, you have...

Gaaaah, this is a dream ^^

 

[Thrawn]

I agree, this game kicks royal ass.

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

I submit that R:TW may even be THE GAME to make one forget all other strategy games!

I love how you can enter into several rounds of negotiations before either arriving at a mutually beneficial deal or the ai telling you to bugger off because you've wasted his time! C3C can't do that......

 

[Longasc]

What do you do with foreign god shrines? They add to happiness e.g., but can you upgrade them when the town grows?

 

[Little Raven]

What do you do with foreign god shrines? They add to happiness e.g., but can you upgrade them when the town grows?

Leave them, unless you have a good reason for replacing them. You'll be able to upgrade them when/if the time comes.

 

[Dell19]

It has been dispatched so it should hopefully be here tomorrow on time but it depends on the postal service now...

 

[Amenhotep7]

Still not here. Hasn't even shipped. What preorder site did you use? If it's better than Amazon, I'm there!

 

[Moff Jerjerrod]

What do you do with foreign god shrines? They add to happiness e.g., but can you upgrade them when the town grows?

If you are having unhappiness issues with a city that has a foreign god shrine check the settlement scroll. Find out if one of the big contributors to the unhappiness is culture. If so destroy that shrine and replace with a native one to speed the cultural assimilation process. This in turn also reduces your unhappiness problems caused by culture differences.

Who would have thought that we would be talking about culture in a non civ strategy game?

 

[Dell19]

Still not here. Hasn't even shipped. What preorder site did you use? If it's better than Amazon, I'm there!

I'm using amazon.co.uk

 

[Little Raven]

This game just gets better and better. Thank goodness the weekend is hear. Working all day and playing Rome all night has made for one tired Raven. I'm sure playing Rome all day and night will be better.

 

[Akka]

I can only subscribe ^^

I've hardly left my seat since wednesday, and it's just becoming better and better ^^
This is truly a Civ-killer in a way.

Finished Rome this afternoon, now I'm starting with the Greek Cities.
And God, then you realize how horrible these legions are ^^
I think it'll be a time race to weaken Rome before the Marian reform kicks in and they start to churn out legionnaries cohorts ^^

 

[Amenhotep7]

Oops, shipped 2 days ago. Hmm. I live in Norfolk, and it's outside Lynchburg... It might get here tonite!^_^

 

[andvruss]

Nevermind, I didn't think you could have repaired via city, but you cam.

 

[Amenhotep7]

Crap. Would've been here yesterday, but "got re-routed wrong". Well, I should have it by Monday if it's in Richmond. That's just a 30 to 45-minute drive away.

 

[nonconformist]

Just bought it, and I am waiting for it to install...............

 

[Dr. Yoshi]

If you are having unhappiness issues with a city that has a foreign god shrine check the settlement scroll. Find out if one of the big contributors to the unhappiness is culture. If so destroy that shrine and replace with a native one to speed the cultural assimilation process. This in turn also reduces your unhappiness problems caused by culture differences.

Who would have thought that we would be talking about culture in a non civ strategy game?

Yeah, now whenever I besiege a city I use my most experienced onagers to destroy the temple. I just wish infantry could torch down buildings.

 

[Constantine]

Amen feast your eyes on this:

 

[Amenhotep7]

I'm not sure whether to cry tears of joy to thank you for easing my wait for it, or to bite your head off for rubbing it in.

Seriously, though, it's just so beautiful!

 

[Dell19]

One of my earlier battles...

 

[LLXerxes]

Yay! Dells in! [dance]
BTW, your supposed to click those little buttons on the side

Anybody like my RTW avatar?