PC Gamer played the RTW demo!

[MiniKiller]

Its a lot fo info but its nothing really new, well to me it us but maybe not to you guys. If you guys want me to type it all out (I dont have a scanner) let me know and I will.

[Stormer]

Yes please if you do id gladly post it as news on totalwar.org, is it a pc gamer preview?

Thanks

[MiniKiller]

Sure no prob, here it is.

Its under the section "20 best games of E3"

Stunning Strategy in full 3D
Rome: Total War (Release date: 2004)

After seeing the demo for Rome: Total War, the upcoming third installment in the Total War series, I was literally speechless. Yes, it really looked that good.

First off, the battles are now rendered in glorious 3D. All of the models are fully polygonal and detailed with 3,000 motion-captured movements. With battles that will feature upward of 12,000 to 13,000 men, the new graphics infuse the entire experience with a more epic, gritty flavor as dust flies when your troops rush across the ground and swarms of men stream up ladders to attack the soldiers defending a city's ramparts.

The most impressive site was a horde of Carthaginian elephants, their riders charging them into a neatly ordered infantry line, trampling these poor soldiers underfoot or smashing them with their tusks and sending them flying through the air. It was an utterly fantastic display.

Beyond splendid eye candy in the organized troop lines, the cities also look marvelous. All of the buildings and structures that you creat in the strategic map mode appear on the battle map, and all of them can be destroyed, burned, and otherwise pulverized.

The strategic map is also being overhauled. It covers the same basic territory as Medieval's map, but instead of you sliding pieces around, they now animate, and you can see your troops march toward their destination. Also, the geography of the strategic map will match the battle map, so if you launch an attack in a forest, the battle will be set in a forest.

This game is at the top of my must-have list.

-William Harms

Hey its me again, Mini, there is also a cool shot of an elephant running through an infantry line and 2 shots of buildings, one mostly being of the army around the buildings.

There was a review for VI aswell. They gave it a 75% but said its a must have, but could have been better.

[MiniKiller]

Monk No he wanted me to do it so I did..all that work to see urs right above mine ahhh, hoopefully he will take mine and give me credit http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif lol

[Monk]

sorry mini, post deleted http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Stormer]

ok edited this post.

[Hakonarson]

Sigh - of course he's speechless - there's nothing to say appart from loving the wildly inaccurate Carthaginian elephants lol

[Stormer]

ok iv updated it and gave mini killer the credit, sorry monk but i did ask him.

Thanks again mini killer

[Monk]

np Stormer, i deleted my post sorry for any mix up

[MiniKiller]

Thank you Monk, I just never got to enter anything here at the org, it feels good http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[MiniKiller]

Looks good http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif No need for a space MiniKiller looks better together and if u want to add the issue and stuff

August 2003-Volume 10- Number 8

[RisingSun]

Atually, I don't think he means a playable demo, I thnk he means just a little demonstration.

[MiniKiller]

I wasnt to sure about this either when I went through it, but it was most likely a playable demo that they didnt play, u know? like they watched it but it was infact a demo.

I'm tired and I'm sure that mad 0 sence http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[FesterShinetop]

I also doubt he really played a demo. How could you play an early demo of RTW and then write so little about it, regardless of being speechless or not... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Jacque Schtrapp]

Quote[/b] (Apache @ June 25 2003,04:16)]I also doubt he really played a demo. How could you play an early demo of RTW and then write so little about it, regardless of being speechless or not... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif
Exactly, were you to be struck dumb your hands could still type volumes of praise (after the shakes went away that is http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif ).