View Full Version : When will you buy MTW2?
Mount Suribachi
08-26-2006, 11:29
When will you buy MTW2?
I'll be waiting 25th november in front of the-still closed- entrance door of my local game distributor.:laugh4:
Mount Suribachi
08-26-2006, 11:33
Me, I must confess to being more and more intrueged by the game. Assuming it doesn't slip, I'll probly get it for Christmas - there should be some small mods for it out by then, maybe even a patch.
I'll be preordering it some time next month, I would do it now, but I want to check if any site might be selling it cheaper.
Orda Khan
08-26-2006, 11:54
I will never pre-order again. Make sure that the pre-order price does not exceed the actual release price.
This time I admit I will be waiting quite some time to find out if the game is worth buying
....Orda
Midnight
08-26-2006, 12:13
After Rome, I'll wait and see what the community says.
edyzmedieval
08-26-2006, 12:16
I already pre ordered it. ~:)
I love TW games, this makes no exception from the rule.
SpencerH
08-26-2006, 13:05
I want to hear what's said about it by players I respect and if it needs serious patching I'll wait some more.
I doubt I will buy it.
CBR
sbroadbent
08-26-2006, 14:31
I voted other as in anytime between the release date and 2-3 months afterwards depending on my financial situation, which may include waiting until I also have the ability for a Video and/or CPU upgrade. That upgrade all depends on how well my current system runs Medieval 2.
Darth Nihilus
08-26-2006, 14:54
I will get it as soon as it hits the stores. There will be a lot of mods out for it anyway that will make the game how it "should" be if it's got a lot of problems.
doc_bean
08-26-2006, 15:40
IF I like the demo then
WHEN it's been out for a while and the major bugs have been killed, probably christmas-early February.
If I'm not impressed with (or at least satisfied by) the demo, I *might* get it in a few years when there's a gold edition out...
Vladimir
08-26-2006, 16:19
After the price hopefully drops after Christmas.
Need to try the demo first.
Not sure how well it will run on my computer so I'm waiting.
If it does run well then it is release day for me :2thumbsup:
I have never had a pre-order go well, retailers always make a disaster of it. So, first day of release for me.
AussieGiant
08-26-2006, 18:55
I'll wait to see what everyone thinks here. Then, depending on how things pan out either buy it after a month or wait for a patch.
I really hate it when a game has a really obvious problem that affects game play significantly.
Faenaris
08-26-2006, 19:00
I'm getting the game ASAP (read: when it hits the stores).
Divine Wind
08-26-2006, 19:13
For the last two TW games, my dad and I have always received it as a joint Christmas present, so i doubt that tradition will change :)
For the last two TW games, my dad and I have always received it as a joint Christmas present, so i doubt that tradition will change :)
Does your dad play total war games? :jawdrop:
Manstein
08-26-2006, 19:56
I will wait until is drops to 39.99. It may be 2007 by then, but I'm not too hyped for this game.
IrishArmenian
08-26-2006, 22:07
I have a system worked out with my nephew in California. He gets me certain games, and I either pay him back over time or whisper good things into his parents' ears. Good system.
cutepuppy
08-27-2006, 10:26
when I have a computer who can handle it. I'm still "enjoying" my 6 year old PentiumIII.
Does your dad play total war games? :jawdrop:
Erm? Don't see why he wouldn't. I mean I'm only 15 n all but I know theres a large community of people who are fathers that play TW....
Anyway, I think despite prices elsewhere I'll be preordering with Amazon, they're jsut usually more reliable than places like play.com.:2thumbsup:
when i got Rome i played it for like 5-7 hours a day (11-13 if no school) in about 2 months. fortunatly i still studied at a retarded elementary school which diden't give any homework whatsoever and you could easily manage to get the highest grades but now i'm at upper secondary school and a tough one so if i get Medieval 2 when it's realeased i will both screw my gaming and my studies up so i will wait until the summer holydays, also it will be patched by that time.
EDIT: although if my local shops will arrange somekind of realease event in the night i might showup and get it and then just wait. when WoW and BF2 were realeased they had masquerades so maybe they will make one for Medieval 2.
Barbarossa82
08-27-2006, 11:13
When I get a PC capable of running it at more than 3 frames per minute ~:mecry:
After the inevitable patches come out and the community has had enough time to assess the remaining flaws, I may buy it if there are no major problems left.
Mind you, I may wait for it to drop in price, too - I'm still having more than enough fun with MTW (1):laugh4:
Divine Wind
08-27-2006, 13:05
Does your dad play total war games? :jawdrop:
He plays for at least an hour everyday after work! Several hours at weekends.
Total War and football are what we talk about most of the time, annoys the females in my family so much :laugh4:
sunsmountain
08-27-2006, 13:23
Rome TW is already quite pretty, pretty enough for me. So unless the gameplay and in particular, lastability is increased through good battlemap AI, campaign map AI, and hopefully, multiplayer balance, then I'll buy it. Else not.
