Rome II

[Sir Slash]

My memory thins out sometimes too Nefaro. I can only imagine the poor saps reporting for duty on day one back in the day and the sergeant hands you your 20 ft. spear and says, "Here's your weapon son. Keep it with you at all times" How the hell could you even hold the damned thing level?

[Gusington]

Modders have created something called a hotseat MP campaign for older versions of TW but I never used it.

[Yskonyn]

Wouldn't that be awesome to try out in, say M2TW with a group of Grogs?

[Martok]

Hey, better 2-player MP campaign than no MP campaign at all.  That's probably the one feature I wish the older games had.

If the campaign is MP that will be sweet.  Originally the MP for Empire and iirc for STW2 was limited to jumping into the tactical battles.  So you'd face a human opponent instead of the AI, baby steps and all that.

Shogun 2 has a 2-player MP campaign, although it's co-op only.  It'd be cool if Rome 2 adds a versus MP campaign mode as well, but co-op is fun too. 

[Yskonyn]

I wouldn't mind a partner for Rome 2 co-op campaign, at all. Although running a versus campaign with various Grogs would be even better!

Managing timezones will be the biggest challenge though...

[FlickJax]

Timezones are a bugger.....GMT here in Blighty

[Martok]

Yeah, admittedly the time zone issue could be a big sticking point for me as well, especially since I work nights. 

When my fellow North Americans & Europeans are free, I'm usually asleep or at work; and when I'm free, everyone else generally is working or asleep themselves.  Aside from one or two of my fellow Yanks/Canadians who also work nights, jomni and any Aussies/Kiwis we've got lurking around here are about the only folks who are generally up around the same time as I am.  :-\ 

[Yskonyn]

Well, just be glad the TW games are pretty good in SP. :)
Still, if you happen to spot me on Steam (my  time vary a lot too!) I am more than happy to get something started, TW wise. And that goes for all Grogs needless to say.

[undercovergeek]

Rome v Macedonia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_9qkAC4b5c

[jomni]

Rome v Macedonia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_9qkAC4b5c

Haha, he lost to the AI.  A shameful display!

[undercovergeek]

Rome v Macedonia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_9qkAC4b5c

Haha, he lost to the AI.  A shameful display!

didnt think of it that way - THE AI IS FIXED & AWESOME, DOUBT NO MORE!!!!

[Martok]

This guy does an overview of Sparta.  Looks like Gus is going to have his work cut out for him! 

[jomni]

Rome v Macedonia

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l_9qkAC4b5c

Haha, he lost to the AI.  A shameful display!

didnt think of it that way - THE AI IS FIXED & AWESOME, DOUBT NO MORE!!!!

His strategy is wrong.  He was all over the place and is not coherent. He keeps clicking here and there... continuously changing orders.  He then lacks the big picture as he keeps on zooming in and talking about stuff and leaving his troops vulnerable. 

I do like the fact that the AI is actively doing buffs.  But I'm not expecting a totally fixed Tactical AI or else I'll be disappointed.

[Gusington]

In what I've read, starting as Sparta will be appropiriately difficult.

[Martok]

In what I've read, starting as Sparta will be appropiriately difficult.

Yeah, at the point where the game starts, they're already long past their glory days.  (They never did truly recover from their defeat at Leuctra.)  I imagine resurrecting Spartan hegemony will require a great deal of skill and (perhaps) no small amount of luck as well.