Alexander release date and price

[The Blind King of Bohemia]

June 1st, $19 (£10)

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25 new units? What happened to over 60 or however many it was we were initially promised?

[PseRamesses]

This is just a ripoff that won´t get my money. Nothing new, terrible map and a "conquer all provinces" style that doesn´t apeal to me. Isn´t it amazing how CA makes one of the greatest conquests in human history into a triva like this?!

[Viking]

[ShellShock]

This is just a ripoff that won´t get my money. Nothing new, terrible map and a "conquer all provinces" style that doesn´t apeal to me. Isn´t it amazing how CA makes one of the greatest conquests in human history into a triva like this?!

I couldn't disagree more.

$19/£10 is peanuts.

I will at least reserve my judgement until it has actually been released. I will be downloading it on the day it comes out.

[Mount Suribachi]

A tenner isn't an unreasonable amount - hopefully there will be new gameplay features that modders can take advantage of, maybe even a patch.

[kburkert]

im going to get it so i have all the RTW collection.

[Garvanko]

Yeah, I'll get it as well. Always handy to have a 'new' game to play.

[Celt Centurion]

I couldn't disagree more.

$19/£10 is peanuts.

I will at least reserve my judgement until it has actually been released. I will be downloading it on the day it comes out.

Downloading it? You mean we cannot go buy it at the electronics shop?

I agree, $19.00 is peanuts. $50 for the original RTW was somewhat costly.

Strength and Honor

Celt Centurion

[RJV]

June 1st, $19 (£10)

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25 new units? What happened to over 60 or however many it was we were initially promised?

If I cast my mind back I seem to recall some blurb where the game/expansion was said to 'feature' 60 (or whatever) new units. Some of these I took to be 'enemy' units that you'd never get to use or would have to get at with a mod. I didn't think it would be as many as half of them, mind, but there you go.

Still, I think £10 is a reasonable price. No-one's forcing anyone to buy the game, and this really is an 'extra' expansion anyway. Blobby looking map aside (maybe the graphics options on whatever machine that pic was taken from have been turned right down???), there's probably enough gameplay in there to keep folk interested for a while.

As I mentioned somewhere else a little while ago this to me has all the hallmarks of a lunchtime project that got picked up by the bosses, so I'm not expecting anything different from BI in terms of AI behaviour or game engine updates, and I'd be amazed if there's a patch for RTW/BI as part of the download. TBH unless there's a major game-killer bug in Alexander this will be the last support for RTW that we see.

Cheers,

Rob.

[ZombieFriedNuts]

I must say the map looks a bit small but at £10 I might just buy it, I’ll see what people say when it comes out.

[cunobelinus]

I think it looks a good game but just needs some modding with extended map and maybe if we can add a few more factions.The units all look nicely skinned but i think that some extra units could be good.On the offical site it still says 60 units so lets hope it is 60 units not just 30 or 40

[Shaun]

Well i wont be getting it(unless it goes below a fiver). The New map is hideous, there are only 4 factions(and they didnt even bother to do the Indians decently) and important cities are missed out like Athens, i think this tells us how much CA really care about history in the exp.

[Kralizec]

I might be getting it. I'm a curious person. But it will mainly depend on how much time I'll have on my hands when it comes out.

[Jarardo]

The SS does look disapointing, there's no Athens. Well I'll see what everyone else thinks about it before I buy it.

[Lorenzo_H]

The SS does look disapointing, there's no Athens. Well I'll see what everyone else thinks about it before I buy it.

That might not be final...

[edyzmedieval]

The price is reasonable, and I am definitely buying it.

[Braden]

To be honest I can see a viable market for it…

….once the Mod community have tidied it up!

As it stands I wouldn’t pay anything for it, look at some of the Mods available right now. See the difference in quality right away – RTR Platinum for example is purely sumptuous to look at and makes this Mod…..for that’s all it is really…look amateur in my opinion.

Like I said though, I am sure I will buy it eventually…..once someone Mods it to look nicer and have more game options.

Harsh words perhaps but this is another example of the slide in quality we are seeing from CA.

[Barbarossa82]

Sega website now says 15th June. And I was up early all bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to download it today.

[BalkanTourist]

Maybe they have decided to fix the horrible map