New to EB. WOW!

[Xtiaan72]

New to this forum but excited to join the community. Simply put EB blew me away.



I decided to return to Rome...I can't help feeling disappointed about Medieval II. I've played all the games since the beginning of the series but MII doesn't have the same kind of addictive game play. The two year turns take role-playing right out of the game.... And the whole thing just doesn't feel as epic and finished as Rome.

On a whim, after surveying all the available mods for Rome I decided to try EB. WOW! It's amazing...Balanced, Challenging, with fantastic factions. What a great idea to create three tribes in Gaul. I just got through reading Julius Ceasars Biography and it's truly awesome to see some of the Gaulish tribes with appropriate character names to boot. The skins are amazing. The battles are much better. The four season turns and new traits make the game truly epic. I can't believe that it still plays so balanced after all the changes.

Thank you to everyone responsible for this mod. It breathes new life into the game. It's really what Rome should have been. Great job and obviously a labour of love...

Just out of curiousity, am I the only one here that thinks Rome is better than MII? It feels....Unfinished. Maybe it will be better with further patches. I hate how most of the units just stand around while a few guys fight. How did that get through beta?

There's no doubt in my mind that EB improves on what was already great. Are any of you Eb guys working on a port for MII? Would love to see what you do with it. I'm duly impressed. Sorry to be such a fan boy but I was really shocked when EB played this well. Again, Thanks for this Mod..

[Bava]

Just out of curiousity, am I the only one here that thinks Rome is better than MII?

Vanilla Rome? No way. Rome with EB and/or RTRPE. Hell, yes!

As for the unfinished feeling... i dont think a game developer (for a mass market, that is) can afford the amount of time and staff to put in all the details a motivated mod team can. There are some exceptions (Battlefront.com/Combat Mission Series and the devs of EU II and Hearts of Iron) but these are made for niche market and therefore simply have to be very detailed and accurate as they have a different audience (no 133t kiddies ).

Edit: Oh, and welcome to the .org, Xtiaan72

[Xtiaan72]

Thanks.......Happy to be here!

[keravnos]

One of the things, that EB stands for, and in which I take particular pride is the fact that we consider all factions equally good.

I acknowledge the fact that most people will play Romani, and respect that, but in no way are the other factions, Romani fodder. They are as fleshed out and real as we can make them. It is true that some factions are more "worked" than others, but we are trying to bring them all up to a standard.

The true beauty of EB is the fact that each faction looks, feels and plays different. Teleklos has done wonders on that department.

So my advice is, play a completely different faction than the one you are used to. Hayasdan, Pahlavi, etc. Even Saka (which will be much better in time).

Then play Hellenic factions, then Qarthadastim, Even sweboz. That is the richness of EB, its splendor.

And finally... Ambakaro Epones!

[Omanes Alexandrapolites]

Hi and welcome,
I'm glad you love EB. Another convert has now entered the temple that is the grand modification Europa Barbarorum! Cheers!

[Kugutsu]

... Even sweboz...

I played a sweboz campaign last weekend and have to say it was a really good experience. Totally different from my previous game as Hayasdan. With them I always felt like I was part of the wider civilised world, with the seleukids, ptolies and later epirots and greeks. With the sweboz I truely felt like I was playing an isolated, barbarian tribe out on the fringes of the known world, quietly uniting my people, oblivious to the civilized world beyond... Until the romans shattered my illusions by marching over the alps...
In battle they are pretty different too, I had to develop a whole new set of tactics to play them effectively. EB never ceases to amaze and entrall me...

[Cadwalader]

If you don't get a "wow" experience the first time you play Europa Barbarorum, you're blind and deaf.

[Elminster12]

EB is a truly wonderful experience. I always liked Pontos, even in Vanilla, but I never felt very immersed. The units were pretty generic, but I liked the feel of a Persia-meets-Hellas faction trying to eke out an existence in the shadow of the gargantuan Seleukid empire. Every faction I have played(well, aside from the Saka, but they're quite incomplete) has been a blast...

Speaking of Pontos, it still doesn't have a spy, get to work slackers!

[Incongruous]

I have been a fanatical follower of RTR since day one. With the release of 6, I didn't think it could get any better. Then with the release of RTRPE and Extended realism MOD i do belive I died and went to heaven.

However, the experiance of EB after all that is rather like, first having an amzing Sticky Pudding, then being served a Cheescake/Gatue from my local French Caffe.

MMM, cool, smooth and delightfully thought provoking.

[Hellenic_Hoplite]

yeah im re-installing eb right now, I gotta admit it is a fun game and much better than RTW, the last time I played it I was playing as coinon hellionon (how ever its spelled) and since the macedonians were such a challange I decided to keep to the islands of crete rhodes and cyprus (I captured it from the ptolomics) and I eventually captured one of their more rich but less defended inner cities with my small force of hoplites, all I got to say is it was fun.

[Zim]

This is absolutely the best mod I've ever played. I almost can't believe I haven't been tempted once to play MTW2 since I downloaded this a few days ago. Just got through much of a practice campaign as the Sweboz, I'm going to give the Casse a try now.

[Watchman]

British road rage!