Should I buy Rome II now before the Steam sale ends

[Gusington]

^HA!

[Cougar_DK]

Hmmm some of this has maybe been solved by patches, but the close combat sure looks better in the old engine.

[Cougar_DK]

And there is a part two, I have not seen it yet....

[Rayfer]

Quite condemning...extremely bitter...trashes the game from top to bottom. I don't own it but have considered getting it if the price drops in the end-of-year holiday sales.  Would love to hear from the many on these forums who give this game high marks.  Is this guy off his rocker or are his points valid?

[solops]

Sure. It has problems. Most games do. Still, it is a lot of fun. And the battles are a hoot. Much more entertaining than watching two NATO icons bump. Right now I am playing Arsenal of Democracy. After reading all of this criticism I think I'll play some RTW2 after I finish.

[MengJiao]

Quite condemning...extremely bitter...trashes the game from top to bottom. I don't own it but have considered getting it if the price drops in the end-of-year holiday sales.  Would love to hear from the many on these forums who give this game high marks.  Is this guy off his rocker or are his points valid?

  What points does he make?  I like the game and I have yet to see any coherent arguments for not liking it (other than the fact that
some people have technical problems getting it to run at all).

[Rayfer]

Quite condemning...extremely bitter...trashes the game from top to bottom. I don't own it but have considered getting it if the price drops in the end-of-year holiday sales.  Would love to hear from the many on these forums who give this game high marks.  Is this guy off his rocker or are his points valid?

  What points does he make?  I like the game and I have yet to see any coherent arguments for not liking it (other than the fact that
some people have technical problems getting it to run at all).

Seems like he made numerous points, nearly an hour's worth....two come to mind; the change in info displayed on the unit boxes and the loss of covered arc when clicking on an archer unit.  Again, I'm not agreeing with him, I don't own the game so I can't comment one way or the other. Just asking.

[MengJiao]

Quite condemning...extremely bitter...trashes the game from top to bottom. I don't own it but have considered getting it if the price drops in the end-of-year holiday sales.  Would love to hear from the many on these forums who give this game high marks.  Is this guy off his rocker or are his points valid?

  What points does he make?  I like the game and I have yet to see any coherent arguments for not liking it (other than the fact that
some people have technical problems getting it to run at all).

Seems like he made numerous points, nearly an hour's worth....two come to mind; the change in info displayed on the unit boxes and the loss of covered arc when clicking on an archer unit.  Again, I'm not agreeing with him, I don't own the game so I can't comment one way or the other. Just asking.

  Sadly, I never noticed those aspects of the game.  They relate to a level of micromanagment that I generally avoid in games.  When I fight a battle in Rome II, I:

1) check the overall deployment of forces and if I have the luxury of setting up a defense I:
    a) deploy spears as needed to cover against cavalry
    b) set any low morale troops up for maximum defense (shield walls or whatever)
    c) put missile troops behind the main line and shut off their skirmish mode
    d) mass a hidden reserve to finish off the enemy
(that all often works and I have never neede to check firing arcs)
2) If on the offense, ready scouts and skirmishers, mass the main body and get a shock group ready

Naval battles are different and I seem to remember some way of estimating range to fire.

I tend not to notice the interface that much since I'm busy fighting the battles and often going in with the cinematice view.