RTR....how the game should have been

**Braccius Augustus** · 03-05-2005, 00:10

Pick up the 5.3 patch from RTR!!

**Titus Livius** · 03-05-2005, 02:36

Forgive my ignorance, but where exactly can these upgrades be found?

**drone** · 03-05-2005, 03:03

Originally Posted by Titus Livius

Forgive my ignorance, but where exactly can these upgrades be found?

Not sure which one you mean, so here's both:

The Rome Total War v1.2 patch can be found on the Rome:TotalWar site:
http://www.totalwar.com/
It's got a link at the top of the page.

RTR (Rome Total Realism) can be found at:
http://www.rometotalrealism.com/

**The Stranger** · 03-05-2005, 14:46

to be honest, RTR sucked, in three turns it CDT for 3 different reasons, i stopped playing after that. the greek skins sucked, just as what you did to the generals. what you've done to the Egyptians is great though.

**Darius** · 03-06-2005, 05:22

I have yet to experience a SINGLE CTD. If there is a problem then you should make sure you have the correct versions downloaded.

So far I'm steadily expanding, but every single turn that I end I'm on the absolute edge of my seat. The Gauls are refusing to put an end to the war (turns out they have plenty of massive armies yet to come...) and are currently sieging Massillia I believe its called. In the northen passes of the Alps, Gallic raiding armies make occasional excursions into my lands, but my defending garrisons are able to expel them, though with moderate casualties that are starting to take a toll.

The Greeks are beginning to expand swiftly through Illyricum, and once they took Segistica they attacked Aquilea. Fortunately I had an army nearby (planning to put an end to the Gallic threat to the North) that was able to repel them, and another army after that. What remains of my army managed to (just barely) capture Segestica, and the only reason they haven't been stomped is because my faithful Macedonian allies have begun a siege on Athens.

In order to further divert Greek armies, I landed a large army with which to take Appolonia. However, over the course of three years over five thousand roman soldiers have died defending its lands, and over eight thousand Greek insurgents have paid with their lives for attempting to retake it.

In Sicily the Greeks and the Carthaginians are raging for sole posession of the island, and untold numbers have been lost in the struggle. Should Carthage win, they will become a looming threat to my power. Should the Greeks win, they have a new staging point for invasion upon my homelands.

Thanks to my ever wandering diplomats, I have discovered that the Brits have made landfall, and they are most definitely pissed off at the Gauls and Germans for some unknown reason. I quickly allied with them since the Germans had recently abandoned our alliance in order to ally with Gaul, and hopefully our combined forces will allow us to break the backs of the Gallic hegemony.

Unfortunately, while most of the future of my surrounding region remains uncertain, I have discovered rather unsettling news from the far off lands of the Middle East. The Ptolemaic Empire and the Selecuid Empire are waging a titanic struggle, throwing massive armies at one another. Slowly the Ptolemaic Empire has been conquering the Selucids, and joining them in their fight are the Parthians, Armenians, and Pontus. The Ptolemaic lands have become vast, and their armies numberless. One day not too far from now, they will need to be dealt with, but just how many countless lives will be snuffed out in the process? There shall be a day of reckoning, that much is certain, but who shall prove the stronger is yet to be seen.

**Bob the Insane** · 03-06-2005, 08:56

Nice posts Darius, you have total convinced me to put my own amature modding on hold to give RTR a go...

**Mikeus Caesar** · 03-06-2005, 14:42

I will download this as soon as i have finished my almighty greek campaign!! You make it sound so good!!!! Wait a sec....are you an advertiser for RTR?