Demo Impressions

[Monk]

Well i just played the demo, aside from the great graphics there was nothing special imho.

the tutorial battle was...well...unexciting to say the least (its a turotial i know but still...)

the backstory to trebia before the battle was a nice touch i thought, but when i saw that the Romans got to start nearly within arms reach of my lines i wasn't a very "happy hannibal". my skirmishers were far from my lines, who by the way, decided to turn tail and run for their worthless lives as soon as i unpaused. The only real action i made was moving the elephants to the far flanks just before i charged them, followed by Infantry and cavalry and well... no more romans. It felt like the battle was fought for me, which was a severe disappointment to somebody who was looking to have a small bit of fun while fighting the romans.

I'll still end up buying rtw...but as ar as demos go, this one just didn't do anything for me.