Buy now or wait for the patch?

[Gaius Terentius Varro]

I have glanced thrugh the Bug List and it really reminds me of RTW (stupid/passive AI etc). Is the game in it's current state gonna drive me nuts? Or won't someone who has played TW games way too much the last 4 years really notice...

[Nutranurse]

Well I have bought the game, and I am enjying it to no possible end...hell...I think this may be the best purcahse done by me since I took my girlfriend to get birthcontrol...

So there are a few kinks, they do not ruin the game FULLY, just learn to overlook them and you are fine

[Vanya]

GAH!

Thought is overrated. Don't use your mind. Toss out your head and your mind will follow!

Reach deep into the bowels of your gut and see what you come up with.

Just, do as Vanya sez and not what you might THINK Vanya is trying to say. One misinterpretation could have youz trying to do something no sentient being would ever want to attempt.

And when youz see the wisdom of your guttural revelation, the winds of fate shall steer you on the proper course.

Vanya already knows your choice. But Vanya will let youz try to "discover" it.



GAH!

[Gaius Terentius Varro]

Or maybe just buy some of vanyas medication...

[Nutranurse]

GAH!

Thought is overrated. Don't use your mind. Toss out your head and your mind will follow!

Reach deep into the bowels of your gut and see what you come up with.

Just, do as Vanya sez and not what you might THINK Vanya is trying to say. One misinterpretation could have youz trying to do something no sentient being would ever want to attempt.

And when youz see the wisdom of your guttural revelation, the winds of fate shall steer you on the proper course.

Vanya already knows your choice. But Vanya will let youz try to "discover" it.



GAH!

This...is more confusing than my AP World teacher trying to explain the Greeks in 2 days....

[Martok]

GAH! Hey Vanya; good to see you 'round these parts again. GAH!

@Gaius Terentius Varro: My personal recommendation would be to wait, as it seems like CA was forced to release the game when there were still significant coding issues yet to be resolved (i.e., bugs). It really depends, though. If you were one of the players for whom the bugs in Rome drove you crazy, then I would probably advise you to wait until the patch is released.

If they didn't bother you that much, however, then there's probably not much reason to hold off on picking up a copy. Given that most people's impressions of the game are generally favorable (even I would give Medieval 2 a tentative thumbs-up from the short time I played it), you would probably enjoy the game as is.

I personally will never buy another game until it's patched, however. That's just one lesson I've learned the way.

P.S. - Don't worry about Vanya guys. He's one of our oldest active members, and very much a decent fellow. He just happens to be a tad....eccentric. (So in other words, he fits in perfectly here. )

[unknown_user]

Go ahead and pick it up now. You can use the time from now till patch to tinker around and get used to some of the new mechanics and gameplay elements, and then when the patch comes out, start a new campaign.

[Barry Fitzgerald]

Hard to say..don't get me wrong good game..but not amazingly great IMHO. As for how it plays with the patches...well I am waiting to see what CA do, and if they tweak a lot of stuff...it will be great.

Have to say not playing it half as much as the other TW games..

As for most bugs are minor..um no this is the most bugged TW game ever! without question.

[KARTLOS]

I have glanced thrugh the Bug List and it really reminds me of RTW (stupid/passive AI etc). Is the game in it's current state gonna drive me nuts? Or won't someone who has played TW games way too much the last 4 years really notice...

it is still worth buying as you can get alot of fun out of it. i would say the majority of bugs are minor - you only notice them occasionally and they are irratating rather than game destroying.

i would however suggest avoiding factions who have units which suffer from the two-handed weapon bug for example the english whose billmen are supposed to be a key unit, and the byzantines with their varangian guard )- you have to wait along time to get them and then they turn out to be useless which is very frustrating).