Rome II

[Gusington]

I will happily do that. There are features in Rome 2 that none of us could have even imagined for Rome 1.

[undercovergeek]

I will happily do that. There are features in Rome 2 that none of us could have even imagined for Rome 1.

in the write up we umm both referred to, there are details about legions becoming legendary and causing enemies to react to their reputation that sound great

[Sir Slash]

Sign me up for the 1st Guinea Pig Legion. Uncle Romulus needs YOU. 8) 8)

[Gusington]

I am not thinking I will change Martok's mind. But the theory that the pre-launch to Rome I was just like the pre-launch for rome 2 doesn't cut it because the previous release of Shogun 2 was arguably CA's best game. Of course there are no guarantees, but looking at CA's history I am feeling positive, not negative.

In the end I love the idea of buying the game for him. It will be money well spent in many ways.

[Jarhead0331]

I have not pre-ordered yet, but I do not see any reason to do so at this time.  There is plenty of time left before release and there is no overwhelming benefit to pre-ordering now.  If only there was access to beta code, or something, I'd order in a heartbeat.

It is a definite day one purchase for me.  I have NEVER been disappointed in a TW game.  I've loved them all... 

[Silent Disapproval Robot]

My 9 month forced hiatus after the release of Fall of the Samurai has convinced me to wait until all the bugs are ironed out and the game goes on sale as a gold edition with all the DLC included before I'm willing to buy.  I mean if they're going to put a big AMD splash screen as the first thing you see when you boot up Shogun 2 and then have the game crash for owners of the top end AMD cards and not fix the issue for 9 months, why would I trust them this time around?

[Sir Slash]

I'm feeling positive too. After 8 tries, if you count FOTS as stand-alone, they've got to have this thing working like it should. I am sure they'll be problems but they have to know they can't un-load a bunch of crap on us and get away with it. I don't think. Of course I picked Tampa Bay to win the Superbowl last year.

[Kushan]

*sigh* I'm going to break down and get Rome 2....BUT I'm with JH, I don't see the need to pre-order at the moment. I'll wait and pre-order the night before release solely to get the Greek DLC for free.

[tgb]

$60?  No, thank you.  I have plenty to play and there's enough coming out that I can wait until the inevitable Steam sale when it will be closer to $30

[Anguille]

It is a definite day one purchase for me.  I have NEVER been disappointed in a TW game.  I've loved them all...

You have never been disappointed by the stupid AI?

[Jarhead0331]

It is a definite day one purchase for me.  I have NEVER been disappointed in a TW game.  I've loved them all...

You have never been disappointed by the stupid AI?

Nope. The games were totally unique and filled a vast gulf in an area of strategic and tactical gaming that had been left void for so long.  The list of what the games got right was far longer than the list of what they got wrong, and for this, I loved them.

[TheCommandTent]

lol - this was aimed specifically at you!!!  :P

read the words of wisdom

An admirable attempt 'geek, but you'll find I absolutely cannot be swayed in this case.  I've not been even remotely tempted to pre-order this one, no matter how appealing it appears to be.  :) 

I appreciate your reasoning for not pre-ordering but how can you not be at least a little tempted?  I try to avoid coming to this thread (as you can see it is not really working) so that I can resist the siren call of the game.

[Gusington]

You can get it for 45.00 not 60.00. And if you preorder it now or the night before...you still preordered.

[tgb]

You can get it for 45.00 not 60.00. And if you preorder it now or the night before...you still preordered.

EU4, Dom 4, and Space Hulk all coming out first, I can still wait for the $30 sale price.  It'll probably have a couple of patches by then as well.

[mikeck]

Day one purchase for me. Even if the reviews are horrible and claim it is a big steaming pile, I will still buy it...just like ETW. Not sure what the release date is but there are a bunch of games coming out in the next few months so of it sucks, I will wait patiently while it is patched. Eu4, Dom4, AoM3,