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    Default Re: Heart of the Matter , Is RTW good value for $?

    RTW cost me £29.99, i must at the very least played 120 hours since it's release (probably a lot more) = less than 25 pence an hour = good value for me, ive not even tried all the factions yet!
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    Default Re: Heart of the Matter , Is RTW good value for $?

    Some items in the game are flored and there are a few glitches, but game wise, graphic wise, and fun wise rome total war is good value for money.i bought mine for £25 dont know how many dolers that is but still i think thats £25 welll spent


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    I looked at the "Your Homework for Today" thread, and IMO one-star is just a bit too harsh.

    1. The game took more than 4 years to make and is still great by today's standards.
    2. A lot of players who hasn't tasted/experienced RTW (or TW games for that matter) will miss out.


    The onus is really on CA to keep up to their standards or else competition may or will catch up soon. But as of this moment, there are no comparable games to RTW.

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    No its not worth the money becous it sux,
    Shogun is Much better Even if its Old Made by EA and looks bad,
    Least it works, units are ballanced right game play is fluid, and ai aint that Dumb

    I Wasted my money on Rome and dont play it at all Becous i also own shogun And like ive said....
    Its better,
    I havent played MTW yet But im shure Thhat It has to be better than Rome as well,
    becous rome Sux,

    Thnx

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    Default Re: Heart of the Matter , Is RTW good value for $?

    NO.

    I couldn't recommend RTW even if it were in the bargain bin. Not being able to save a game without dire consequences is too much for me. I can only play a couple of turns a day, and the load/save bug destroys any possible enjoyment I can get out of the game.
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    Default Re: Heart of the Matter , Is RTW good value for $?

    Absolutely not worth the money. Shogun and Medieval both gave me more than anyone could ask for in the way of value. Rome is unplayable. It's got lots of cool features and if you are a noob, or just plain stupid, or don't take your gaming seriously, then I can see where you might think Rome is good. But if being able to get a good game out of an AI is what makes a game good, because you take it seriously enough to learn the mechanics and numerology of the game, then Rome sucks.

    The comparisons made in the first post in this thread by the way are probably all wrong imho. Rome is not nearly as good as any of those games. And if you are tired of Medieval and want a good game where strategy and tactics actually matter, try Kohan II. It blows RTW away. That or play MTW:VI as it's certainly the best strategy game ever written.

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    Default Re: Heart of the Matter , Is RTW good value for $?

    Quietus,

    One star is not too harsh when the review explains very clearly why it's one star. Also, for those only playing 30 minutes a day, that bug really, really sucks.

    It's the only way to warn a consumer. If they still buy it, at least they are informed that they will get poor service from CA.

    Let's face it, it's not just that bug either, it's the following:

    Scarred general bug (I found this after only 2 hours of playing when I realized I had 3-4 generals called Scarface...c'mon!)
    Horse Archer Bug

    Now we have the protectorate bug as well, which makes me question my current game where Egypt became my protectorate rather too quickly...maybe I had just loaded a game after undoing a seige? I forget, but it spoils it a bit.

    The business maxim is that one happy customer will tell one other person about their experience, but one unhappy customer will tell on average 20 people about their experience. I wasn't really angry until they denied the "feature" and still haven't said it will or won't be "de-featured" in XP.

    I'm more than willing to give them 50 more dollars for an XP if it fixes up this stuff and improves the AI in some incremental way.

    Feel free to offer them the 3,4, or 5 stars you feel they deserve.

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    It's too buggy for me at the moment. I've tried fixing bugs and using workarounds, but the load game bug is just too much! Coupled with the whack-a-mole rebels who comprise >90% of my battles, trait bugs and the useless AI (fear my no-star generals and lack of anything approaching a battle line), I just find the game to be a tedious chore.

    I bought RTW soon after release, feeling fairly secure since while MTW and STW had bugs, they weren't in-your-face game breakers and they were eventually patched.

    I've wasted too much time on this game and I'm simply not going to buy any more CA products until I know that they are free of major game-breaking bugs. I hope the expansion pack fixes the major problems, but I'll be waiting a while after it's released to see what the community discovers.

    I think CA have really shot themselves in the foot, since strategy games sell a lot based on recommendations and word-of-mouth. That's how I and my friends got in to the total war series, it's how the game makes a lot of it's money and it's why their next games aren't going to do so well.

    Currently, I see RTW as similar to Heroes of Might and Magic 4. It has many improvements, but the AI is awful, the gameplay tedious and overall just not as fun as its predecessors. The forthcomming sequels to both games get me excited, but I won't be rshing to the shops on the day of release.
    Following the recent 'feedback' from Shogun at the .com, I think CA need to buck their ideas up or the TW series will go the way of Master of Orion.
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