BI demo in PC Gamer !!!

[YAKOBU]

Hello everyone

Someone on the RTR forum has got the BI demo and posted a few pics.

Here's the link:

http://www.rometotalrealism.com/phpb...2bd6795f152e4b

Let me know if you have any problems.

[Coldfish]

cool!....but i think those hunnic steppe spearmen are a little unrealistic

[Duke John]

That Schiltron formation looks very promising; the Lordz might be able to get a square formation out of that. Can't wait till I can't my hands on the code!

[Oaty]

Too bad theres no statement on how the mechanics work. If I get ahold of the demo I'm going to do a suicidal charge head on into some spearmen. It also dawned on me why they only gave hannibal 3 or 4 bodyguards. Imagine 40 bodyguards rolling up on the Roman army, with the rest of your army behind you

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

It looks good, the night battles look very good, the shield wall looks like a circle type Phalanx which looks good as well. Theres a Celtic unit with a war hammer that look promising. Overall not bad at all. I'm going to go and pick one up i think

[Duke John]

I thought the Schiltron formation was a round formation used by Scottisch pikemen. Now reading through the poster's review I read that the Schiltron is a running phalanx formation. Shieldwall is according to BKB the round formation which should have been a long straight formation. Am I messing it up or is the poster switching names?

[King Ragnar]

It looks pretty cool the demo should be available to download soon, hopefully.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

I think the shield wall is the first pic and it looks like a circular formation with spears protruding from all sides. Hopefully a formation like this will decrease the overpowered cavalry in the game.


Schiltron formation doesn't sound to bad, as it would allow mobility with the Phalanx and is quite accurate as Schiltron formations were used by the Pictish Tribes especially when encountering horse warriors such as Strathclyde.

I hope the reviewer might have it wrong as the first pic should be a Schiltron formation, a shield wall would have shields locked together and as DJ said in more of a line than a circle.

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

Wait! I messed up Razz

The Spearmen have a default formation that LOOKS like the phalanx, but doesnt work like it. The Shiltcron(m?) is accurate

Well lets hope it is different

[Strike For The South]

It looks really good espacilly swimming and the shield wall

[Captain Fishpants]

The 'schiltron' (the Scottish term was schiltrum) is an immobile formation for barbarian spearmen. Every stands in a circle, every spearpoint outwards to fend off cavalry attacks and as a result it has no flanks for enemy horsemen to exploit. This is good.

The bad bit is that a unit in a schiltron is immobile, so it's a kind of passive-aggressive manouevre that can really cause problems if you don't have missile troops to counter it.

We did use the term 'hedgehog' for this formation for quite a long time and considered having this as the 'official' in-game term for it, because the word is a very good description of what the unit is doing. On the other hand, given that CA's new owners are Sega, putting a hedgehog in the game might have sent the wrong signals, realism-wise.

[CBR]

On the other hand, given that CA's new owners are Sega, putting a hedgehog in the game might have sent the wrong signals, realism-wise.

Yes I have no doubt some paranoid gamer would have made a connection


CBR

[TB666]

Looks very good.
A few hours and it is probably on a torrent file.
And stalins ghost is wrong about the carroballistas, they are historical.
You can see carroballistas on Trajan's column.

[Coldfish]

I say PC GAMER doesn`t have yet the DEMO...the guy is lying....why the demo isn`t on any official site?
http://www.pcgamer.com/inthisissue.html

[TB666]

I say PC GAMER doesn`t have yet the DEMO...the guy is lying....why the demo isn`t on any official site?
http://www.pcgamer.com/inthisissue.html

I don't think he is.
I mean CA staff has been here and they didn't say anything so it must be true.
It seems that subscribers gets the demo before the rest who will have to wait a couple of days or until someone makes a torrent.

[econ21]

That Schiltron formation looks very promising; the Lordz might be able to get a square formation out of that.

Yup, as an immobile formation with no flanks, it sounds perfect. All you've got to do is square the circle.

[Lord Adherbal]

Yup, as an immobile formation with no flanks, it sounds perfect. All you've got to do is square the circle.

and pray it works with missile weapons. That didn't work with phalanx formation IIRC.

[xemitg]

The thing I have been most curious about with the expansion pack was the symbols of western and eastern Roman Empires. It looks like CA chose the Chi Rho or I think it’s also called a sigla. I think if this is the case, it is a good choice by CA. These are the first letters of the Greek word "XPICTOC, which means "Christ" and demonstrates the new religious influences over the sons of Rome. It took a lot of Catholic schooling to know that.

[Zawath]

I say PC GAMER doesn`t have yet the DEMO...the guy is lying....why the demo isn`t on any official site?
http://www.pcgamer.com/inthisissue.html

That's the USA version. The demo is in the UK PC Gamer.

[Coldfish]

www.pcgamer.co.uk ..the same shit

i mean...hello!.....that guy is not the only one who is subscriber to PC GAMER magazine...why is just him only?....i have serious doubts about that demo...anyway...whatever...my opinion is less important

[TB666]

www.pcgamer.co.uk ..the same shit

i mean...hello!.....that guy is not the only one who is subscriber to PC GAMER magazine...why is just him only?

Here is two others http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=29978

[Coldfish]

ummm....weird

[EvilNed]

ummm....weird

What's so wierd about it?

[Kor Khan]

Am I the only one here who can't see that page? I happen to know that the RTR site is down, does that go for the forums as well?

Edit: Don't worry, I found it via another link. I can see it now .

[econ21]

Coldfish, please watch the language. This is a family forum.

[Coldfish]

[Leonin Khan]

i cant open it, the link died

[Coldfish]

at least 3 persons who got the BI demo already....and none of them bothered to upload the game...i mean not all of us live in the UK to buy that magazine..oh well...we just have to wait...until CA bothers to release that demo on his own

[Mount Suribachi]

given that CA's new owners are Sega, putting a hedgehog in the game might have sent the wrong signals, realism-wise.

Classic


PC Gamer UK is in the shops on August 4th. As the dude says, subscribers get the mag a few days early. PCG UK get a lot of TW exclusives as one of CAs PR dudes, Ian Roxborough used to be a reviewer for them. I'm sure the demo will be on the CA website soon enough.

[Mikeus Caesar]

The original link is a dead link. Can someone get another one? I'd like to see the screenies.