Rome II

[Grim.Reaper]

P.S.  T-8 hours give or take a few hours.

That is all that matters:). Who cares what people says in reviews, they are often different than my own opinions to the point I rarely look at them anymore....plus I think we all knew what to expect with a total war game, no surprises there.

Tomorrow will be a good day!

[jomni]

Sadly I will wait for a price drop or DLC bundle.  I have my money earmarked on the PMDG 777 which is coming out really soon.

[Toonces]

Yeah that PMDG 777 looks pretty sweet.  It is going to be PRICEY.  I'm going to guess $90, just based on some of the comments I've been reading.

Regarding Rome 2, this is a 100% purchase for me but strangely I have chosen not to preorder despite all the bennies.  I'm just not going to get to it any time soon no matter how awesome it is and I suppose I'm just going to wait until my gaming plate is cleared off some.  This might be grabbing it wrapped with some DLC for less money, or it might mean paying a premium price without the goodies...don't know.

Usually I'd just buy it, but I still have so many unplayed games, Shogun 2 being a perfect example.  Beyond one quick battle I haven't even touched it and I know it's awesome!  So I'll be reading everyone's impressions with interest, but I won't be part of the club this time.

[mikeck]

I agree...it's all about expectations. Expect a game that is huge in scale to have an AI capable of outwitting a human, you will be disappointed. You should expect it to out up a decent fight.

My problem with the RPS and Eurogamer reviews are the nature of the complaints. I mean, claiming that the AI is weak in a certain area is valid (true or not), but claiming that the Army development system is lacking because you are given choices like "improve archers or cavalry 3%" or "improve armor" is silly. That is a design choice and seems reasonable. As a commander, you choose to train your archers more or invest some money is better armor or whatever. Not sure why that is a negative.

I expect to see haters posting about how horrible everything is....the same one's who hate every TW game. And I expect TW fanboys like me to post about how awesome it is; because that is what I want to see. I don't play TW games for a challenge, I play them to be immersed in an era and to have fun. It will simply never have "Hannibal" Ai

[sandman2575]

soooo.....there's really no way to avoid buying this, is there - ?

[LongBlade]

soooo.....there's really no way to avoid buying this, is there - ?

No.

[sandman2575]

That's what I thought -- thanks. 

Somehow it makes it easier to justify buying yet another pricy game knowing that there was just no human way to resist.  I mean, who am I to stand in the way of progress? 

(...aaaand purchased)

[Bison]

That's what I thought -- thanks. 

Somehow it makes it easier to justify buying yet another pricy game knowing that there was just no human way to resist.  I mean, who am I to stand in the way of progress? 

(...aaaand purchased)

Congratulations on joining the Roman Borg!

[Gusington]

^You have now been assimilated Sandman. Welcome.

Bison where did you get the time of release? I've been poking around looking for it but didn't find anything.

[Bison]

^You have now been assimilated Sandman. Welcome.

Bison where did you get the time of release? I've been poking around looking for it but didn't find anything.

It's on the Steam store page for Rome II.  T - 6 hours now.  That'd be around 4 EST or so.

[Gusington]

So if I leave my rig on overnight will the game automatically finish the install or does it need input from me?

[Bison]

It should run the update as long as Steam is running.

[Staggerwing]

I wonder if the pre-load will be able to auto-update with the hit that the Steam Servers will take from lots of European and Asian buyers D/ling the whole game. I've left my Winbox on in the Mancave (such as it is) in hopes that it'll all be ready for a quick peek before work tomorrow.

[Bison]

Watching some videos I think the feature that really is getting me excited is the tactical map overlay using NATO-esque icons for the battles.

[Gusington]

As others have said: why they couldn't do this Friday is beyond me and somewhat criminal.