Your favourite new features in m2tw?

[Silver Rusher]

What are your favourite new features that have been announced so far for m2tw?

Call me a "mainstream gamer" for saying this if you must, but one of the things I am most looking forward to is the graphics, and how the men in a unit vary in appearance and how there will be more gore, dirtier looking units and more realistic fight animations.

You?

[Monarch]

For me, it is package. As I dont think particularly one feature is that amazing, it's the accumulation of good features that I believe will make this game 'amazing'.

But I am looking forward to the graphics, however I hope you can get good graphics on a 1mg RAM, Radeon x700pro 256mg, IP4 3.0GZ computer.

I'm not making too much of the statement I read somewhere "If you can play RTW, then you can play M2TW". Because that could mean if you can play RTW on good settings, then you can play M2TW and the lowest of the low, and thus not getting the great graphics that you might.

[Oaty]

Even more men on the field than RTW fir sure.

[Alexander the Pretty Good]

I'll need a new PC fo' sho'.

The good news is, the latest (as of now) hardware will be less expensive by the time MTW2 rolls around. I imagine what is cutting edge RIGHT NOW will be acceptable for MTW2.

[sapi]

But I am looking forward to the graphics, however I hope you can get good graphics on a 1mg RAM, Radeon x700pro 256mg, IP4 3.0GZ computer.

You're going to have a bit of trouble with 1MB of ram

But i'm really looking foward to a revamped ai, and different unit skins...

[Dooz]

You're going to have a bit of trouble with 1MB of ram

But i'm really looking foward to a revamped ai, and different unit skins...

Have they mentioned anything about revamped ai? Haven't seen anything about that yet. All I've really heard about are the graphics mainly and I think I've read most of the stuff about it.

[x-dANGEr]

They opened our mouths with Graphics, nothing else still. Though, I of course like Jihads, Merchants, and the castle or city thingy.

[GaugamelaTC]

Of course they mostly advertise the graphics. They're appealing to all the 12 year old boys who will say 'oh wow that's well heavy innit'. Despite being 13 myself there are very few 12/13/14/15 year old boys who appreciate the AI of MTW. Since that is there target audience (mostly) I am sceptical they will talk about the AI that much and that many improvements will be made. I'm praying I'm wrong though.

My favourite features will definitely be the revamped combat system. Obviously if they announce MTW style AI then it will jump to become my no.1!

[Dooz]

What are these revamped combat systems you speak of? Point me in the direction of where I can read such things for myself.

[Antiochius]

the graphic, but i hope they will make the provinces even more better

[Martok]

Have they mentioned anything about revamped ai? Haven't seen anything about that yet. All I've really heard about are the graphics mainly and I think I've read most of the stuff about it.

I doubt very much that CA would mention the AI, regardless of what kind of improvements they're making to it. Even in Shogun and Medieval where the AI is pretty decent, they never mentioned it as a feature in either game. I guess if I were them, though, I probably wouldn't say anything about the AI either.

Think about it: If you touted the AI as being one of the game's major selling points, and then it turned out to be less than stellar, you'd be reviled for deceiving your fanbase, maybe even accused of false advertising. But if you don't mention the AI and it then turns out to be pretty good, it's a pleasant surprise for everyone! There's simply no way CA *isn't* aware of Rome's AI deficencies, and I therefore can't believe they're not going to do their best to fix them this time around.

[GaugamelaTC]

When I said revamped combat system I was referring to the new animations , finishing system etc. There haven't really been many new game features announced.

[Incongruous]

Meh I'll be pissed off if I have to completley re-vamp my pc.
How much Ram do think I'll need. I have PCIEXP X800XT AMD FX 64

[Samurai Waki]

I'm building a new computer this summer anyways, getting all of the latest and greatest stuff I can afford for it. Newest Processor, newest Graphics Card/Physics Card, etc. So I think I'll have a good enough system to run MTW2, and if not, I think that CA may have overshot their ambitions just a tad too much.

[Incongruous]

Well I think I'll be safe for MTW2, Probabaly need over 2gigs of ram, so I'll need to buy some more, new sound card otherwise I reckon my processor and GFX are sweet. If not I'll just wait till MTW2 comes out and get the stuff I need cheaper then.
Another bonus is the fact that our home theatre finished so I'll just plug the pc into that.

