Rome : Total War

TheBlueRaja · 02-10-2004, 23:37

Have any of you guys played this yet - its freekin awesome.

There is a hell of a lot to learn though, but the inbuilt tutor is damn good.

Its kind of like Civilisation, but with a full on battle engine which - really has to be seen to be believed.

If you watched Time Commanders on telly, with that Eddie Mair bloke who had contestants on as generals leading various famous historic battles, that is effectively the same thing, with that engine being used for the battles and a civ like front end. Im drooling at the thought of what they could do with this engine.

Gets a Raja Rating of 10 Stars out of 10

Bifta · 03-10-2004, 00:24

I've played the demo, along with some tweaks to alter the size of each army, pretty impressive. I'll probably pick up a copy soon.

ZrByte · 03-10-2004, 00:28

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Originally Posted by theblueraja

Have any of you guys played this yet - its freekin awesome.

There is a hell of a lot to learn though, but the inbuilt tutor is damn good.

Its kind of like Civilisation, but with a full on battle engine which - really has to be seen to be believed.

If you watched Time Commanders on telly, with that Eddie Mair bloke who had contestants on as generals leading various famous historic battles, that is effectively the same thing, with that engine being used for the battles and a civ like front end. Im drooling at the thought of what they could do with this engine.

Gets a Raja Rating of 10 Stars out of 10

Im glad games with scale are becoming a bit more common (With the total war series leading the way) it used to annoy me so much in games like C&C where a man was about 70% as big as a vehicle that could supposedly fit 5 men inside.

TheBlueRaja · 03-10-2004, 11:02

What I love about this and hated about Civ, is that in Civ it REALLY annoyed me when one of my Tanks would have a bad day and get stuffed over by a crappy enemy unit like a Phalanx or something.

But with this - there's none of that - you could drive up to him, and reverse park on his forhead and not even fire a shot. Which seems to satisfy a little bit more than being done over by cheating AI.

**Jefferson T** · 06-10-2004, 22:29

I just got it, and I'm quite impressed

Bifta · 06-10-2004, 22:47

I got it today too, only Ã‚Â£24.99! Just about to install it.

Aragorn · 07-10-2004, 09:49

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Originally Posted by Bifta

along with some tweaks to alter the size of each army

Bifta,

Can you post (or PM) me the details of your tweaks, please.

I have put the game on my Xmas list, so I'll wait patiently with the demo!

From what I've seen it will improve on one of my frustrations with Age of Empires titles - you have a nice formation of troops/archers/cavalry and at the first sign of the enemy they charge in utter chaos - at least here they appear to attack in formation, backing each other up!

Bifta · 07-10-2004, 10:51

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Originally Posted by Aragorn

Bifta,

Can you post (or PM) me the details of your tweaks, please.

I have put the game on my Xmas list, so I'll wait patiently with the demo!

From what I've seen it will improve on one of my frustrations with Age of Empires titles - you have a nice formation of troops/archers/cavalry and at the first sign of the enemy they charge in utter chaos - at least here they appear to attack in formation, backing each other up!

The mods have since been removed, they were all on http://www.totalwarcenter.com/ which appears to now be defunct

yorgy · 10-10-2004, 02:15

Re: Rome : Total War
I got it today too, only Ã‚Â£24.99! Just about to install it.

exactly where did you buy it for that price..i played the battle of tribera against the romans and without installing it...some weird red icon in the sub folders..

very good game fun too...going to buy it..anyone tried it online yet??

yorgy · 10-10-2004, 02:17

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Originally Posted by yorgy

Re: Rome : Total War
I got it today too, only Ã‚Â£24.99! Just about to install it.

exactly where did you buy it for that price..i played the battle of tribera against the romans and without installing it...some weird red icon in the sub folders..

very good game fun too...going to buy it..anyone tried it online yet??

Bifta · 10-10-2004, 10:40

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Originally Posted by yorgy

exactly where did you buy it for that price..i played the battle of tribera against the romans and without installing it...some weird red icon in the sub folders..

very good game fun too...going to buy it..anyone tried it online yet??

http://www.play.com/play247.asp?sear...ar&page=search

Multiplayer is gash though