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Quixzlizx · Jun 22, 2012

Fuck yeah, I sunk a ton of hours into R:tW. Love the time period.

Ceebs said:
Am I the only one that plays these games without actually fighting the battles? I am AWFUL at large scale RTS, so I always just auto resolve combat.

I'm usually terrible at RTS games, but I like the battles in Total War. Although it got annoying in the first game when the Gauls would endlessly suicide two-squad "armies" into my legions every other turn instead of just waiting until they had a decent invasion force.

Vulcano's assistant · Jun 22, 2012

These soldiers have lower poly count that Shogun 2's, and looks like they don't even have normal mapping. Is that a screen of the original Rome: Total war?

for comparison:

Glass Rebel · Jun 22, 2012

Vulcano's assistant said:
These soldiers have lower poly count that Shogun 2's, and looks like they don't even have normal mapping.

for comparison:

Is this a joke? :lol

crimsonheadGCN · Jun 22, 2012

Vulcano's assistant said:
These soldiers have lower poly count that Shogun 2's, and looks like they don't even have normal mapping. Is that a screen of the original Rome: Total war?

for comparison:

It's a screenshot from the original Rome: Total War.

Sethos · Jun 22, 2012

Vulcano's assistant said:
These soldiers have lower poly count that Shogun 2's, and looks like they don't even have normal mapping. Is that a screen of the original Rome: Total war?

Of course it's a screenshot of the original

GungHo · Jun 22, 2012

I'm noticing a pattern here. Can't wait for Medieval 3 and 4.

Enosh · Jun 22, 2012

shogun 2 was great from a gameplay perspective, but I got really sick of fighting the same swordsmen and the same archers and the same cavalry when going up against every single god damn faction

it simply isn't that great of a setting due to the cultural unity of Japan

crimsonheadGCN · Jun 22, 2012

GungHo said:
I'm noticing a pattern here. Can't wait for Medieval 3 and 4.

I wouldn't be surprised if they release Medieval 3 in 2015. 2014 will most likely be for a standalone expansion for Rome 2: Total War.

universalmind · Jun 23, 2012

Jibbajabbawockky · Jun 23, 2012

GungHo said:
I'm noticing a pattern here. Can't wait for Medieval 3 and 4.

Yes! I've enjoyed all of the Total War games but Medieval is probably my favorite just for the period of history and variety it can bring.

Good times for strategy games though- between Rome 2 and Company of Heroes 2 and XCOM.

Cameron122 · Jun 23, 2012

Fantastic time to be a PC gamer with all of these strategy games and quality F2P shooters!!

Hasphat'sAnts · Jun 23, 2012

I just think Rome is the most interesting setting for the Total War games.

Playing as a non-Roman faction was fucking hard.

AlimNassor · Jun 23, 2012

Hasphat'sAnts said:
I just think Rome is the most interesting setting for the Total War games.

Playing as a non-Roman faction was fucking hard.

I'd imagine it musta been harder in real life. Just ask the Gauls.

GhostWriter24 · Jun 23, 2012

Holy shit. Give it to me now.

SparkTR · Jun 23, 2012

Empire convinced me never to buy a Total War game on release day, this could change that.

DTKT · Jun 23, 2012

SparkTR said:
Empire convinced me never to buy a Total War game on release day, this could change that.

Shogun was surprisingly stable.

Empire was way too ambitious for CA.

pseudocaesar · Jun 23, 2012

... there are no words. I have been waiting for this day for most of my life. Im ready to sink thousands of hours into this like I did the first.

Kabouter · Jun 23, 2012

Awesome, really looking forward to a new Rome: Total War. Heard Shogun 2 was great, but that setting doesn't appeal to me all that much, Ancient Rome does far more.

speedpop · Jun 23, 2012

I can hear the rumbles of war happening again...

Shogun 2 was great. A few personal problems with it (mostly my own lofty expectations of how diplomacy/economy/etc should run), but the battles were often brilliant and tested my mettle in some incredible ways.

Looking forward to going back in to the past again.

Anbokr · Jun 23, 2012

YESSSSS

I played this game for hours on end as a kid and was always praying for an updated sequel.

BobLoblaw · Jun 23, 2012

My body has been ready for this for years. Give it to me!

lastplayed · Jun 23, 2012

First CoH2 and now Rome II. PC gaming just keeps delivering.

SparkTR · Jun 23, 2012

lastplayed said:
First CoH2 and now Rome II. PC gaming just keeps delivering.

Also C&C Generals 2 next year.

Jintor · Jun 23, 2012

Billiechu said:
Jintor?!

wat

overburning · Jun 23, 2012

Shogun was fun, but Rome is so much more interesting in the historical context imo, do want.