[Dooz]

When I said revamped combat system I was referring to the new animations , finishing system etc. There haven't really been many new game features announced.

Ah, that makes more sense. Guess I was overanxious to hear some good news regarding AI improvements...

I doubt very much that CA would mention the AI, regardless of what kind of improvements they're making to it. Even in Shogun and Medieval where the AI is pretty decent, they never mentioned it as a feature in either game. I guess if I were them, though, I probably wouldn't say anything about the AI either.

Think about it: If you touted the AI as being one of the game's major selling points, and then it turned out to be less than stellar, you'd be reviled for deceiving your fanbase, maybe even accused of false advertising. But if you don't mention the AI and it then turns out to be pretty good, it's a pleasant surprise for everyone! There's simply no way CA *isn't* aware of Rome's AI deficencies, and I therefore can't believe they're not going to do their best to fix them this time around.

I suppose it makes sense they would. I haven't played BI yet, but from what I've read and all, it seems like they made some improvement over previous versions, so that's a step towards the right direction. Then again, on the opposite end, we could end up with them feeling like those improvements were enough and just concentrate on other aspects of the game. Wait and see I suppose.

[Cesare diBorja]

Minimum RAM should be 512MB. A 1.5+GHz system should run the game just fine. 256MB or 512MB video card is recommended.

My thoughts ,anyway.

diBorgia


Bopa the Magyar(great name). I think it will be close to Dawn of War(Warhammer)and it's expansion pack. Or COD2 or Battlefield2.

[Incongruous]

I hope those are the min requs. I reckon 2 gigs of RAM should do it. To be honest I doubt it's much more than RTW. What came syst Requs wise do you think it will compare to? COD2

[player1]

For me it's the way how settlements can be developed in two ways.

Either as feudal lands with castles, or as cities.

[Dooz]

For me it's the way how settlements can be developed in two ways.

Either as feudal lands with castles, or as cities.

Hopefully it actually pans out as being useful and not just city=RTW cities, castle=restricted RTW cities...

[doc_bean]

I hope those are the min requs. I reckon 2 gigs of RAM should do it. To be honest I doubt it's much more than RTW. What came syst Requs wise do you think it will compare to? COD2

The only game I have that needed more than 512mb was Civ4, and there was a memory leak. At least in Rome there doesn't seem to be much (or any) difference between 512mb and 1gb ram.

[player1]

Hopefully it actually pans out as being useful and not just city=RTW cities, castle=restricted RTW cities...

Personally I think it will be like city=RTW cities minus good units, castle=restricted RTW cities, plus better units

ALthough I'm pretty sure that farm upgrades will be better with castles (feudal pesentry), while markets, ports and like will be more popular for cities.

[Antiochius]

what i would like, is, if the provinces consists of more than one city

[Dooz]

what i would like, is, if the provinces consists of more than one city

*Bubble-bursting spoiler*












Not going to happen.

[Monarch]

I think your overestimating RAM, RTW was 256mg, for it then to go over 1gig for the same engine is weird. But tbh RAM is the one thing I could upgrade, I'm not going to get a new process/gfx card as they're way too expensive just for one game. But an extra 256mg is only £30.

[TB666]

I think the new blood effects and the new town/castle feature is what is the most interesting and sound great to me.
Of course the whole package sounds good but these 2 is so far my favorite.

[Hepcat]

I am looking forward to the cities and towns and the SOUTH AMERICAN NATIONS!

The number of units on the battlefield don't worry me so much.

[Ituralde]

I'm really looking forward to the merchants and the improved Diplomacy options/system.

Concerning the AI, they did mention that they will improve the Strategical and the Tactical AI in one of the interviews. Another CA guy even mentioned that they're well aware that the Rome AI was somewhat lacking, so I wouldn't be too pessimistic about that issue just yet.

[Kralizec]

There aren't any real groundbraking new features that I would buy the game for alone, so it depends on the whole package just like Monarch says.

If CA came out saying that the AI would be the greatest in any TW game, that would definitely be something.

[Geoffrey S]

I'm particularly looking forward to the improved terrain of the battlefields (looks more varied, and bigger), and to the reintroduction of prisoners; I really hope we'll again have the option to execute the whole army, just the leaders, or no-one at all.

Also like the look of the combat, the new animations look excellent. Hopefully the won't make combat results too random.