Re: should i bother coming back?
Ludens, that may be so. But with a few simple tweaks you can get consistently high quality and challenging battles.
I played the crap out of STW and MTW both vanilla.
I just could'nt play Vanilla RTW so I tried some mods, When they did'nt do it for me I learned how to make my own mod.
Sure I miss those ambushes too, but I am now having the most consistently challenging battles I have ever had, not to mention seeing the AI do things like never before.
Like keeping a reserve unit if you have a non-committed unit, pulling up a
unit(s) mid charge to counter your flanking attack. To name but two examples.
Sure there is still many issues but by simply concentrating on it's strengths and minimizing it's weak points it is possible to be challenged like never before.
Lets not forget RTW is new. Auto gen terrain, new strat map etc.
So when a game company has the balls to try something new and not simply
remake the same bloody game with bold new graphics.
They should be applauded for their guts, and not mocked when they stumble.
I played AOE and AOEII but I can't stand to look at AOEIII coz it's the same damn game.
Do you really want to be playing the same game year after year.
We are all TW fans and I am sure CA have heard our concerns.
So lets stop knocking the game for what it did wrong and start enjoying it for what it did right.
I like to think the next TW game is goin to rock all of our little fantasy worlds.
Re: should i bother coming back?
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Originally Posted by IceTorque
We are all TW fans and I am sure CA have heard our concerns.
So lets stop knocking the game for what it did wrong and start enjoying it for what it did right.
Considering we have had 2 posts from CA, and for every poster there is quite a few people who read the thread. This thread has had 30 posts and 824 views... so lets assume that the 2 CA posts mean that there has been 55 views by CA (probably a bit high)... but I bet some are reading it today. :book:
Re: should i bother coming back?
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Lets not forget RTW is new. Auto gen terrain, new strat map etc.
So when a game company has the balls to try something new and not simply
remake the same bloody game with bold new graphics.
They should be applauded for their guts, and not mocked when they stumble.
I agree entirely. However, I don't see why that means I cannot point out the flaws. I was (and to a lesser extent still am) disappointed with the game, and think that a lot of potential has been wasted.
Re: should i bother coming back?
So the consesus seems to be 'better, a bit - but wait fopr EB to be 1.5'd'?
Re: should i bother coming back?
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Originally Posted by Butcher
So the consesus seems to be 'better, a bit - but wait fopr EB to be 1.5'd'?
I found playing RTR to be as good as MTW or STW was. I've also got a lot of time for Barbarian Invasion. I admit am not inclined to go back to vanilla RTW (unless it were for a PBM) as RTR covers similar ground with lashings of extra historical flavour and some nice gameplay improvements (esp. restrictions on recruitment).
EB seems fantastic, although I am waiting for the next iteration as my Roman game is so plagued with CTDs, it's stopped being fun.
