When will you buy MTW2?

The Millesecond it hits the shelves! Be Sure!

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.

same here i dont care reviews besides the game is aswome

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Originally Posted by highlanddave

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.

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Mind if I ask what your specs are?

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Originally Posted by Spino

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.

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This sums it up nicely for me, too. I stopped playing RTW long ago, and I'm back playing the original MTW with mods.

I have already pre-ordered the game.
Even though many people is criticizing the game i think it sounds great.

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.

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Originally Posted by highlanddave

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.

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I think your processor is a bit bad.Mine is 3.0 ghz,so that might give problems for you mate :no:

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

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Originally Posted by posty

...AND Voigtkampf does NOT go on a berserker rampage against it :laugh4:...

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I sincerely hope I'll find something else to rage against, and not MTW2...