Jintor · Jun 23, 2012

More Gaius Marius v Sulla ACCTIIIIIION

Guerrillas in the Mist · Jun 23, 2012

I'm surprised how few games there are which ape the TW formula. I think there were a couple around the time Rome came out, but other than that CA haven't had much competition.

Ysiadmihi · Jun 23, 2012

Awesome.

Bending_Unit_22 · Jun 23, 2012

Please permit the Europa Barbaborum guys to mod this immediately so I can find it playable, thanks.

ksimm · Jun 23, 2012

Yes! Rome and Medieval, always the best.

Rawket Lawnchair · Jun 23, 2012

I am sure it's true, and the era has a lot of potential. Expansions in ancient Greece must be considered confirmed immediately after the announcement.

I want a big fucking map like RTR and EB had, at least 30 factions, and a return of the descr_strat cheat. Please.

LiquidSolid · Jun 23, 2012

Fuck yes. All over it. All the fuck over it.

More Fun To Compute · Jun 23, 2012

Apostate said:
I am sure it's true, and the era has a lot of potential. Expansions in ancient Greece must be considered confirmed immediately after the announcement.

I want a big fucking map like RTR and EB had, at least 30 factions, and a return of the descr_strat cheat. Please.

You can have all that and an overwhelmed AI that doesn't have a clue what to do on the map and in the battles as well. And custom multiplayer rules barely enforced by the community to try to enforce balance. Total War!

Jintor · Jun 23, 2012

Man, you know, I've had that issue for like a week earlier than it was on shelves and I completely glossed over the fact that a game like TW:R2 wasn't actually announced yet.

Emitan · Jun 23, 2012

Jintor said:
wat

TELL. ME. EVERYTHING.

Sober · Jun 23, 2012

diffusionx said:
Rome is my favorite in the series by a mile. Just fix up some of the obvious historical inaccuracies with the map and I'll be set.

Bending_Unit_22 said:
Please permit the Europa Barbaborum guys to mod this immediately so I can find it playable, thanks.

It'll be playable and stuff, it's just that there are legions more of Roman military nerds that come out of the woodwork when stuff like this comes out. Even Paradox sometimes has to sacrifice some historical accuracy for gameplay.

This will be awesome no matter what. At least I hope CA knows to stick to eras with formation fighting (i.e. stop before around WW1). Maybe Relic will be able to figure out a WW1 RTS.

DUFFMCWALIN · Jun 23, 2012

Oh god Rome is the best Total War game so this would be amazing if true.

Rawket Lawnchair · Jun 23, 2012

Sober said:
It'll be playable and stuff, it's just that there are legions more of Roman military nerds that come out of the woodwork when stuff like this comes out. Even Paradox sometimes has to sacrifice some historical accuracy for gameplay.

We believe in you, Darth Vader.

Atrus · Jun 23, 2012

Shogun 2 and Empire sucked, so hopefully this will bring the style back toward Medieval 2 and Rome: TW. With mods I've made grand centuries long empires with epic lore, so I hope to return to it.

tdrdrgn · Jun 23, 2012

GIVE IT TO ME NOW

Dennis · Jun 23, 2012

Harpa · Jun 24, 2012

Well, over at the official Total War forums they found that another magazine, german PC Gameplay seems promote an upcoming preview for the july issue.

Double the sources, four times the fun!

Slackbladder · Jun 25, 2012

Strangely I couldn't get into the original Rome: Total War yet I played and enjoyed all the others, including the original Shogun. But I'm not going to pass up on Rome 2. Looking forward to it! Should have a new computer by then.

Aaron · Jun 25, 2012

Will they finally revamp the strategy layer? It's been basically unchanged since Rome, and it's never been very good.

GopherD · Jun 25, 2012

Rome TW was the first time I spent hundreds of hours trying to mod a game. By Ravens Beard CA, make it moddable from the get go and I shall do it again...

Kem0sabe · Jun 25, 2012

Rome was their best game, everything after that pretty much sucked.

More Fun To Compute · Jun 25, 2012

Atrus said:
Shogun 2 and Empire sucked, so hopefully this will bring the style back toward Medieval 2 and Rome: TW. With mods I've made grand centuries long empires with epic lore, so I hope to return to it.

Very well made argument apart from the fact that Shogun 2 was much better than Medieval 2 in every way.

DBT85 · Jun 25, 2012

About time. It will be glorious.

Kem0sabe · Jun 25, 2012

I hope the flesh out the political component more this time. More Senate activity, more events, greater family involvement.

Taffer · Jun 26, 2012

Gunpowder combat is so dull, I want to charge at the bastards. Rome & Medieval 2 had fantastic music, Empire was so disappointing musically (I've only played the demo of Shogun 2 and don't recall hearing any music).
And remember this above all, our Roman gods are watching. Make sure they are NOT ASHAMED!

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