Rome II

[Nefaro]

A German gaming site has posted a huge number of screenshots (from both the battle- and campaign map): 

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Of course they look awesome, but I wish we could see some screenies of some of the non-Roman factions as well.  (Show me the Greeks, dammit!) 

The facial close-up, in the lower left unit info panel, looks terrible.  Maybe it's just a placeholder?  I hope the troop panels actually show pic of a soldier in appropriate battle dress and not just a close-up shot of some poorly-made 3D model's face!  That's a terrible idea if they're keeping it as-is.

[Gusington]

Martok you evil SOB...I won't be able to view these proper for at least a few hours.

[undercovergeek]

The facial close-up, in the lower left unit info panel, looks terrible.  Maybe it's just a placeholder?  I hope the troop panels actually show pic of a soldier in appropriate battle dress and not just a close-up shot of some poorly-made 3D model's face!  That's a terrible idea if they're keeping it as-is.

well thats it - i have cancelled my preorder - amateurs  ???  :o  :P

[Nefaro]

The facial close-up, in the lower left unit info panel, looks terrible.  Maybe it's just a placeholder?  I hope the troop panels actually show pic of a soldier in appropriate battle dress and not just a close-up shot of some poorly-made 3D model's face!  That's a terrible idea if they're keeping it as-is.

well thats it - i have cancelled my preorder - amateurs  ???  :o  :P

LOL

Well.. it would just be very creepy with that weird looking dude staring at you the whole time!


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See!!!!!!

"They're coming to geeeet yoooouu Bar-ba-raaa!"

[Gusington]

That does look pretty bad, mostly because those faces look just like mine.

[undercovergeek]

he looks switch offable to me

[Gusington]

As am I. BTW there is Rome 2 MP discussion over at RPS.

[undercovergeek]

As am I. BTW there is Rome 2 MP discussion over at RPS.

from highest to lowest in 5 mins - finding out you look like an out of focus Roman centurion, priceless, finding out you switch-offable - boooooooo

[Nefaro]

he looks switch offable to me

I hope someone puts something a bit more awesome-looking in there, with a mod.

Another complaint, and this was a bit of an issue in TWS2, is just how friggin' dark the game looks.  Even during what is supposed to be midday shots with the sun shining down from above.  Some of their gfx people over-engineer the lighting effects too much, methinks.   If it wasn't for the sun shining down in all the screenshots, I'd think it was permanently sunset.  :P

Cranking up the brightness too much, to adjust, can also start making text and some other little things wash out.  Raising gamma does that for the whole thing, of course. 

It looks passable.  I just like to complain about overdone post-processing & lighting effects.  This one seems to have gone a different direction than most, in that it's darker instead of too hazy. 

[Gusington]

Weird I thought that Shogun 2 was a bit on the shiny happy people holding hands side.

MP discussion/video is posted to TWC also. From a cursory look it sounds like other TW games with most MP capability in battles and a two player campaign. I'll have to confirm.

[undercovergeek]

he looks switch offable to me

I hope someone puts something a bit more awesome-looking in there, with a mod.

Another complaint, and this was a bit of an issue in TWS2, is just how friggin' dark the game looks.  Even during what is supposed to be midday shots with the sun shining down from above.  Some of their gfx people over-engineer the lighting effects too much, methinks.   If it wasn't for the sun shining down in all the screenshots, I'd think it was permanently sunset.  :P

Cranking up the brightness too much, to adjust, can also start making text and some other little things wash out.  Raising gamma does that for the whole thing, of course. 

It looks passable.  I just like to complain about overdone post-processing & lighting effects.  This one seems to have gone a different direction than most, in that it's darker instead of too hazy.

::) weather grogs!!

:P

[Nefaro]

I'll need night vision - to see during the Roman period!  :o

[undercovergeek]

Lusted's lets play/walkthrough for Macedons

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/73722-Jack-s-Macedon-Campaign-Playthrough?

[Martok]

Martok you evil SOB...I won't be able to view these proper for at least a few hours.

Muahahahaha!!!!!! 

That's too bad, because -- Nefaro's complaints about creepy faces aside -- they look pretty awesome.  ;D 

Lusted's lets play/walkthrough for Macedons

http://forums.totalwar.com/showthread.php/73722-Jack-s-Macedon-Campaign-Playthrough?

What??  Athens starts as a client state of Macedon??!  Oh, we're gonna have to fix that PDQ... 

[undercovergeek]

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