The BIG (american) RTW feedback thread!

[Silver Rusher]

Ah yes, in one day you americans will witness the release of RTW. As I come from the UK, I will not have this great honour/pleasure until a week on Friday, so I still have to wait quite a while. But, as always, I want as much info on the game as humanly possible, so could you post screenshots, info on factions, units etc and general feedback HERE.

Thanks,

Silver Rusher

[Thoros of Myr]

Since I'm waiting for initial impressions of the folks here before I buy I'll be watching this space aswell...

[tombom]

Since I'm waiting for initial impressions of the folks here before I buy I'll be watching this space aswell...

So will I, but mainly because I coem from england.

[Stormer]

Well personally i wanna play the game and then get to see all the cool stuff its a lot better then reading other people experiencing the best parts of the game. So im offically banning myself from this thread.

[The_Emperor]

Well there you have it...

Your friends from across the atlantic you have a right to inform us in this thread.

[Silver Rusher]

Hmm... Mods, do you think this could be stickied?

IMO it's a very useful thread for anybody, whether ur a brit or an american, to find out people's first impressions of the game.

[Colovion]

I'm actually Canadian...

[Silver Rusher]

Ooh, I am the complete opposite of you. I must have knowledge, and although many of you agree that it is foolish to think that having more juicy, mouth-watering info actually lightens the pressure, but I am a TW addict, as was the path chosen for me by the Almighty.

Grr, if it gets delayed again I'm gonna commit suicide!!!

[Ldvs]

Ooh, I am the complete opposite of you. I must have knowledge, and although many of you agree that it is foolish to think that having more juicy, mouth-watering info actually lightens the pressure, but I am a TW addict, as was the path chosen for me by the Almighty.

Grr, if it gets delayed again I'm gonna commit suicide!!!

I think "addict" is not strong enough to describe yourself in this case

[Oaty]

Well gamestop site finally says call the store woohoo!!!!!!! well time to go bother them

[Silver Rusher]

Arg, I am writhing with jealousy with you yanks right now. But I am also excited not only to get the game when it comes out in the UK, but also to see more screens and info on it that i haven't seen/read before.

[andrewt]

My gamespot is getting it tomorrow before noon and I live in Southern California.

[Jacque Schtrapp]

I just spent thirty repeatedly interrupted minutes talking to the manager of the Electronics Boutique near my house. He was constantly having to answer the phone to field "is it in yet?" questions. Looks like RTW may make a bigger splash than anticipated.

[Thoros of Myr]

It's huge, i'm not kidding. I just got off the phone with yet another EB, he says they almost have pre-orders enough to sell every last copy in thier first shipment and that I better pre-order now if I want it tomorrow. So I did, first time I have pre-ordered in 6 years.

The hype has cuaght me up for sure, I WAS supposed to be waiting for reviews and impressions first...oh well

[Degtyarev14.5]

I just thought I'd tease you all a little... Rome's release here in Australia will co-incide in date with the American release, i.e. TOMORROW.

Of course, Australia is eight to ten hours ahead of GMT (depending on which coast one lives) while the US is several hours behind GMT. So I guess the Aussies among us will be the first to savour the experience of Rome: Total War.

I'll be claiming mine at precisely nine o'clock in the morning... Enjoy the ride.

A.

[andrewt]

4 more hours for me.

[Silver Rusher]

So... has anybody got the game yet?

If so, can you PLEASE PLEASE post me some info, say modding, screenshots or a report on your first campaign?

Thanks

[Thoros of Myr]

Here is 15 screens I just took in a rar file... enjoy

http://members.cox.net/brybo93/RTWpics.rar

[maestro]

Here is 15 screens I just took in a rar file... enjoy

http://members.cox.net/brybo93/RTWpics.rar

Shweeeeeet - thanks dude.

[Jeanne d'arc]

Here is 15 screens I just took in a rar file... enjoy

http://members.cox.net/brybo93/RTWpics.rar

Very nice screens, many thx from across the sea!

