Hands up if you still play!

[Ironsword]

I rolled my sleeves up the other day and embarked on a MTW campaign for the first time in six months. The first sight of camels looming over the hill brought a great big tear of nostalgia to my eye!

There must still be a few of us left, so who's still here then? Hands up soldiers!

[drone]

Haven't played for about 6 months (time constraints), but I'm planning on resuming soon. Got to finish my Swiss campaign.

[marcusbrutus]

The lure is always there. And many mods to pick from. I want to play M2TW for the first time though. If you are techy help me out here: https://forums.totalwar.org/vb/showt...40#post2419940

[Brandy Blue]

The Volga Bulgars consolidated their hold on the steppes in my bedroom this morning. No camels in sight yet.

[The Wizard]

The Volga Bulgars consolidated their hold on the steppes in my bedroom this morning. No camels in sight yet.

Ooooh...

I recently got it to work on my netbook via a flash drive (after a 3 year hiatus because of the infamous nVidia problem) and am now playing Lithuania, struggling with the Kievans over who gets to rule Russia, in MTW XL.

[The Lurker Below]

since discovering this site MTW has become a lot more than one game now. currently working my way thru Ancient TW and looking forward to Reducks as well as Pike and Musket.

[Trapped in Samsara]

Hi

I have to limit myself to about four campaigns of MTW a year. Typically I'll spent around ten weeks playing 15 to 20 hours a week when I indulge, so I have to consciously apportion my time btw MTW and real life.

What keeps me engaged are the mods - thanks all you modders. I think XL+Tyb is great. My next campaign will be Pike and Musket. Am also looking forward to Redux v3.

I have a machine that is pretty stable, and sufficiently spec'd, for MTW. Hence it is dedicated to that role and frozen in time.

Given the way CA/SEGA have gone with Empire (Steam, $$downloadable content$$, reneging on their promise to provide mod tools ["Most moddable TW ever." Yeah, right.], crap battle AI, hugely buggy, no more patches or support, over-emphasis on eyecandy, increasingly arcade-like gameplay [e.g., the ridiculous and unrealistic naval stats changes and combat mechanisms 'balancing'], obsession with attracting "sandbox" players, etc.) I feel the franchise has no future.

Regards
Victor

Sapere aude

[Lykos]

The Golden Horde has just emerged!!! Tears and disaster in Khazar. The finest of the Byzantine Empire are heading over to Khazar to face their destiny!!!

[Vantek]

I think I average a few campaigns a year ^^ In a very irregular manner though - sometimes play every day for a week or two, sometimes go months without, sometimes play a few hours a week over a few months.

One thing is certain - the game never gets old! I, on the other hand, am not so fortunate... =(

[bondovic]

I never stop playing. Even when I take a 6-month break... Interesting campaign now (2 months since playing) - House VI-mod, Italy in Early; finally reached the Gothic line!

[Martok]

Count me in as raising my hand in a "yeah, sorta" way....

I think I average a few campaigns a year ^^ In a very irregular manner though - sometimes play every day for a week or two, sometimes go months without, sometimes play a few hours a week over a few months.

My own situation is very similar to yours. I still love MTW (and Shogun!), but I've not been in much of a Total War "mood" the last several months. (But then, I've not felt much like gaming at all lately, I suspect due in no small part to work-related stress.) I've probably not played a serious campaign in close to six months, but neither can I stay away from the game entirely. I believe the last time I fired up MTW was right around Christmas, when I was dinking around with Aragon -- I haven't played that faction in ages!

But anyway, yeah, I suppose you'd have to still count me as a player. I've not been getting into the game nearly as often as I used to (or as much as I'd like), but I've never been able to quit the game for very long!

[Kralizec]

I reinstalled MTW two months ago. Since the holidays I can't find my disc

[Roark]

I've never stopped playing. The only thing that changes for me is my prefered faction.

[The Punish-ed]

Im a very VERY late arrival to the wonderful TW games; I got Medieval years ago, but didn't have an old enough computer to play it on, only getting one a year ago; and only playing since about july. I played Vanilla for a month or two, then got the Viking Invasion, and installed XL in December. Fantastic game - Im slowly reading my way through this whole forum, very rewarding. My great thanks to all those people who answered my questions before I'd even had them!

[Raz]

Urrgh, haven't played a campaign properly for about a year now. Funny, I've probably spent more hours modding, tinkering and fiddling with the game than I have actually playing it. Sooner or later all those hours will come together to create a wonderful, fully playable and mostly bug-free mod.... sooner or later...

Heck, it could well be the one thing I want to do before I see my 101st birthday.

[Roark]

Gonna package and publish that mod, mate?

[naut]

Funny, I've probably spent more hours modding, tinkering and fiddling with the game than I have actually playing it. Sooner or later all those hours will come together to create a wonderful, fully playable and mostly bug-free mod.... sooner or later...

Likewise.

I've played a bit of Pike&Musket recently. Got inspired by a random documentary on the History Channel.