Blood and Gore Pack now available! AND Halloween Special~

[Hooahguy]

Nice! And for those who haven't seen it already, Trish has graciously given us an exclusive wallpaper!

[MadKow]

I am probably going to buy it, but from my experience i probably shoudn't. I rarely zoom in on battles, for one, and i fear the performance impact (recent patches appear to have caused more performance problems than solve them on my side). Also, im sure when i go and look at all the gory details, i wont notice my 6 year old stepson looking over my shoulder... But that's Murphy law for you.

[Bramborough]

I'm a little on the fence with this one. I'm perfectly happy with the way R2 is running on my machine right now, and am a little reluctant to do anything which might throw it off, or cause me to have to lower some of the graphics settings.

On the other hand, the gory enhancements this will add to my AAR screenies just sounds too good to pass up.....

[Veho Nex]

I havent seen a performance hit in 0-5000 man battles. Considering thats the most that I fight I'm perfectly fine with it.

Also, I <3 teutoburg with this dlc.

[Myth]

I'm a little on the fence with this one. I'm perfectly happy with the way R2 is running on my machine right now, and am a little reluctant to do anything which might throw it off, or cause me to have to lower some of the graphics settings.

On the other hand, the gory enhancements this will add to my AAR screenies just sounds too good to pass up.....

Blood & Gore features new visual and sound effects including:

• New blood-spattered front end
• Graphics option for turning on/off blood
• Blood VFX on arrow/pilum/javelin impacts
• Blood VFX on rock/stone impacts
• Blood VFX on death animations
• Blood shader on death animations and attackers
• Decapitation on selected death animations
• Dismemberment on selected death animations
• Blood decals on terrain
• Sound effects for all blood animations

Additional Minimum System Requirement:
Note that the Unit Detail option in the graphics setting menu must be set to Medium or above in order for dismemberment effects to be seen. Blood effects will display at all settings.


You can turn it off. It costs as much as a pint of Guiness, so I don't see a reason not to get it.

[Mhantra]

You can turn it off. It costs as much as a pint of Guiness, so I don't see a reason not to get it.

Because CA has conspired against me, specifically, knowing how much I want to love the game. CA is criminals and purposefully fleecing me of all my monies and we need to band together and let them know...we're not gonna take it anymore!!

[Hooahguy]

I played a quick custom battle with the blood pack. No drop in FPS with a battle with 6,000 men.

I noticed that the blood effects seem to be pretty random, nowhere near as crazy as it was in Shogun 2. I like it, though I wish it was bit easier to see.

Also, cool change to the main menu:

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

[Myth]

Blood is added also to the campaign map animations when two armies collide.

[FesterShinetop]

I noticed that the blood effects seem to be pretty random, nowhere near as crazy as it was in Shogun 2.

Good, the blood effects in Shogun 2 were a bit too much over the top for me. If it is not that ridiculous I might get it.
Nice trailer, the voice over reminded me of the voice over in Michael Jackson's Thriller!

[Jarmam]

You can turn it off. It costs as much as a pint of Guiness, so I don't see a reason not to get it.

You are a blessed man to have Guinness at such prices. An area worth... visiting?