New NEW screenshot

[Monk]

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/rometotalwar_121203_001.jpg

This was released just today...it's posted at IGN and u can also see it through CA's main site.

all i can say is...wow

[Voigtkampf]

Thanx, Monk

"WOW" indeed... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif You know, I keep looking the videos and shots and simply still can't believe how good this baby looks...

Something truly worth waiting for http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Michael the Great]

That's really great http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

Awesome...but they still haven't fixed the horses...

[Stormer]

Sweet although i could of thought of a better on then the good old ormans and barbarians http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif but zstill better then nothing http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Paxx]

Thats awsome
I wonder what kind of graphics card could play this game. I think it must be very very heavy...

[FesterShinetop]

Thx Monk Nice screeny looks awesome. They were planning on fixing the weird long necks on the horses But they still have plenty of time I guess/I'm afraid. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

[Basileus]

quite nice http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[chilling]

They are using Nvidia 5900's on p4 3Ghz fast HD's and 512Mb RAM for Time Commanders.


That should be a pretty middle of the road machine by the time RTW is released.


I think that's an old screenie. The horses look like they've been fixed (necks anyway) on TC now.

[Ludens]

WOW

I'd certainly hate to be the guy who hold up that standard. What does it say, actually?

[Michael the Great]

Quote[/b] (chilling @ Dec. 16 2003,07:00)]They are using Nvidia 5900's on p4 3Ghz fast HD's and 512Mb RAM for Time Commanders.

That should be a pretty middle of the road machine by the time RTW is released.
http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/flat.gif

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Quote[/b] ]They are using Nvidia 5900's on p4 3Ghz fast HD's and 512Mb RAM for Time Commanders.

That should be a pretty middle of the road machine by the time RTW is released.
That doesn't mean it is acessible to everyone... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Scipio]

Quote[/b] ]They are using Nvidia 5900's

i cincerely hope so as I have the 9200 I should be fine http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif anyway great pic

[The Wizard]

Cool, the sky looks amazing Maybe the ambiance will return to the Shogun level at last... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Leet Eriksson]

can't.....wait.....gimme.....rtw.....now...... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[Monk]

NEW SCREEEEEN

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/rometotalwar_121203_002.jpg

HAIL THE SCIPIO http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/joker.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wave.gif

it looks like IGN is posting some new screens day to day, i will update this as i find more there

[Big King Sanctaphrax]

WOW I mean...WOW http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/birthday.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/birthday.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/birthday.gif RTW PAAAAAAAART-AY

[Scipio]

Quote[/b] ]HAIL THE SCIPIO


You know we Scipios just try to do our best http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/tongue.gif

[chilling]

How shiney are those horses arses??? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif


Come on guys, you want to play a cutting edge battle game with a full 3D engine with warfare that can handle thousands of troops, but you still want to crank up the old P2 to play it on....

[Monk]

Quote[/b] (chilling @ Dec. 16 2003,19:14)]How shiney are those horses arses??? http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif
Must have had contrast turned Waaaay up http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

there's one more screen to come, i'm waiting on IGN to post it

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

AWESOME, MONK http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

Yeaaaahhhh http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/bigthumb.gif

[Leet Eriksson]

no more...stop....thoe torture....can't....wait......CA....gimme RTW....

[Murmandamus]

There's a news post there for the third screen shot. I can see the thumbnail of it, but clicking on it gives me a 404 atm http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif

http://pc.ign.com/articles/446/446415p1.html?fromint=1

Does anyone else find the green sky in the first one a little odd? Looks like a TV set that's going bad or something http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/smile.gif

[Monk]

http://pcmedia.ign.com/pc/image/rometotalwar_121203_003.jpg

Now Ride forth

[discovery1]

Question:Why are 'northern' european axemen fighting romans in the desert? That and, any hope for an earlier release?

[Murmandamus]

Desert? Looks like a beach to me. The hills in the background are green. Are there any beaches like that on the Mediterranean?

[Voigtkampf]

ARGGGHHH, NO MORE http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/mad.gif

This is like Chinese water torture, letting drops of water falling on a prisoners forehead until this one goes insane Feeding us with little screenies, I'll go berserk until fall 2004 http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shock.gif

Err, this looks like a beach, but it's rather... desert-like, isn't it? Hmmm... where could that be?

[Kongamato]

Those men are also the Silver Shields, a Greek-made copy of the Roman legion. Kraxis told me that.

This means that the battle could be around Greece, if the setting was meant to be near any of the armies' homelands.

[Ludens]

Quote[/b] (Kongamato @ Dec. 17 2003,09:38)]Those men are also the Silver Shields, a Greek-made copy of the Roman legion. Kraxis told me that.
Weren't the Silver Shields an elite unit in Alexander's army?
If so, how could they be a copy of the Roman legions?

[Aymar de Bois Mauri]

Awesome picture http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Although I would like for CA to be more truethfull and historically acurate in their depiction of Celts, Gauls and "barbarians" in general... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/frown.gif

They seem so stereotyped http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/rolleyes.gif

[Nowake]

All units still march in sink.

I don't think that is the Mediteraneean, despite the description. I think it's Britain - Caesar's flag btw http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/pat.gif

[Teutonic Knight]

sooo, it's Caesar's army and a Greek army fighting celtic (germanic whatever) axemen on the beach http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/dizzy.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/shock.gif

[A.Saturnus]

Of course, Germanic troops can show up everywhere. Just like Almohads can invade Scandinavia. That may not be historical accurate, but the real barbarians weren´t controlled by the player...
BTW, the axes of the Chosen Axeman seem less huge than on the description pic.

[The Wizard]

those are normal axemen, not chosen ones. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/wink.gif

[Kraxis]

Quote[/b] (Ludens @ Dec. 17 2003,07:09)]
Quote[/b] (Kongamato @ Dec. 17 2003,09:38)]Those men are also the Silver Shields, a Greek-made copy of the Roman legion. Kraxis told me that.
Weren't the Silver Shields an elite unit in Alexander's army?
If so, how could they be a copy of the Roman legions?
Ehmm... Thanks Konga, haven't been considered a source that warrent a direct mention right away before. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/biggrin.gif

Ludens, the Silver Shields were established by Alexander by the very best of the Hypaspists. The idea of this unit was adopted at the very least by the Seleucids. Over time the Silver Shields changed in form, from phalangites, over peltasts, and back to swordinfantry when the Seleucids saw the Roman legionaries and how effective they were.
True though, they would never have looked like this, but the idea is correct enough.

[The Wizard]

Silver Shields were thus the Argiraspides... or however you spell that crazy name http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/dizzy.gif

[Ludens]

Aha, so a Silver Shield ment different things as time passed. Interesting.

Thank you for your answer, Kraxis and Wizzy