Rome won PCGamers best RTS of 2004!

**Uesugi Kenshin** · 02-04-2005, 03:57

Just thought everybody would want to know that Rome won that award. Even with all of the problems Rome is a great game in my opinion.

**Colovion** · 02-04-2005, 08:59

What other RTS games was it up against?

**IceTorque** · 02-04-2005, 09:47

Originally Posted by Colovion

What other RTS games was it up against?

imo RTW is in a class of it's own.

**Nelson** · 02-04-2005, 19:48

Computer Gaming World nominated Rome, BFME and the War Hammer game for best RTS. They picked War Hammer as the winner IIRC.

**Old Celt** · 02-04-2005, 20:03

Well, you know according to the venerable "core niche" players, MTW has it all over RTW, so maybe MTW should have won.

**Gregoshi** · 02-04-2005, 20:18

Originally Posted by Nelson

Computer Gaminging World nominated Rome, BFME and the War Hammer game for best RTS. They picked War Hammer as the winner IIRC.

Yes, and RTW was not among the top 5 games of 2004 for any of the CGW editorial staff. Their review, while good in the rating number (4.5 out of 5), seemed to focus an usually large section of the review on where the game came up short from being outstanding.

Originally Posted by CGW review

...but hardcore fans of the Total War game (people like me) may find themselves lamenting the loss of depth and detail...

It was a rather strange review for a "top game". In the current issue, they mention RTW's lack of historical accuracy. They've had quite a different view of the game from most of the other up-beat reviews I've read. Their view of the game seemed to most closely match the reaction of the majority of the views expressed by the Org patrons.

**master of the puppets** · 02-04-2005, 21:17

i believe that these awards were for games released this year negating MTW

and of course the only reason its not in the top 5 is because only classy sophisticates such as us understand the depth of the game. other people only have the mental capacity for 1st person shooters (not badmouthin 1st person shooters just the people who cannot enjoy stratagy games)

**Nelson** · 02-04-2005, 21:18

Originally Posted by Gregoshi

It was a rather strange review for a "top game". In the current issue, they mention RTW's lack of historical accuracy. They've had quite a different view of the game from most of the other up-beat reviews I've read. Their view of the game seemed to most closely match the reaction of the majority of the views expressed by the Org patrons.

I thought the very same thing when I read their review.

What’s funny is that they criticize Rome for a lack of historic fidelity after plopping it into the same boat with BFME and War Hammer! TW is such an odd fish regarding genre.