ROME:Total War - PCGamer UK Feb 2003

PCGAMER (UK) Feb 2003 has a preview of Rome:Total War. The preview is 8 pages long and there is also a video on the CD.

The graphics look amazing and the article tells quite an interesting story.

I will attemp to scan the pages in so you can all have a look for yourselves. But this wont be until later tonight.

The Release date say Feb 2003, but i think this is a typo, and should be Feb 2004. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...s/confused.gif
There is then another section in the mag which say release date Christmas. So I dont know

Anyway back to the article. I will also post some of the pictures from the disc.

See you all later.....

LOL, Xmas, that's a good joke. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...s/rolleyes.gif

FEB the 8th it come out on ...In shops not sure..

Cool, shade is it the same video as the intro we all downloaded you still trying to scan the pages up http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...ns/biggrin.gif

Ok im back...... and as promised below are the scanned pages from PCGAMER.

The video is a different story, its the same as the one you have all seem, such a pity, I was hoping for some ingame stuff. Never mind.

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Damn I wish it was really coming out in Feb 2003.

Damn you CA I will die as a bachelor, old and alone

Bah, at least you guys over there GOT a preview. The Feb 2003 edition of PCGamer US has nothing. Absolutely nothing Bah

-Vert

......words cannot express what i'm feeling as of now...

Disappointment perhaps? I for one was hoping for

BARBIE: TOTAL WAR.

Playable factions include Ken, Barbie, the other one, the other one, and the other one.

Glorious acheivements include getting the house after the divorce and Who gets custody of the Kids.

RPG type simulations of how much working out to do before Barbies' outlandish and improbable figure causes her own spine to snap and building up money to pay for Kens dental plan.

Coming as soon as the dolls develop knee joints...

Brilliant Shade - many thanks, saved me the cost of a PC Gamer next Thursday http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...ons/tongue.gif

Whoa, very good... now God willing, I will pick this up next month.

BTW does this mean we can only play Roman legions?

Nope; according to some other posts, there are many other factions. I believe it's explained in the Next TW Game is Rome: Total War post in the Entrance Hall.

-Vert

I`m already apologising to the wife for all the various late nights, weekends when I`m going to be completely not interested in anything she`s going to say, want to do or work around the house that is not going to get done.

Thanks m8

Kas http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...ns/biggrin.gif

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Quote[/b] (and another thing.... @ Jan. 11 2003,13:20)]I`m already apologising to the wife for all the various late nights, weekends when I`m going to be completely not interested in anything she`s going to say, want to do or work around the house that is not going to get done.

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Way to stay ahead of the game http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...ns/biggrin.gif

-Vert

Gurgle... ghwhpts urrgh rall thaftaswht... *chokes on saliva*


*Bip bip bip bip*

Doctor: Can you explain the reason for his cardiac arrest?
My mother: He saw the preview of Rome: Total War... It has ruined our lives *sob sob sob*
Lawyer: So so, there is never anything that is so bad it is not god for something. We will demand 34373783 million dollars to settle this.

MY GOD If they just manage to complete half that they will still have to wait many years before anybody can even compete with them. GAH

Absolutely amazing If they pull it off, it will be game of the year, if not the decade.

this is great, cant wait http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/smile.gif

Thanks ShadesWolf, check's in the mail http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...icons/wink.gif

Why does CA have to tease us like this??? Please CA just put all the ingame movies and screens on your website

BTW, read about the rtw movie we've all seen. Apparently everything is ingame except the facial animations. I think we're going to have better fans than everquest.

whelp, time to upgrade the other computer. doom3, rome:tw...it had to happen...this shld boost the old economy a bit :)

K.

I just sh|t my pants.... http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

new computer time.

This looks sweet

you can expect similar changes in the high-level risk-style stretegy section too. Primarily, that it's no longer a risk-style section built out of chuncks. Instead, it's something considerably more ambitious. Rome: Total War features a continuous 3d map covering the whole of Europe, North Africa and the Middle East, and you can zoom down at any point on the map to the battlefield. In theory you could walk your army across the 3d terrain all the way from France to Egypt. This means ythat you can expect to meet on approximetely 10,000 battlefields...

Also mentioned in the article are day/night cycles, different climates for different regions, each side has totally unique units, flaming pigs(against elephants), digging under castle walls, seasons change, build forts to guard mountain passes, place units in the woods for ambushes, ford rivers, and move your army through different more difficult or easy routs http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/shock.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/shock.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/shock.gif

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Thx for the posting http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/shock.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/shock.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/dizzy.gif http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/wacko.gif

http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif Someone please slap me.

I find myself feeling like when I was a kid waiting for christmas - the wait was to damn long http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/mecry.gif

I all my excitement I still have that little worry, if they can pull this off and stil keep the playability intact?

It isn´t the first time we all get carryed away at wonderful graphics only to find, that designers forgot the other parts that make a game great.
HOPE NOT http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cgi/emoticons/eek.gif

Have you noticed the Roman soldier on first page does look like a naked woman? Somehow there are two pieces of locks to protect his ... nipples. http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...cons/joker.gif

If not, looks like he is wearing a bra too http://www.totalwar.org/forum/non-cg...icons/wink.gif

Annie

ps.: continuous strategic map, have we discussed that before here? Am happy

I am puzzled by the possible mechanics of the new strategic map. If there are no provinces, what will represent who controls what areas of the map? Previously the province borders contained the faction colors and indicated who was in control of what region. If the new map lacks these individual borders I am curious how they will exhibit regional control.

It is thrilling to see so many of the concerns and ideas expressed right here in this forum are being addressed or incorporated into the future of the Total War series Thanks devs