A happy, cynical thought

[Doug-Thompson]

The game boasts kill moves and other individual motions, along with individualized units.

That would look silly at the fast battle speeds of Rome Total War, wouldn't it?

Therefore, I predict that the accelerated unit speeds and quick fights of R:TW will be toned down to allow us all to marvel at the handiwork.

[Martok]

Hey, whatever works. I don't really care what excuse they use to slow down battles speeds, just as long as they do!

[L'Impresario]

Watch the latest Pavia battle video. Concetrate on the ultra fast demise of the French knights on the german pikes. Then look at the battle speed box. It says x10, right?
Here's for some hope if it's indeed x10 (although if it really was a x10, I think we'd be only able to see flashes of coloured light moving across the battlefield - remember that battle in MTW could be accelerated 100%, and it still felt very fast).

[Dan.o6]

Yes, hopefully the x10 means the video was sped up to make it a shorter more action packed. if you can have x10 then surely you can have x0, right? Right? *Hopes*

[econ21]

Yes, that is a happy thought. In fact it's one of my main beefs about the game speed in RTW - it is so fast, you can't enjoy the visuals. RTR and EB allow you to savour the experience much more. If I do a PBM in vanilla RTW, it's hard to write a characterful after action report - events happen so quickly, I often don't manage to take any good screenshots. With the realism mods, you can zoom in and watch your men lining up that flank charge, pause as it crashes home, switch to the next important conflict etc.

On the other hand, I remember Dawn of War had fancy killing moves, very good graphics and excellent atmosphere but also flew by too fast to really enjoy them. Ditto Battle for Middle Earth (which could have rivalled RTW if only there was a way to cut the speed by half).

[Dan.o6]

Read the speech bubble at the top. Maybe this sheds some light on the unit speed? The 10x video was ovbiously sped up so maybe the default speed will be of the MTW standard we have come to love?