Rome II

[Gusington]

7 patches later and a host of mods thrown in, I would say it is at minimum a very good game. Would we steer you wrong?

IMHO it is not at the level of greatness that Shogun 2 is at, but it is still very good, especially if you like ancients.

[mikeck]

Ahhh...the angry Joe review. I never thought it was as bad as he made out. Enjoyed it from day one, never had any performance issues and found the AI to be as good as Nappy but not as good as Shogun 2.  After the patches, the AI has improved...probably equivalent to Shogun 2 which is really all you can expect from the franchise (or all you should expect). Just like for X rebirth, many of the complaints revolve around design choices. You either like them or you don't.

It is a much better game now but I would recommend mods. I use "empire divided"
Or whatever it is in Latin...there are many, but pick one that adjusts stats so as to lengthen the battles a bit. As with all TW games, the vanilla battles end too quickly.

[Bison]

I'm glad I don't watch whoever this Angry guy is because I have found it to be a fun game from release.   Maybe this Angry guy just needs a sandwich.  I find that having a sandwich solves many of my angry moments in life.

[Kushan]

Damn you all, I bought it. Whats the recommended mods to get?

[Yskonyn]

I would first play vanilla. You can then always mod stuff you don't like later.

[BanzaiCat]

I'm glad I don't watch whoever this Angry guy is because I have found it to be a fun game from release.   Maybe this Angry guy just needs a sandwich.  I find that having a sandwich solves many of my angry moments in life.

He's entertaining...if you don't mind someone who yells more than Lewis Black. ;D

Edit: A good place to start with AJ is his review of Alien: Colonial Marines.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UGX2WE4QUw8

[tgb]

If you mean the "Caesar in Gaul" DLC, it has been moved to Dec 19 release. I think it's a bit less involved than Nappy

Bad idea, if true.  I've read that the Steam Xmas sale starts that day.  Good luck competing with that.  CA/Sega would be better off releasing after the holidays.

[Nefaro]

I'm glad I don't watch whoever this Angry guy is because I have found it to be a fun game from release.   Maybe this Angry guy just needs a sandwich.  I find that having a sandwich solves many of my angry moments in life.

He only pointed out some of the glaringly obvious issues with the game at release.  Many of those I had witnessed myself. 

While the guy is often passionate in his reviews, I don't think he overstated much of anything.  Of course, there have been a lot of updates since the release and even the first couple improved the game noticeably since then.

The first of his video reviews I watched from him was for the Napoleonic Wars expansion for Mount & Blade.  He's not stingy with praise when it's called for so I dig his reviews.

[mikeck]

I would first play vanilla. You can then always mod stuff you don't like later.

I would recommend any one of the number of mods that change the stats related to the length of battles.  There's a ton of them,  one by radius, Toon has one which has a bunch of mods included.the one I use I think it translates into Empire divided (it's in Latin) Check the steam workshop is a whole list of files there that you can just subscribe to and add. The mods will tell you what they do there. I don't think there's an equivalent to a darthmod which is a you must have "this particular mod" mod.

While normally I also subscribe to the play vanilla first theory, in this case I suggest you just go right to the mods. the vanilla battles are entirely over too quickly and I'm not sure how anybody could really get any excitement out of the vanilla battles for long. if you find yourself in the middle of a game not liking the Battles  then have to start all over again. many of these mods also have 2 turn or four turn/year  choices. I would recommend grabbing one of them to one turn Puryears just kind of ridiculous doesn't take me a-year to cross the from Sicily to the boot of Italy

[PanzersEast]

I caved and purchased..... will give it a go and see.  I believe there is a new patch to be released soon as well...



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[Gusington]

I feel myself being pulled back after a few months off...damn you people. The Iceni are calling.

[Yskonyn]

Oh yes my ancient conquest is about to restart as well!

[Sir Slash]

I'm very much enjoying the Radious mod though other mods probably do many of the same things. I miss the ability to raid the infrastructure outside of cities like in Shogun 2(mines, farms, and ports). Somehow hitting the "Raiding" stance button isn't the same. I like to send light cav. units through enemy territory to hit them in the pocketbook. Or wallets if they're gender sensitive.

[Martok]

I don't know if I'd have recommended purchasing Rome II at release, although even then it wasn't as bad as the haters made it out to be.  That being said, it's definitely worth getting now. 

[bboyer66]

Ok how about a kinder and gentler version on why it stinks