The community will be the major judge of that. And the demo will be an indication of whether gameplay has been improved, ignoring scripting.
He plays for at least an hour everyday after work! Several hours at weekends.
Total War and football are what we talk about most of the time, annoys the females in my family so much :laugh4:
Dude that's just awesome :laugh4:
Louis de la Ferte Ste Colombe
08-27-2006, 17:06
I doubt I will buy it.
CBR
I'll buy when CBR tells me it's good.
Louis,
Duke John
08-27-2006, 18:56
Most of the people whose opinion I value don't seem to be eager on buying M2:TW, so it might take a while before I buy it myself. But I'll be looking closely at the demo for a few things and if they are present then I won't even wait for the veteran reviews.
Edit: but of course I do hope that it's good enough to make me buy it!
Orda Khan
08-27-2006, 19:11
Anyway, I think despite prices elsewhere I'll be preordering with Amazon, they're jsut usually more reliable than places like play.com.:2thumbsup:
Make sure the price does not drop after you pre-order. This is what happened with RTW and even though Amazon then advertised the lower price, my copy was sent to me at the original.....eight quid more than I could buy it on release day. My pre-ordered copy arrived days later and I then had the hassle of returning it with the found it cheaper elsewhere reason. There should be no problem buying it on release day, it will be everywhere
......Orda
The Spartan (Returns)
08-27-2006, 20:08
other:
when i get enough money for it.
so probably Christmas.
DUTCH-BUDDHA
08-27-2006, 21:38
I already pre ordered it, bud i am scart that if the game is out it will be worth to multi ply it maybe there should be some small mods for it maybe even a patch that u can ply the game multi ply all the wy and from the screen sots i see that u still command 20 army's maybe the game will look better but u cannot command more troops i am scart of.and i like the roman empire tim more then medieval and from wat i seen is that u can have pistols and cannons it is not mi game type .This time I admit I will be waiting quite some time to find out if the game is worth plying it :dizzy2:
Incongruous
08-27-2006, 21:54
When my History and Classics teachers told me thay had pre-ordered it I was damned if I wouldn't too.
Most of the people whose opinion I value don't seem to be eager on buying M2:TW, so it might take a while before I buy it myself. But I'll be looking closely at the demo for a few things and if they are present then I won't even wait for the veteran reviews.
Edit: but of course I do hope that it's good enough to make me buy it!
That pretty much sums it up for me as well, Duke John. I very much want Medieval 2 to be a good game, but I have absolutely no intention of buying it until I've read the reviews/opinions of Org (and a few .COM) members whose views I respect. The problem, however, is of course that most of *those* people aren't any more eager to waste plunk down $50.00 for the game than we are.... ~:rolleyes:
edyzmedieval
08-28-2006, 15:23
50 gran for MTWII? Lol. :laugh4:
I usually buy TW games for 1.300.000-1.400.000 which is about 29 euros.
I'm probably going to wait and see. I need to build a new computer, and RL will be pwning my life for the next few months at least, so I don't really have much choice anyway. At least I'll know what to expect when I'm ready to buy it. Until then, VI campaigns for me. :2thumbsup:
Dutch_guy
08-28-2006, 16:02
Another wait and seer over here, although after the first comments or two I've probably gotten to the point where I just need to see for myself. So in the end I'll probably cave in and buy it, even if the board completely devastates the game :sweatdrop:
:balloon2:
Probably as soon as it comes out, unless the system requirements are too high for my humble pc...
50 gran for MTWII? Lol. :laugh4:
I usually buy TW games for 1.300.000-1.400.000 which is about 29 euros.
Here in Belgium you also pay 50/45 euros for a computer game.
Vlad Tzepes
08-28-2006, 19:13
Here in Belgium you also pay 50/45 euros for a computer game.
Well yes it's somewhere around 30 Euro in Romania... but that's 3 to 6 months after release.
And yes I'm going to buy it as soon as I get it, regardless of it's inevitable flaws or bugs. I'm pretty sure MTW II it's going to be, all in all, a good game - and just a game, by the way, so I don't see any need to get nervous about it.
Well yes it's somewhere around 30 Euro in Romania... but that's 3 to 6 months after release.
And yes I'm going to buy it as soon as I get it, regardless of it's inevitable flaws or bugs. I'm pretty sure MTW II it's going to be, all in all, a good game - and just a game, by the way, so I don't see any need to get nervous about it.
Totally right dude;)
But you can't get a computer game in Belgium for 30 euros after 3 months of release :juggle2:
Pre-ordered already. Don't know if I have time to go and look around in November for cheaper options.
