Rome total War 2

[ExpatJ]

this was released yesterday- anyone tried it yet? got pretty poor reviews- which seems to be standard for this game , they always release early and then patch it to greatness.

Im excited anyway - just waiting for a new gaming computer and i have been reading up on roman history in the mean time. I'm having a bit of a Geekgasm.

[bangkockney]

Where are the bad reviews? All I've seen is people rave about it.

And for good reason, it's epic on so many levels! From the banter between soldiers when idle to the catapult battle cam, I love it, love it, love it!

The AI is better too.

I've got about 20 hours in it already.

[ExpatJ]

Where are the bad reviews? All I've seen is people rave about it.

And for good reason, it's epic on so many levels! From the banter between soldiers when idle to the catapult battle cam, I love it, love it, love it!

The AI is better too.

I've got about 20 hours in it already.

Thats good to hear. What difficulty are u playing at? Normally im 'normal' but for this i heard you have to play 'hard' or above to get a challenge on the campaign map?

[bangkockney]

I play on Legendary, and the challenge is good.

I like the AI: it actually sets up to block streets, choke points etc. Yes, it's still AI and feel dirty losing, but much improvement IMO. It doesn't feel like say Deity in Civ, where you are penalised, but I haven't read up on the difficulties.

The new line of sight engine is the stand-out for me. Great opportunities for baiting, setting up hammer and anvil moves etc.

[bangkockney]

PS Let me know when you get it and if you're up for Multiplayer battles and/or Co-Op campaigns.

I'm real jealous of friends back home who have decent pings - the Devs are always online hosting battles.

[ExpatJ]

Yes will let you know- im off to KL sunday and shopping for my new 17 inch alienware- just hope they have the specs i want.

They are releasing the first official patch today i saw...

[Zolt]

Hi All,

I've been getting every Total War game since the original Shogun. After reading the first reviews I though I might finally skip Rome 2, but I've got an inkling I'm going to give in and get it sometime next week. I'll definitely be in for some multiplayer once I'm done with the main campaign.

[SlyAnimal]

I got this as well, Civ5 expansion came out at the same time though, so I'm not sure how much time I'll put into it.

[itsadryheat]

Nice.

I didn't know II was out. I was playing rome total war, shogun II and medieval II in the last 2 months. i'm not sure which one I like the best.

I have so many indie games to work though. Steam can be a pain in the butt.

I've yet to buy civ 5. I'm still having fun with IV.

[Pitts]

It is an excellent game! Maybe not as pollished as Civ 5 but excellent none the less.

And yea I didn't see any bad reviews for it...

[SlyAnimal]

Yeah I've taken a break from civ 5 and have been going hard on Rome2 for the past couple of weeks. Awesome game!! A couple of minor bugs which are annoying (although the patch yesterday seems to have fixed most of them *touchwood* although rain during a battle still slows my PC to a crawl).

The improvements to the AI in the latest patch make it a bit more challenging too, although the AI still bugs out occasionally and gets confused about what they're doing. The AI still has no idea how to effectively assault a capital city's gate though lol, coming up only 3 units at a time to get torn up by the towers lol.

Still so much fun though!

[zyphodb]

Great game havn't played it much yet as xmas got in the way, but got through the prologue & very good...