There it goes, fun factor low.

[antisocialmunky]

The real thing is that there isn't much you can get after 1810 to spice it up. The tactics don't really change and the interesting techologies are only 1/2 way up the tree, the techs towards the end just give you.... prestige... um yeah?

[Graphic]

It's not really doing it for me anymore either. Mods will save it though. They always do. Until then it's CoH: Tales of Valor.

[Callahan9119]

Honestly, the only thing that made Rome palatable was EB and RTR before it, Stainless Steel/LTC for MTW2.

As soon as I realized nobody was coming to my India, or that as Spain was losing all her colonies to me, She would find other work for the million man army milling around I stopped caring.

[satchef1]

I got to this stage a few days ago. Went back to my Maratha campaign yesterday just to cause trouble, i can't be bothered to conquer everywhere. Instead i allied the Turks, Sweden and the Danes, loaded them up with cash and declared war on everyone. Even then NOBODY attacks. I was expecting all hell to break loose but all my allies are doing is sitting there hoarding the cash i'm giving them.

It's like i'm the only one with ambitions outside of the nearest two provinces! Give me war! If not at home then at least in the colonies!

Still, custom battles can be fun :)

[Ordani]

Trouble was brewing when I realized that not only was it much more efficient to train new units as opposed to trying to keep any at higher rank, but nobody ever attacked my totally undefended territories. Then that campaign started CTDing every time I moved a unit in France.

About three weeks ago I realized all my planning and maneuvering in the Prussian campaign was completely pointless. I gave Russia back all their territory. I gave them a half million in cash. Five turns later they declared war again, I went back and took Muscovy again from some armed populace. Then I gave it to Sweden, left all my land totally undefended and sent my 10 star general to fight the Barbary Coast with only pikemen and a 6lber.

Then I stopped playing.

[Graphic]

Honestly, the only thing that made Rome palatable was EB and RTR before it, Stainless Steel/LTC for MTW2.

As soon as I realized nobody was coming to my India, or that as Spain was losing all her colonies to me, She would find other work for the million man army milling around I stopped caring.

That's the biggest thing for me: the complete lack of naval invasions. Maybe I wouldn't even have noticed if people didn't post about it, but once I did it just sucked all the fun out of the game and made the whole thing seem pointless.

[nafod]

I have to say this is a problem with the computer gaming industry.

I STILL have Sid Meiers Colonization for MS DOS installed on my computer, and that came out in what 1992? The new one sucks btw.

I also still have Panzer General II installed and that's a what 1998 release?

No flashy graphics in either of those....

Hell if I bought a game that obsorbed me as well as the original Master of Orion I'd be floored. I'd pay $200 for that experience now. Instead I pay $50-$70 for flashy graphics and little content.

I played Rome for years. I played MT2 for years. It remains to be seen how long I'll play ETW but as I have time to post during the week it doesn't seem like a long time....

[Namarie22]

Yepp, the games are becoming like fastfood snacks.. :D

I can't put my finger on why though, but some games are probarly, because well, they were the first one in the genre, though, alot of things are missing in todays era. Not to mention "will it work out of the box?" that you dread each time you grab a new game.. :P

Both Dungeon Master and Mount and Blade give a feeling of stuff going on around you though, that's something missing in E:TW completely..


Well, did a fun thing yesterday, got the faction unlock and started a game as the Italian States.. :D Still only tricky at first though!