New Video in German Magazine

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Originally Posted by IceTorque

Does anyone else notice how some of the infantry is in a wedge formation ?
or are my tired old eyes playin tricks on me ?

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Are you talking about when the arab/turks charge through the breach in the wall? I think that is just because of the breach, like when you charged thru a gate in RTW.

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Originally Posted by Sir Robin

Are you talking about when the arab/turks charge through the breach in the wall? I think that is just because of the breach, like when you charged thru a gate in RTW.

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No, I was referring to this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzoC7glqQko

The only part that looked it might have infantry in wedge formation is the deployment phase of the first battle when he zooms in on the front line and pans across. Well at least to me, my eyes are hardly young either.

I think that visual effect was only caused by them standing on uneven ground.

Didn't STW or MTW have the wedge formation for infantry? Been a long time since I played either.

Would be nice to be able to put the heavy footsloggers into a wedge for the charge whether historically accurate or not.

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Originally Posted by ivoignob

I have the feeling, the only reason why these pictures don't impress us anymore is the fact, that playing huge battles with massive armys is nothing new to us anymore. The ability to play epic battles was the keyfactor which bounded us to MTW and some others to STW as well, it was not the "better" AI in my humble opinion. Unfortunately the magic is gone, that's why we are alway looking back to MTW. And because of this fact, the programmers have a much harder time to impress us now. Progress is much much slower now. Just a few thoughts, and excuse me for getting offtopic....

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You are probably right. We have all become jaded to some extent. However, the comments about speed and balance still hold true. It isn't an epic battle if it's over in five minutes, and it isn't fun if you cavalry and cannon are all you need to win. That is not to say that every battle should be a two-hour marathon, but I would appreciate a somewhat slower pace than in R:TW. This videos seem to indicate that the reverse has happened, but that really doesn't mean much. They are meant to give a quick demonstration and look spectacular.

BTW, good observations LegioXXXUlpiaVictrix!