I just bought M2TW...

**A Terribly Harmful Name** · 01-04-2009, 05:06

In anticipation of EB II, I bought the original M2TW and have Kingdoms coming on the way.

What I can really say, and was probably uttered so many times, is that especially for the fact that I came from EB, it really, really seemed to have an astounding lack of depth and arcade feeling that got me away in the first day.

Anyway don't expect a lot unless you're really into mods or waiting for them. I'll be back to good old EB action now.

Oh and you who didn't get it yet would probably be better doing the same

. Some of the features were interesting, but overall I think even good old RTW vanilla rates higher than it; M2TW, plainly speaking, is one step beyond pacman in terms of complexity. But modders turn out with the best results! We eagerly await.

**penguinking** · 01-04-2009, 06:09

I agree. My reaction to M2TW was pretty much the same. No depth, and those elephant cannons were ridiculous.

**fatsweets** · 01-04-2009, 07:11

I purchased it six months ago and only spent 4 hours playing before I stopped and went back to EB, haven't played since.

**Megas Methuselah** · 01-04-2009, 08:00

I cannot believe such a person as Basileos Ton Ellenon, of all people, would bother with M2TW. Wow. Europa Barbarorum regularly puts other games to the horrid levels of shame and disgrace. It should be no wonder, then, that you are dissapointed with M2TW. However, you were, after all, foolish enough to purchase it in the first place...

Anyways, approach the situation as Methuselah would, and take a look at the bright side of things: at least you'll be ready to install EB2 when it's done.

**Mjolnir** · 01-04-2009, 08:12

I would personally recommend the mod The Long Road if you want to make M2TW a bit more playable. It adds a bunch of extra provinces, factions, and units, slows the turn length down to a half year per turn, makes your economy much more important, and adds some fun RPing elements as well.

**glouch** · 01-04-2009, 09:32

don't forget the up-and-coming M2TW mod, Dominion of the Sword. i'm hoping it's kind of the EB of the medieval period XD

**Space_Ed** · 01-04-2009, 10:07

Yeah I got it a while back and didnt play it for long. I mainly got it for when EB2 comes out but I wanted to give it a good go. Compared to EB it really did seem quite rubbish although I do love the Total War videos. Thats one of my favourite things they do. So I had a look at the The Long Road mod wiki and it sounds like it could be good but I still doubt it would come close the quality of EB. Does anyone know of any other mods for M2TW or Rome that are as good or come close to the quality of EB? I love the way I really get involved into the period and I think its a great way of living history playing this sort of thing. So yeah anything else for any other period for Rome or M2TW that comes even close?

**The_Brittunculi** · 01-04-2009, 10:27

I got bored of that game very quickly as well. It didn't have much depth, and the lack of realism and historical accuracy was a turn-off. Some things I liked about it though were the variation of the soldier's attire within units, and the animations (especially the posture of the cavalry). I haven't tried Kingdoms yet though.

**cultist** · 01-04-2009, 11:58

Two good mods for M2TW:
Deus lo Vult and Stainless Steel.Try them out,i like antiquity better tho

**Space_Ed** · 01-04-2009, 13:07

Just spent a while looking over Dominion Of The Sword. Looks like it could be pretty amazing. LOADS of historical detail I'd say about equal to EB standards in detail and complexity. Campaign map wasnt as pretty as EBs though so I let them know my feelings lol