[Icerian Rex]

Arrrrrrrrghhhh
I went out, bought the game, brought it home, and started to load it. It took longer than normal, but that merely added to the excitement.

Unfortunately, right as the install got to the very end (past the part where it loads DirectX, asks me if I want GameSpy, etc.... (ya know, that final liiiiiitttlllle download part?) it tells me that there's an error in Kernel "such and such", and that's that. It won't finish loading.

So I says to myself, "self, this'll just be our little secret", and went ahead and tried to play it (after having first shut down and re-booted). Unfortunately, everything is now really herky-jerky acting (not just the video, but the music as well). I tried going right into the prologue, but watched for five minutes as it failed to properly load.

Any suggestions? I've got 128 Megs of Ram and (I believe) an 800Mhz Pentium.

[oblivious maximus]

Hold it there buddy!! your hotter than Georgia asphalt right now!

suggestion is to go get more RAM. Minimum is 256mb. If that is the exact prob,i dont know.

[Scipio]

time to upgrade from the look of it, 800 mhz? I was scared of my 1.2 ghz and yeah more RAM

[ElmarkOFear]

I am of the opinion the veteran Single Player community will love it. The veteran MP community will hate it.

Here is why the MP community will not like RTW:

1. No logfile feature. If they are there, I cannot find them.
2. Replays do not show unit info on mouse rollover, which makes them worthless for training or even determining why you routed. Doesn't even show what player is what faction or even what faction is what.
3. No 4v4 MP. Only up to 3v3. Each player gets 20 units, which is nice, but 4v4 is why most play MTW. I cannot see them liking being offered less.
4. Sprites are very small, and will force MP games to use UNRESTRICTED CAMERA to be able to get close enough to enemy units to click on them to attack them. Camera seems very far away from the action.
5. I also found what I think is a bug already: I had a grouping of Macedonian Pikemen in a custom battle vs the AI. I could not move them as a group, and could not make them attack as a group. I had to click on each on individually before they would move at all.
6. When fighting the units get so bunched up and with the sprites being so small, you cannot click on the unit you want nor tell what unit you are clicking on.
7. On mouse rollover it is very hard to determine if the unit is yours or the enemy. You can figure it out if you try to give a command and it won't let you though. :)


All in all, I think the SP people will be very happy with the graphics, the sound, the campaign map, and the variety of strategic option in the campaigns. If they are looking for good battles with the AI though, they may be a bit dissappointed. The AI like to chase units all over the map and get exhausted, so you just gotta wait and then regroup and hit them if you are routed. Does give a feeling of a great comeback from death's door though, but not if you know you won because of an AI that made a bunch of mistakes.

[oblivious maximus]

Yes, the SP seems very good. They have implemented great little ideas to help manage your campaign.

[Skomatth]

Elmo I heard that the 3v3/4v4 thing may be based on the size of the map you picked, are you sure you had the largest map size when you said 4v4 isn't available?

[Thoros of Myr]

5. I also found what I think is a bug already: I had a grouping of Macedonian Pikemen in a custom battle vs the AI. I could not move them as a group, and could not make them attack as a group. I had to click on each on individually before they would move at all.

I've encountered this bug few times already in both MP and SP modes and it really is frustrating...

[Thoros of Myr]

Not sure what the first issue could have been but the herky-jerky performance is most likely becuase the minimum reqs are 256mb ram and a 1.0Ghz processor. Time for an upgrade I think.

[Dimeola]

So far only see playing as one of three Roman factions.....how do you play as someone else? Thought there were others you could play as? Good source for a mod to play as any faction in game. So far as Brutii prosecuting the war vs Greeks....just took larissa. The senate hasnt mandated it but now the rest of Greece must fall.
Anyone playing MP yet? I tried but couldnt connect, not sure whats different from MTW....but could play that fine on this machine.
Dimeolas

[Silver Rusher]

To play as other factions you must conquer them (outlasting doesn't count) or win the game to unlock everyone.