Just a question to see what dedicated EB players will be doing on the day of the release of R2TW.
I will be playing EB, because I ordered a physical copy so I will have to wait a week or two before I will be playing.
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Just a question to see what dedicated EB players will be doing on the day of the release of R2TW.
I will be playing EB, because I ordered a physical copy so I will have to wait a week or two before I will be playing.
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Hmm, I guess that retailer is getting it late? I ordered the discs as well, but I would have already had them Saturday if I was home for the courier. Someone else also posted on the Rome2 forum that they received their copy already. Every region is different I suppose, I'm in Europe.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frtigern
There's a good chance I might be playing EB as well anyway though... after getting utterly disappointed in the game and setting it aside 'til it gets modded :furious:
Working, having a social life.
No interest whatsoever in R2TW, I don't have time for all the ahistorical crap CA like to slot into their games. I might buy it, eventually, should some good historical mods come out for it (and I get a new computer).
what he said.Quote:
Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius
I was going to wait until after the reviews (proper reviews from people like Angry Joe, not paid reviews from IGN and PC Gamer) and Youtube footage before I bought Rome 2. I spent release day reading the forums to see first impressions and was amazed at how badly people were reacting to the release. I thought it must be an overreaction, there's no way it can be this bad - even though I know Total War games are notorious for releasing with more bugs than a cheap Thai hotel.
Alas, they're really not wrong. I genuinly struggle to find positive things to say about this game. The campaign map looks amazing, that's one good thing. The graphics are pretty good (though my PC is too old to run it above medium). Is there anything else good to say about it? Not really. Compared to Shogun 2 and Fall of the Samurai, which for me are easily the high point of the Total War series, Rome 2 is abysmal. Up to now I thought that no matter how buggy or how bad future TW games might be, there's no way they could be buggier or worse than the absolute mess that was Empire. I was wrong. This game is truly, truly awful. The AI is awful, the capture points in land battles are awful, the way battles are over so quickly is awful, the way battles have been so badly arcadey-fied is awful, the lack of traits for generals is awful and makes me feel completely disconnected to what's going on. The lack of a family tree or specific characters of interest is absolutely awful. Rome 2 is so bad it makes me completely rethink my opinion of Empire. Empire almost seems like a masterpiece now.
I wish I could get my money back for this unpolished turd. Looking forward to EB2 even more now.