Rome II

[Nefaro]

Thought i'd fire mine up after leaving it to patch for a few weeks and patches have broken the game on my PC :( updating my GFX drivers and keeping fingers crossed.

Nope, bloody patches have killed game on my machine :(

Have you tried opting into the beta update?  It supposedly addresses some peoples' dead game.

[FlickJax]

yep tried that, so annoying. Game was working fine until last 2 patches.

[LongBlade]

Great review Longblade. Don't know how I missed it earlier. Have your impressions changed any with the patches and new DLC?

Honestly I haven't gone back to it since I wrote that. Been playing Tropico and getting myself mentally prepped to look at Flashpoint Red Storm.

[bob48]

Well...yes.

Marty could try Medieval 2...one of my top three games of all time. And mod the heck out of it.

Agreed - Med 2 is excellent - the Gold edition has lots of playability. One of favourite games, beaten only by FotS.

[Gusington]

^Me too I think. Never liked Empire or Napoleon as much as I wanted to.

[bob48]

Empire is 'ok' but the Nappy period does nothing for me.

[Martok]

Thanks for all the advice. I downloaded a demo of Shogun 2 and hope to give it a try soon.

As I don't really have a favorite time period (they all sound good to me) and older graphics aren't that big deal if the game is good so I will probably let my wallet decide and one I see one sale. :)

Shogun 2 is the one I would've recommended, but you already beat me to it.  :)  Of the newer Total War games, that's definitely the one you want to go with. 


The original Medieval game remains my favorite in the series, but it has a bitch of a time running on modern machines.  The original Shogun is similarly excellent, but it too has issues running on newer PC's (although not as much, oddly enough.)  Were it not for these technical problems, I'd recommend them both every time, despite their age. 

[bob48]

I would love 'em to do a 30 years war / ECW game.

[mikeck]

"Empire" is my favorite. It's not the best one in terms of performance/AI but it's not bad with Darthmod. I love the scope and the time period

[MengJiao]

I would love 'em to do a 30 years war / ECW game.

There was a nice mod for M2 that did the ECW.

[Gusington]

^Yes, I have it loaded onto my PC right now. There are 50+ German factions available to play. Here's a link:

http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?1965-1648-Thirty-Years-of-War

[FlickJax]

yep tried that, so annoying. Game was working fine until last 2 patches.

Shogun 2 still works, but still no Rome 2 :(

[FlickJax]

yep tried that, so annoying. Game was working fine until last 2 patches.

Shogun 2 still works, but still no Rome 2 :(

New install and she is back :)

[Gusington]

Going to start a campaign?

[FlickJax]

started again as Iceni, so far so good.

I like the way the AI takes defensive positions, still letting me pepper them too much and then steam roll with infantry.