Rome II

[bob48]

......well, I for one welcome our new overlord, LB.....

I've never managed to finish a campaign in Fall of the Samurai either. Very tempted to fire it up again.

[Gusington]

Next Shogun 2 I play sometime in the winter will be the standard game. Perhaps with the Sengoku Jidai mod.

[Sir Slash]

I managed a win in both the standard campaign and FOTS, playing with the Darthmod. I gave-up on the standard vanilla campaign after Realm Divide made it practically un-winnable. Enjoyed FOTS more.

[GDS_Starfury]

realm divide is easy if you know its coming.  the geography that your fighting over simplifies things a whole lot.  if something like that happened in RTW thats a whole different story.
build to make ppl happy, build to make money and build to make armies.  in that order you cant go wrong.  play the first 20 land battles, always play the naval fight and your good to go. and like all TW games, use your agents ruthlessly.

[Grim.Reaper]

Looks like still more doc incoming...

http://www.gamersgate.com/DLC-TWR2BSCCP/total-war-rome-ii-black-sea-colonies-culture-pack

[Sir Slash]

At last, Cimmeria can rule the world.

[Nicolas Eskubi]

I was tempted to buy it (Rome II) but after read many forums, etc, seems is more of the same, I mean, didn't have more gaming  improvements than his predecessor, of course were you can see the difference are in the quality of the graphics and the requirements to can run the game... really a shame.  :-[

[Nefaro]

I didn't think the graphics were any better than Shogun 2.

Actually, the new filters used in Rome 2 just made it look worse IMO.  They were obviously trying for some kind of dusty brown-ish washed out look.  Which kinda worked.  But it just makes everything look like it's tinted brown.  Which sucks.  :D

[mikeck]

I was tempted to buy it (Rome II) but after read many forums, etc, seems is more of the same, I mean, didn't have more gaming  improvements than his predecessor, of course were you can see the difference are in the quality of the graphics and the requirements to can run the game... really a shame.  :-[

I think the province system is a pretty big improvement. Other than that though you were correct but in the end,  total war games are all pretty much the same. What type of changes or improvements would you be expecting?  you get some improvements between engines but in essence, Rome 1 is the same as Rome 2 in concept

If you like ancient warfare and you thought shogun2  was a great game then there's no reason not to get Rome 2. at this point it's very similar, very stable, good graphics, runs smoothly and the AI is just as good as it was in shogun.

Funny thing is that when it first came out, one of the big complaints was that they changed too much

[Sir Slash]

Welcome Nicolas. Rome 2 is an excellent game. If you liked the other TW titles, you'll like this one too. I also don't think it as polished as Shogun 2 but the game has gotten much better from vanilla. And Attila maybe better yet. My 2 cents.

[Gusington]

Shogun 2 is probably the best in the series, but Rome 2 is rather epic as well for some of the new ideas mentioned above and its vast scope. I also think the art style is better in Shogun 2 but it's a matter of taste.

[Sir Slash]

Agree. The setting is not everyone's favorite but I loved it. There was a damned good-looking ACW mod that was never finished for FOTS. I would've been it's Bitch. Gladly.

[mikeck]

Yeah, I love Rome 2 but Shogun 2 is definitely  the most polished TW game

[jomni]

My vote goes to Shogun2  as well. Now if they can make a Mongol Invasion and a Korea Invasion DLC, then then the whole samurai saga will be complete.

[Gusington]

I was hoping, praying even, for a Mongol Invasion DLC for Shogun 2 but it never came from CA. IIRC there is a mod that inserts Korea into the map of the main game and as a playable faction. Not sure if that modder is still active...is work is available at the Steam workshop.

There is also a mod for Rome 2 that replaces Bactria with China. IIRC it is called Kessen and looks very polished.