Try enjoying the game!

[Orda Khan]

Buy a Ferrari with a VW Beetle engine
Don't whine about it......Just enjoy the ride????????

.....Orda

[barocca]

Buy a Ferrari with a VW Beetle engine
Don't whine about it......Just enjoy the ride????????

.....Orda

Yes!
saves on gas ($$$'s), helps the environment too...

[Vikings]

Heh i agreed, there alot of loose cannons out there. I couldnt play in two days after i got it. Wasnt mad or upset just wondering what i did wrong... paying for something that didnt work or it just me cant figured it out!

Well i never gave up, keep trying and if you have trouble with it try make multi-saving games and avoid bug issues (if you know any).

~Veni, vidi, vici

Happy huntings!

[Servius]

you know, there are broken things, there are working things we don't understand how to use properly yet, and there are thing working properly that we don't like and want fixed. I look all over trying to find posts from CA that would help me differentiate the problems I see between those three things, but I don't find any feedback.

The broken things (pathfinding, AI strategic and battle tactics, etc.) I can only hope and assume they are working on fixing right now.

The things that are working but are not intuitive (causes and solutions to Squallor, how to grow a good family tree, how to get/train good governors, etc.) would not be a problem if the game mechanics were explained, but so much of what's under the hood in this game is left out of the manual. I get aweful tired and frustrated coming to fan sites and trolling through the threads trying to find the answers to simple gameplay questions that should be explained in the manual.

The things that are working as intended but still piss me off (movement rates, kill rates, friendly fire, etc.) weren't such a problem in MTW because the game was very easily moddible, at least for those kinds of issues, but RTW seems to have made that so much more difficult and complex. Perhaps in a year or more, when CA or we can explain everything, that complexity will be good because it means we can mod more parts of the game, but for now (and quite possibly later too) it's very frustrating.

The most frustrating part, to me at least, is the lack of feedback from CA. I have been unable to find a post that says "CA is aware of this feature, agrees that it should be changed, and is working on a fix."

I AM trying to enjoy the game. I REALLY am. Every time some screw up or unexplainable fiasco ruins the fun I quit playing, but then I try to figure out some way around it, and if I can come up with one, I start again and see if it works. In part this problem-solving is what I love about games and what keeps me dedicated to them. The problem is that I'm not being beaten by a tough opponent. I'm being beaten by a clumbsy user interface, outrageously inept unit behaviors, and unintuitive and unexplained game mechanics. I LOVE being beaten and finding solutions to battlefield genious or economic jugernauts. I HATE having the fun of something sucked out by poor design or execution.

I really am trying to enjoy the game. I come here several times a day trying to find solutions to the issues I have with the game. It's hard to have fun when I'm trying to do CA's job (understand and fix this game) and when I don't know whether CA is doing anything to help.

[Colovion]

Buy a Ferrari with a VW Beetle engine
Don't whine about it......Just enjoy the ride????????

.....Orda

I think you mean it the other way around. Great engine, breaks when you look at it closely.

I tried enjoying the game for 3 and a half campaigns.

Now I"m waiting for the new patch, I can't play it anymore, it isn't fun enough for me.

[bmolsson]

Well, I am not complaining since I have not had any problems yet. If I had problems I would post them though.... Flaming ? I don't think anyone really been flaming here or have I missed something ??

[Attalus]

Love the game. Awesome.

Still, some things don't really work the way they were supposed to.

Can't really think why...but I'd be keen to see them fixed.

Am I complaining? I didn't think so.

Critisising it? Yes, there are flaws.
Could I have done this game better? No way.

Anyways...how would CA know what we liked and didn't like if we didn't voice up? Just smart business practice.

So I'll kep playing...and wait for the patch.
I would love to see this game be every inch the work of genius it appears to be.

AND I can't wait to see what gets served up next!!

Rome:Total War Barbarian Invasion!! BLOOD AND DEATH GAAAHHH!!!!

-Attalus-
Fool me once...shame on you.
Fool me twice...prepare to die.

[solypsist]

there are enough Review threads going on.

next person who starts one will probably regret it.