I'M SO EXCITED AND GIDDY!

[Vuk]

ROME 2!! THANK YOU HEAVEN!!! THANK YOU!!! YYYYYYYYYYYEEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
MY PRAYERS HAVE BEEN ANSWERED!!! YES!!! FINALLY! FINALLY!!

Why did it take CA so long!? Rome was the best in the series! I know the Frontroom is not for video games, so I apologize to the mods, but this thread is actually only about being happy.

[Strike For The South]

Rome was the best in the series!

I put up with allot of your shit, but this crosses the line. Get out of my house

[Vuk]

I put up with allot of your shit, but this crosses the line. Get out of my house

You know it is the truth.

[quadalpha]

We need a new forum for this.

Shogun II, and now Rome II. I'm kind of disappointed that CA is just retreading old ground rather than daring to explore other settings. It seems that the TW franchise has gotten so big that they're afraid to take risks with it.

I am happy that they seem to be paying more attention to appropriate scaling (I think my fondness for MTW was how the scale in the campaign map felt right):

We’re having a province system where for several regions, maybe three or four regions, you’re only managing one province. It means that you get the strategic depth in terms of capturing territories and moving armies around.

Also this:

A legion will have its own legacy, its own gameplay effects and character – so for instance if you’ve lost a great battle or done something very specific with a legion it might get a trait with a particular game effect that reflects how you’ve used it. And that outlives its General, so it’s not just about the effects of the General.

Jury is out on what seems like a new emphasis on siege and urban battles. It's not terribly historical and has traditionally been one of the weakest parts of the series.

(Quoted from RPS.)

Edit: We'll also need new forum names.

[Hooahguy]

I'm kind of disappointed that CA is just retreading old ground rather than daring to explore other settings. It seems that the TW franchise has gotten so big that they're afraid to take risks with it.
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Well in their defense, what can they really do? There isnt that much left. Yeah you can argue you can go further back before Rome got powerful but then most units were roughly the same and it was for the most part fighting in between city states, if my memory serves. Rome seems the logical step forwards. Afterwards they can try something new and daring.

As for me, Im very excited.

[ReluctantSamurai]

Well in their defense, what can they really do? There isnt that much left. Yeah you can argue you can go further back before Rome got powerful but then most units were roughly the same and it was for the most part fighting in between city states, if my memory serves. Rome seems the logical step forwards. Afterwards they can try something new and daring.

This.

RTW2 is a logical step, IMHO, and one that will be met with great enthusiasm, I'm sure. RTW was probably the most popular venue of all the TW series, and it's the only one not to get a make-over. Hopefully they do a credible job with it.

[TinCow]

I haven't sales figures to substantiate this, so it may just be my own impression (I first started playing at MTW), but it really felt like the Total War series first became a big hit with RTW. Since then, they've already gone back and re-made their first two titles, so it makes a lot of sense to re-do the third one. There are a lot of people (myself included) who were rabid RTW fans, and a return to that setting I think is a guaranteed financial success, particularly after their relatively good showing with TWS2. CA's certainly managed to get themselves back onto my auto-purchase list, which they got knocked off of after ETW.

Could it have been something more interesting? Yes. Does that impact the fun factor of the Roman setting? No.

[quadalpha]

Well in their defense, what can they really do? There isnt that much left. Yeah you can argue you can go further back before Rome got powerful but then most units were roughly the same and it was for the most part fighting in between city states, if my memory serves. Rome seems the logical step forwards. Afterwards they can try something new and daring.

Hm, really? Come on, people. We have talked about this before in these very forums. There were various periods mentioned: several possibilities in China, the American Civil War, 17-18th century Europe ... Well, I guess this is a thread to be excited in, so you alls can all do that. Just don't forget the obscurity of the wars of the Shogunate and even the Middle Ages before the TW series came along.

[Veho Nex]

You know it is the truth.

Get out of strikes house, we all know ETW was the best in the series.

[Monk]

Get out of strikes house, we all know ETW was the best in the series.

I'm surrounded by wrong opinions.

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Joking of course.

[Andres]

I confess, I'm excited about this as well.

So much that I even re-installed R:TW and BI to get in the mood.

I do hope the new game will provide a bit more of a challenge though... And no burning flying pigs, please.