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Rome isn't so bad once you install either the Total Realism mod or EB. It just needs some tweaking. However, I still have fonder feelings for Medieval. I had a real deep love for Arablests. The truncated missile options of the Roman era just don't get me as happy ...
Medieval is the one I come back to most often.
I bought / acquired all three: Shogun/MTW VI and Rome at pretty much the same time. Medieval still has a fascination about it.
Rome <3
What he said. :2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Devastatin Dave
Shoggy all the way. :karate:
Shogun. Best atmosphere, immersion, and balance. The tight focus aids all elements of the game. I've never heard anyone else say this before, but I think the art was of the highest quality in Shogun.
Rome is awesome in terms of innovation, most notable in the campaign map. The heightened fidelity increases realism and complicates gameplay. However, the game is a little rough around the edges, with poor AI and balancing.
EDIT- Oh, I must give Medieval an honourable mention. Although I didn't like the game much when I played it (there's not that much innovation, mostly just more content), it is the game that got me into TW. You see, I saw previews for it and thought it looked awesome, but my PC at the time wasn't up to scratch. Soon after, I bought Shogun.
STW was good to the sense of,it never got boring,or to me anyhow,escally when MI came out. MTW was better, lost the feeling alittb bit, then when RTW came out, Yuck, felt like a "normal" SP game..
Very true. The artwork has never been quite as good since, IMHO. Medieval's was a bit scrappy, and Rome's is a bit cartoonish to say the least. I've never liked the portraits since MTW. The VI portraits were rather comical and the rome ones are of the same sort of style.Quote:
Originally Posted by cannon_fodder
I started with Shogun when it first came out, got the expansion pack, completetly skipped medieval for no real reason, then got Rome when it came out and the expansion later. In terms of gameplay Shogun felt better IMO, clever tactics and risky decisions felt much more significant and realistic and had much more of a tangible result one way or the other, battles felt more realistic in terms of fatigue, morale etc. but it did look like a bulldog chewing a wasp. Rome was teh bling smex0orz!!111 but the gameplay always felt lacking - both had brilliant atmosphere and the choice of period was great but the medieval period is by far my favourite so I'm looking forward to m2TW and hoping it will be a succesful crossover of the best of all previous games. Although I liked Romes graphics and setting I never fully completed a campaign and was far more compelled to mod it than with Shogun, which I completed several times and felt was perfect aside from visuals.
As I said, Shogun felt perfect, in terms of atmosphere it ruled, I felt like I was a Daimyo in feudal Japan, 'nuff said really. To be fair to CA it was always going to be easier to get the feeling of Shogun right than it was with the other titles. Feudal Japan was a smaller scope than the whole of Europe, Africa and the Middle East so they could spend more time on getting it right than getting it all in and done.
Probably Rome right now for the graphics, but I expect MTW2 to make the others look bad...
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Medieval. :2thumbsup:
Rome Barbarian for me is greatest, however, I still have been playing Medieval VI as I love the game play. cant wait for Medieval 2 to come out next month, already preordered it.
Medieval. Rome is simply not worth playing unmodded, and while I own Shogun I never could get it to run :oops:
I like very much ROME iam still playing it for about two years for me is number one. I dont know about the SHOGUN i never played :beam:
Rome has nice features, which the other titles do not have. What I like most about Rome is the movement point system, which acts as a time layer between the strategy map and tactic battles (it would be nice to have the option to decide where to retreat to when attacked: defending magic hills is better than suffering in a gorge).