Time to buy?

[Matty]

I've been holding off buying Empire after the whole medieval shennanigans and feel somewhat vindicated, but after the 3rd patch is now the time? I'm not very good at deleting curiously named files and other such customising and would - if its not too much to ask - just like to plug the game in and have it working to expectations. So, is it ready?

[A Very Super Market]

You need to do the menial work only if you have modded the game beforehand.

[Relic]

Buy it. Then Buy it again!

[Prussian to the Iron]

it might have just been me, but ive been running it on 2 seperate computers, 1 a vista 1 an XP, and i have only so far encountered the trade spot glitch, which is easily preventable if you are careful, plus ive had the game since release.

so, yes, you should get it.

and the deleting files, moving them around etc. is only if you are modding. i am using the all factions unlocked mod, and it was very straight forward and easy to understand.

[Graphic]

Buy it you dallying fool.

[Ethelred Unread]

I'd get it, but be sure to post your rig details, hopefully someone will have a similar one and tell you if it runs ok.

I bought GTA4 on release and had to wait 4 months or so until the patches let it work on my PC!

[joe4iz]

If you never patch the game, it works ok. I hate what the last patch did to the game. Obviously, that is my opinion.

I am so poor now, I cannot even properly garrison my towns. The armies in the field are at best 1/2 stacks. While enemy armies are the same way (smaller), this is not what I wanted to play. They should change the name of the game to TW skirmish. I have decided to quit playing it and see if there is any more changes. Other than that, I may delete the game and reload it with no option to update the game. I never had any CTDs prior to any of the patches, though I will say that I have had no crashes since the last patch. It did however, take the fun out of it.

[A Very Super Market]

Argh! Start a new campaign already!

[joe4iz]

Argh! Start a new campaign already!

Yes , I did that . But to consider that this is the 5th campaign I have started... I completed my first campaign pre-patch. All of the rest would crash at around 1760 ,playing all on a long campaign.

I simply wanted them to fix the bugs, not reinvent the wheel. The entire complexion of the game has changed. The "AI" is still nerfed, now it is still acts stupidly, sending small skimish armies out to fight and invade. They declare war for no good reason, just for sharing a border with you. You can no longer roleplay the game but must now smash those countries that you are war with. If you like to blitz, then this is your game.

So what if GB would not invade the continent or vis-versa? That is such a major flaw, attempting to "fix" it the way they did, helped nothing.

[Maleficus]

You should definitely buy this game

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

if you don't like money

To be honest, I've gone back to EB. Again.

If the patches continue to break the game at the same rate they fix it, ETW will never be finished....

[Relic]

You should definitely buy this game

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

if you don't like money

To be honest, I've gone back to EB. Again.

If the patches continue to break the game at the same rate they fix it, ETW will never be finished....

Well, I got mine the day it came out off Amazon, Special Forces Edition, free postage, for £35.
I can't say that was bad for money now!

[Prussian to the Iron]

If you never patch the game, it works ok. I hate what the last patch did to the game. Obviously, that is my opinion.

I am so poor now, I cannot even properly garrison my towns. The armies in the field are at best 1/2 stacks. While enemy armies are the same way (smaller), this is not what I wanted to play. They should change the name of the game to TW skirmish. I have decided to quit playing it and see if there is any more changes. Other than that, I may delete the game and reload it with no option to update the game. I never had any CTDs prior to any of the patches, though I will say that I have had no crashes since the last patch. It did however, take the fun out of it.

you can turn off auto-updates. thats what i did, and now i dont have to worry about uber-upkeep.....hehehe.....

[nafod]

It's still pretty borked imo. but fun nonetheless.