caelio
01-17-2003, 02:36
Yeah, blatant copy of gladiator and braveheart.
And just as innacurate- lets hope the game isn't so derivative and stupid.
My gripes:
Archers were not particularly import units in Roman armies, and they definately weren't composed of legionares, as it appears they were in the intro. Archers were auxilia units, and in most cases were used to distract and break up tight formations of spearmen to make them more susceptible to attack from the Roman heavy infantry. Like slingers, they were not expected to inflict a great deal of casualties. The principal missle weapon in the roman army (until the 4th century) was the javelin...
...which in the intro was totally unused. Instead the maniples went into tortuga formation. Why? So the men back ranks could protect their heads from a charge from a group of swordsmen. ??? Caesar would have been pissed to see us fighting gauls like that, even on our computers.
Of course I can't wait and will be the first one to buy a copy.
PT*
And just as innacurate- lets hope the game isn't so derivative and stupid.
My gripes:
Archers were not particularly import units in Roman armies, and they definately weren't composed of legionares, as it appears they were in the intro. Archers were auxilia units, and in most cases were used to distract and break up tight formations of spearmen to make them more susceptible to attack from the Roman heavy infantry. Like slingers, they were not expected to inflict a great deal of casualties. The principal missle weapon in the roman army (until the 4th century) was the javelin...
...which in the intro was totally unused. Instead the maniples went into tortuga formation. Why? So the men back ranks could protect their heads from a charge from a group of swordsmen. ??? Caesar would have been pissed to see us fighting gauls like that, even on our computers.
Of course I can't wait and will be the first one to buy a copy.
PT*