looking awesome
Looks great. Thanks for the heads-up.
Wow! Awesome video!
Gabba...love the attack dog.
Is is a naked flaming attack dog
It looks very pretty, and an entertaining video, but is SOOO vanilla with the regular, stereotyped appearance of the troops. :o I hope it will be easy for the modders to reskin them according to what archaeology tells us they'd look like. I hope they don't make wardogs as a unit as they did in RTW, nor any of the other fantasy units either. You can tell I'm a Rome:Total Realism fan can't you.... ::)
I want Attack Elephants! It's interesting we've not seen any Eastern troop types as yet displayed.
Quote from: Boggit on March 01, 2013, 12:36:42 AM
It looks very pretty, and an entertaining video, but is SOOO vanilla with the regular, stereotyped appearance of the troops. :o I hope it will be easy for the modders to reskin them according to what archaeology tells us they'd look like. I hope they don't make wardogs as a unit as they did in RTW, nor any of the other fantasy units either. You can tell I'm a Rome:Total Realism fan can't you.... ::)
Yeah, a little more historical authenticity this time around would be appreciated. I realize fun/gameplay still trumps realism, and I'm probably not quite as anal about accuracy as some, but they could at least avoid the more "out there" units such as the Wardogs, I agree.
That being said, however... For me personally, so long as they manage to give the game decent AI and don't repeat the utterly atrocious voice-acting from its predecessor, everything else is gravy. ;)
Quote from: Sir Slash on March 01, 2013, 10:13:13 AM
I want Attack Elephants! It's interesting we've not seen any Eastern troop types as yet displayed.
I do hope we see a more authentic Ptolemaic Egypt this time around. That faction was, if anything, even more ill-treated than the various barbarian clans IMO.
Quote from: Martok on March 01, 2013, 01:22:52 PM
I'm probably not quite as anal about accuracy as some, but they could at least avoid the more "out there" units such as the Wardogs, I agree. Quote from: Sir/quote]
Thanks, Martok ... I think... ::) :P
Some help here... ;)
I still like the war dogs.
Quote from: Gusington on March 02, 2013, 12:08:29 PM
I still like the war dogs.
War dogs are cool but nothing beat the infected pig carcases you could fling over the walls with your trebuchets in MTW. ;D
^Cows, they were cows! You're thinking of the flaming pigs in the original Rome: Total War.
I think a great campaign would be Alexander's Successors, the Diadochi, with early Rome and Carthage growing in the western Med.
^There's a few books out now about Alexander's successor kingdoms and their wars that look great. That's an area of history I know nothing about and would make for a great Total War game.
Has there been any information released that identifies key enhancements to this series? Although looks pretty and I love the time period, just curious if anything gameplay wise is going to significantly change.
Quote from: Gusington on March 02, 2013, 05:40:50 PM
^Cows, they were cows! You're thinking of the flaming pigs in the original Rome: Total War.
Ahh, right you are it seems I have crossed my streams. Either way both of them were fun units to use on your hapless enemies. 8)
Quote from: besilarius on March 02, 2013, 05:42:55 PM
I think a great campaign would be Alexander's Successors, the Diadochi, with early Rome and Carthage growing in the western Med.
I've been clamoring for a grand strategy game that covers the Succession Wars on through the Roman Republic era. Maybe even an earlier Greek & Persian start option. Alas!
I consider EU:Rome as never being properly filled out. :-[
Has there ever been a game to cover the Succession Wars?
Quote from: Gusington on March 03, 2013, 11:43:21 AM
Has there ever been a game to cover the Succession Wars?
Not that I recall.
EU:Rome started a few generations in, so that's the closest. But that one is pretty threadbare when it comes to gameplay - like watching a clock tick away.
What a great era to create a game for...
Agreed and I got a great book that covers the story. ;)
Is it this one?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307271641/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
That's the one. But the cover is different and I definately paid more than $19 for it. I knew very little about this period and this book was a great read for me. Kind of like a ganster movie. As soon as Alexander died they were all waiting to start "Whacking" each other. I loved it.
The only game set in the Successor period that I am aware of is Strength and Honor.
Had potential but the combat system was not detailed enough for my taste.
What about AGEODs birth of Rome? Does that have the scenario you are looking for? I mean, it's not Macedonia. But the Samnites wars and 1st Punic wars are at least in the ballpark right?
Quote from: Gusington on March 03, 2013, 03:15:25 PM
Is it this one?
http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/0307271641/ref=ox_sc_sfl_title_2?ie=UTF8&psc=1&smid=ATVPDKIKX0DER
This doesn't look bad, either:
http://www.amazon.com/Dividing-Spoils-Alexander-Ancient-Civilization/dp/0195395239/ref=pd_bxgy_b_img_y
anyone?