I don't really care if it's perfect or not. Rome wasn't either and I got some good hours out of it (definitely my money's worth). It will probably be similar with M2TW but then I am hoping especially for a better multiplayer! Didn't like Rome's and after the initial try I never went on it again.
Quid
After getting burnt with Rome by buying it at full price the day it was released I am taking a comfortable position on the proverbial fence with respect to MTW2. Like many TW fans I naturally assumed Rome would not only be much better looking than Medieval but also deeper and more challenging. I was completely suckered in by Rome's pre-release hype and was incredibly ticked off when i realized that for all its revolutionary advances it lacked the same depth as Medieval and was not nearly as challenging. It wasn't until the Rome Total Realism mod had matured to the point where it had a profound impact on gameplay that I bothered to give Rome another chance. Tragically even the best Rome mods (i.e. RTR and Darth's AI formations) can only do so much to improve gameplay and improve the AI.
People need to realize that from a business standpoint CA does not need to address any of the complaints leveled against Rome by the the TW community. Rome was a massive success for CA and proved that the satisfaction or dissatisfaction expressed by the core TW community is no longer linked to the success of the TW franchise. I find it incredulous that CA stands firmly by its newfound lowest common denominator approach when more complex and challenging empire building strategy games like Civilization IV routinely outsell the TW series by a handsome margin.
But hey, I desperately hope CA proves me wrong and MTW2 makes good on the mistakes made with Rome. But in light of recent events can anyone blame some of us for taking a pessimistic stance?
Basically I'm taking a 'wait and see approach' coupled with a 'wait for decent mods' stance.
I will buy it when these things happen at the same time.
1. I have enough extra money to cover it, as well as food, rent, and medical.
2. I am at the store buying something business related (for the travel expense).
3. I see a good review or three online.
mfberg
This is the first TW game with which I'll wait to see what the community says before I buy it. RTW left a really bad taste in my mouth.
We'll see what the demo is like. RTW's demo was just like the game.
Bombasticus Maximus
08-29-2006, 19:16
I will get it as soon as it appears in the shops. Someone in a previous post said the 25th so if I go down and no one has it I will be annoyed.
Lord Godfrey
08-29-2006, 20:37
The day it comes out. I am hoping that it combines what I liked from the original MTW with the advances from RTW. I may be disappointed, but even if it is not perfect I expect it will be great.
The Lord of Dance
08-30-2006, 18:29
Reserved that sucka...
Sir William Wallace
09-01-2006, 14:33
I honestly this is my first time on these boards since last winter. And to my surprise I come back to see there is a MTW 2 coming out. Since MTW was my fav, i will most definitly pre order MTW 2. I can't wait.
screwtype
09-01-2006, 15:33
I'll probably wait to hear what the TW community has to say about the game. That is, after the usual wave of fanboys have stopped spamming the boards with ecstatic praise for the game and vehemently attacking anyone who dares to disagree.
When i will buy it ? When I see it in the shop :laugh4:
I will purchase it for my Christmas present (my wife would never purchase me a game that will occupy my free time). Wrap it and set it under the tree. The hard part will be not opening it till Christmas. :help:
highlanddave
09-02-2006, 00:14
i suppose i will eventually cave in. in addition to good reasoning in the above posts for waiting for reviews from the boards (not magazines, they raved about rome), my computer really choked up on big battles in barbarian invasion. it had an especially hard time with fire arrows.
since i have read it will have bigger polygon counts i suppose it is time to think new computer. i am stuck though because of vista operating system. i can only afford a new computer every 8 yrs or so. so i will wait and see.
Voigtkampf
09-02-2006, 08:17
In for a penny, in for a pound.
I'll by it the first day it hits the stores. I never pre-order, got my connections in the gaming world.. ~;) Got all other TW titles and expansions, will get this one as well. Gives a better feel than Rome, which is odd since we were all looking through happy-bunny glasses when we were daydreaming about Rome and its nearing release... Am I in for another bad surprise? :juggle2:
In for a penny, in for a pound.
I'll by it the first day it hits the stores. I never pre-order, got my connections in the gaming world.. ~;) Got all other TW titles and expansions, will get this one as well. Gives a better feel than Rome, which is odd since we were all looking through happy-bunny glasses when we were daydreaming about Rome and its nearing release... Am I in for another bad surprise? :juggle2:
Bad surprise?Who says the game can't be good? :laugh4:
Mount Suribachi
09-02-2006, 11:27
Interesting results of this poll so far, thanks to everyone for voting.
Just over half of us will have MTW2 as soon as it come out - would never have guessed it would be that high.
Just over a quarter of us are adopting a wait and see approach
Only one person refuses to buy it outright.
