Monk
04-06-2004, 23:37
Well, it was i think one year ago that we first got the first glimpse of rtw. we were all so excited and gitty we could barely contain ourselves (i know i was). little by little we were given screen shots and movies, each time we found a little thing wrong and fussed about it until the devs assured us they would look into it. E3 rolled around and we got an even larger look at rtw, from what i could tell rtw was shaping up nicely.
Then a little hit show by the name of Time commanders hits the waves in Britian. besides horses tails and necks most of us were god smacked as how well it was all coming together. i even remember uttering the words "my god...CA is actually going to pull this off" time went on and everything was fine, a few movies there, screens here, and there was much rejoicing.
Suddenly, everything starts to go wrong, and i believe you know what i mean. In the US PCG it is declared that one must play as a Roman faction first to unlock 7 others. Right there many of us died, but all hope was not lost as the us pcg has a habit of misunderstanding and making things up. we went on bring up rumors and speaking with devs and all was fine...
PC zone was just released with a big article on RTW. in that ca plainly confirms that factions will be locked and the roman factions available will be "encouraged" to play a certain way. by their words they even say:
"Julii will tend to move north into Gaul territories and mainland Europe. Brutii are more likely to come into conflict with the Greeks and Macedonians"
i can only guess that this "encouragement" means senate missions, and if i dont follow their missions i'd probably be attacked and purged from Roman soil for disobeying their will. So let's say i'm Julii, and i invade Iberia, it falls and i'm feeling pretty good about myself. but then all of a sudden the Senate comes up and tells me that unless i give them a share they will destroy me, all because i didn't follow their "missions". Is that seriously how its gonna be? well thats how it was in MTW, don't cease your attacks and the pope excoms you and rebelions multiply.
If there's no sense in that to you then think of it this way; Let's say i'm the english playing MTW, but since historically they fought the French that's the only way i can go without some penalty, when in reality you have the choice of going through Scandanavia or Spain instead of attacking into mainland Europe, we are rewritting history afterall (atleast i thought). (that little example is credited to The Emperor )
the last few weeks has seen a few bad issues implemented that may ruin the game's fun. here's an example that i've already made:
Let's say i play as a Roman faction first (i'm going to have to the way things are going) and i beat the campaign. I'm happy and i can finally play as Carthage or Macedon. but for some unforeseen reason time becomes scarce and i remove rtw for space on my comp. one day i'm sitting around and i say "hey i'm not as busy as i used to be, i think i'll give rtw another go" only to find that i have to go through that whole unlocking thing All over Again. The same situation goes with mods, if we have to make a clean install after taking a mod off then we'd hav eto be roman before anything else.
These are the kinds of features where you either like them or hate them, i myself can;t stand my actions being dictated by the senate and my conquests being taken away if i disobey (i read once if you don't do as they say and conquer on your own, some of that will go back to the senate.) Neither do i like having no choice other then to play as Romans.
i needed to vent this...i think i feel a bit better now... feel free to comment...
Then a little hit show by the name of Time commanders hits the waves in Britian. besides horses tails and necks most of us were god smacked as how well it was all coming together. i even remember uttering the words "my god...CA is actually going to pull this off" time went on and everything was fine, a few movies there, screens here, and there was much rejoicing.
Suddenly, everything starts to go wrong, and i believe you know what i mean. In the US PCG it is declared that one must play as a Roman faction first to unlock 7 others. Right there many of us died, but all hope was not lost as the us pcg has a habit of misunderstanding and making things up. we went on bring up rumors and speaking with devs and all was fine...
PC zone was just released with a big article on RTW. in that ca plainly confirms that factions will be locked and the roman factions available will be "encouraged" to play a certain way. by their words they even say:
"Julii will tend to move north into Gaul territories and mainland Europe. Brutii are more likely to come into conflict with the Greeks and Macedonians"
i can only guess that this "encouragement" means senate missions, and if i dont follow their missions i'd probably be attacked and purged from Roman soil for disobeying their will. So let's say i'm Julii, and i invade Iberia, it falls and i'm feeling pretty good about myself. but then all of a sudden the Senate comes up and tells me that unless i give them a share they will destroy me, all because i didn't follow their "missions". Is that seriously how its gonna be? well thats how it was in MTW, don't cease your attacks and the pope excoms you and rebelions multiply.
If there's no sense in that to you then think of it this way; Let's say i'm the english playing MTW, but since historically they fought the French that's the only way i can go without some penalty, when in reality you have the choice of going through Scandanavia or Spain instead of attacking into mainland Europe, we are rewritting history afterall (atleast i thought). (that little example is credited to The Emperor )
the last few weeks has seen a few bad issues implemented that may ruin the game's fun. here's an example that i've already made:
Let's say i play as a Roman faction first (i'm going to have to the way things are going) and i beat the campaign. I'm happy and i can finally play as Carthage or Macedon. but for some unforeseen reason time becomes scarce and i remove rtw for space on my comp. one day i'm sitting around and i say "hey i'm not as busy as i used to be, i think i'll give rtw another go" only to find that i have to go through that whole unlocking thing All over Again. The same situation goes with mods, if we have to make a clean install after taking a mod off then we'd hav eto be roman before anything else.
These are the kinds of features where you either like them or hate them, i myself can;t stand my actions being dictated by the senate and my conquests being taken away if i disobey (i read once if you don't do as they say and conquer on your own, some of that will go back to the senate.) Neither do i like having no choice other then to play as Romans.
i needed to vent this...i think i feel a bit better now... feel free to comment...