What a disappointment.
The age of noble knights rescuing fair monsters from the clutches of ravenning princesses.
Running around banging coconuts together.
Attacking Castles with wooden rabbits.
What are the different troop types going to be? A knight is a knight whether he is wearing black & white robes, red & white robes or a pink tutu. The only real difference is in discipline (and whether they dance around singing under a full moon, shaking hands by rubbing their thumb on the other blokes second knuckle).
Likewise a retainer is a retainer whether he simply helps put the knights armour on or whether he has to remember to bring the ceremonial antlers and remind the knight which secret handshake his order is using this month.
Finally, a peasant rabble is a peasant rabble whether they are there because they've got nothing better to do or because they really believe that crap about smiting the infidel.
What differences are CA going to invent in order to provide different units?
How will seiges work? Historicaly every besieged force surrendered when there was no relief force available. Attackers simply waited around, threw a few rocks about with their Trebuchet and waited for the defenders to surrender. No General was stupid enough to mount a scaling ladder assault, that is the preserve of Hollywood films.
The one area that looks promising is the diplomacy. This is one period where politics and alliances really swung the course of history.
Right let's hear some of you enthusiasts defend CA's choice.
Oh and BTW my alternative wasn't Rome.
[This message has been edited by Tone (edited 08-31-2001).]
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