And the rest of us will probly get it at some point, just not yet.
therother
09-02-2006, 12:35
I retain some cautious optimism for the game, so I won't absolutely rule out buying it. But I've spent more time playng STW and MTW in the last two years than RTW. In fact, a lot more time. There is some cause for optimism though: BI was an incremental improvement on RTW, or so I'm told (bought it but could never face actually playing it) and they've had another year to fiddle with things. I will probably wait and see what others around this forum think to determine if and when I buy it. I plan to completely ignore the professional reviews, whether they are good or bad.
Since 2000, I've been an early-adopter, but after Rome's disappointment, I'll be a 2nd-wave buyer this time. If frogbeastegg blesses it with 3-out-of-5 stars or better, AND Voigtkampf does NOT go on a berserker rampage against it :laugh4: , AND the devs respond promptly to the inevitable flaws found, I'll pay the $50, about a month after release.
If any of those 3 conditions aren't met, I'll wait until the price drops to $25, or skip it altogether if you lot totally pan it.
The Millesecond it hits the shelves! Be Sure!
The Blind Samurai
09-02-2006, 18:24
i just preorderd it
I'll buy it right off the bat, I don't care for other peoples reviews. I like to rate the game myself.
I've had many experiences with people telling me how bad a game/movie is and I enjoyed it so I'm forking out the cash to see for myself.
The Blind Samurai
09-02-2006, 18:28
same here i dont care reviews besides the game is aswome
screwtype
09-03-2006, 09:57
i suppose i will eventually cave in. in addition to good reasoning in the above posts for waiting for reviews from the boards (not magazines, they raved about rome), my computer really choked up on big battles in barbarian invasion. it had an especially hard time with fire arrows.
since i have read it will have bigger polygon counts i suppose it is time to think new computer. i am stuck though because of vista operating system. i can only afford a new computer every 8 yrs or so. so i will wait and see.
Mind if I ask what your specs are?
Biggus Diccus
09-03-2006, 12:05
After getting burnt with Rome by buying it at full price the day it was released I am taking a comfortable position on the proverbial fence with respect to MTW2. Like many TW fans I naturally assumed Rome would not only be much better looking than Medieval but also deeper and more challenging. I was completely suckered in by Rome's pre-release hype and was incredibly ticked off when i realized that for all its revolutionary advances it lacked the same depth as Medieval and was not nearly as challenging. It wasn't until the Rome Total Realism mod had matured to the point where it had a profound impact on gameplay that I bothered to give Rome another chance. Tragically even the best Rome mods (i.e. RTR and Darth's AI formations) can only do so much to improve gameplay and improve the AI.
People need to realize that from a business standpoint CA does not need to address any of the complaints leveled against Rome by the the TW community. Rome was a massive success for CA and proved that the satisfaction or dissatisfaction expressed by the core TW community is no longer linked to the success of the TW franchise. I find it incredulous that CA stands firmly by its newfound lowest common denominator approach when more complex and challenging empire building strategy games like Civilization IV routinely outsell the TW series by a handsome margin.
But hey, I desperately hope CA proves me wrong and MTW2 makes good on the mistakes made with Rome. But in light of recent events can anyone blame some of us for taking a pessimistic stance?
Basically I'm taking a 'wait and see approach' coupled with a 'wait for decent mods' stance.
This sums it up nicely for me, too. I stopped playing RTW long ago, and I'm back playing the original MTW with mods.
azraeltheFallen
09-05-2006, 15:13
I have already pre-ordered the game.
Even though many people is criticizing the game i think it sounds great.
highlanddave
09-05-2006, 16:37
screwtype my computer has a 1.6 ghz processor, an ati radeon 9600 pro video card, sound blaster audigy2zs sound card, 1024 mb ram, 2 hard disks(40mb and a 160mb). i never upgraded to xp as i balked at spending the 175-200 bucks for the upgrade. the computer was originally from the year 2000 but i upgraded my video and audio about 2 years ago.
screwtype my computer has a 1.6 ghz processor, an ati radeon 9600 pro video card, sound blaster audigy2zs sound card, 1024 mb ram, 2 hard disks(40mb and a 160mb). i never upgraded to xp as i balked at spending the 175-200 bucks for the upgrade. the computer was originally from the year 2000 but i upgraded my video and audio about 2 years ago.
I think your processor is a bit bad.Mine is 3.0 ghz,so that might give problems for you mate :no:
ajaxfetish
09-05-2006, 21:24
I'll be waiting to see what my esteemed colleagues here at the .org have to say about the game's depth, realism, and gameplay before making the investment myself. If it wins their hearts I'll be picking it up as soon as possible. If it proves another disappointment I'll wait to see if mods bring it to at least the level of the original, and if so I'll buy then.
Ajax
Voigtkampf
09-06-2006, 08:36
...AND Voigtkampf does NOT go on a berserker rampage against it :laugh4:...
I sincerely hope I'll find something else to rage against, and not MTW2...
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