Gearing up for M2TW

**Waleed** · 10-28-2006, 16:46

I've been a total war fan ever since Shogun and CA has never really disappointed on the whole. Of course there have been a few issues in each game that have caused gripes with the community but as an avid computer gamer I have to say CA has churned out some top notch software over the years.

With the release of Rome Total War, CA upped the ante. I have to admit I did not like RTW as much as I liked MTW because it seemed like MTW was an excellent and refined product wheras RTW seemed tuned down a bit, I especially hated how battles ended with chain routing in a matter of minutes of not seconds, it seemed as if CA tuned down RTW for broader appeal.

Well with the two demos I have played of M2TW I have to say my fears have subsided. It seems everything I LOVED about MTW is back with a vengence but this time on the absolutly beautiful RTW graphics engine. The game looks stunning but let's not forget the most important aspect of a game and that's gameplay. I've played the Gold Demo for hours the past 2 days and I feel like a child all over again. I've read on this board complaints over flags and smiley faces that tell morale and while these may be valid complaints to me they're very very minor issues in what looks like it's going to be an excellent game. The AI seems much much more intelligent, I've actually lost to it a few times which almost never happend in rome. The AI seems to know when to sit back and pound away with missiles or when it should actually engage. I've even been flanked by the enemy in the battle of otumba. The gameplay has just made me feel immersed and entertained and for a price of $50 I feel I will more than get my money's worth when I pick my game up on the 14th if the retail game is as fun as the demo has been.

In an age where it seems PC games are being pushed aside by consoles (walk into any Gamestop or EB and you'll see this firsthand) I have at least one game to look forward to. My last game Purchase was Battlefield 2142, upon opening the package I was shocked to see a disclaimer stating that there would be adware in the game that would monitor my view of in-game advertisments. To make this even worse the only mention of this was on the card inside the game which makes the game unreturnable by most retailers as you've already opened the package, real dirtbag move by EA Games. Actions like that make me feel like we're at the end of what i Call the PC gaming golden age. Even with all this at least M2TW appears like it will be a classic.

Well it's the final strech now, less than 3 weeks remaining. I'm already signing off my social life for this winter in hopes that this game will be the blockbuster hit I'm hoping it will be. Until then I have the 3 battles of the demo to keep me entertained.

See you on the battlefield...
~Waleed

**Dan.o6** · 10-28-2006, 17:33

I have to admit I hated RTW and as soon as I started playing the MTW2 Gold Demo I could tell I would like it. Everything seems like the old MTW, but with new flashy graphics and a better engine. To my surprise I lost my first 2 battles (Agincourt & Otumba), but I tried again today and won them both on average victorys so I was pretty chuffed. I loved how the game ran, although I am getting a new GPU to ensure maximum graphical delight as this one can only just manage low at a smooth rate :D Can't wait to get the full game, I've preordered it to avoid dissapointment. I only wish that I'd heard about the game a lot later than I did because the anticipation is somewhat extreme :D

Overall, really looking forward to this game, haven't looked forward to one as much as MTW2 for some years. Fingers crossed it will deliver, and if it does, I don't think I will be going out of my house for several months/years :D (maybe exaggerated slightly)

**Polemists** · 10-29-2006, 03:29

While I think this is covered in another thread, the demo one and the 25 days to go one. My thoughts are same, I love the demo and the game, still despite how much I love playing the demo I can't help but think that if I would have found out later, like a week before it may have been better as then it would have been bam demo, bam game. Where as now it's demo and then a 2-3 week wait for game.

Though if they kept releasing one new battle a week i'd be happy :)

**Orda Khan** · 10-30-2006, 18:07

Smiley faces are acceptable IMO and nowhere near as much of a pain as the scroll over window itself which is not subtle enough and obscures vision

.......Orda

**Azog 150** · 10-30-2006, 18:17

I think people just have to have something to complain about.....

As for me i absolutly loved the demos and i am really looking forward to release. I even pre-ordered the game for the first time in my life, havnt looked forward to a game like this in a long time.

Come on M2TW

**Burakius** · 10-30-2006, 19:41

I unlike the most of us here started with RTW. Medieval 1 is only known to me for a few weeks and I feel sad that I never enjoyed the experience of medieval total war 1. I am a new pc-gamer almost ex-console player ( might buy the Wii ). My first impressions on RTW was 'WOW'. I saw thousands of soldiers fight each other. Elephants hurling them pitty fools in the sky. It was like a childs dream come true: 'Is this really possible', I found myself saying a lot. It was almost like the excitement I felt in battlefield 1942. :) .

I played rtw and saw the campaing map. I wasnt joyed somehow and left the game for about 4 months or so. Then I say this friend of mine play it and I was like: oohhhh so thats the campain lol. So I started playing and it sure is awesome :D . Now I cant wait to play medieval total war 2. Especially with the Turks in it. ^^

my 2 cents.

**Dr_Who_Regen#4** · 10-30-2006, 19:53

Originally Posted by Azog 150

I think people just have to have something to complain about.....

As for me i absolutly loved the demos and i am really looking forward to release. I even pre-ordered the game for the first time in my life, havnt looked forward to a game like this in a long time.

Come on M2TW

I Agree with the above statement in everyway. This is also the first time I have pre-ordered a game in my life...

**ProudNerd** · 10-30-2006, 23:50

Originally Posted by Dr_Who_Regen#4

I Agree with the above statement in everyway. This is also the first time I have pre-ordered a game in my life...

Me to mtw2 is the first game Ive ever preordered.

**peacedog** · 10-31-2006, 11:25

Shogun was a good game and i played it alot. But it was only when MTW1 came out that i fell in love with TotalWar. It completed what Shogun had begun.

RTW was a bit of a let down, feeling unfinished. I hope M2TW does the same thing as the first and gives us a complete game. From the demo and previews it just might do it.

oh and ive preordered....... yes, you guessed it, first time for me!

**maestro** · 10-31-2006, 15:58

Originally Posted by peacedog

Shogun was a good game and i played it alot. But it was only when MTW1 came out that i fell in love with TotalWar. It completed what Shogun had begun.

RTW was a bit of a let down, feeling unfinished. I hope M2TW does the same thing as the first and gives us a complete game. From the demo and previews it just might do it.

oh and ive preordered.......

That just about summs up my TW experience

Can't wait