EB comments on Medieval 2

[Boyar Son]

So much negativity. The game has better improvements from RTW.

Also, I don't want to fight Greek and Roman castles! if thats not moddable then thats a serious dent in gameplay and history.

[abou]

It would be cool to see if we could get citadels in EB2: much like Syracuse.

[Boyar Son]

Ok then maybe citidels for some factions. But you can't build them, only repair.

[Danest]

I just hope that EB 2 will be significantly more than a graphics update - as it's already beautiful. And I wonder if anything would be lost... is there something that medieval 2 _can't_ do as well as RTW?

[Xtiaan72]

Castles no....But maybe fortresses. MASSADA!!!

[Philippus Flavius Homovallumus]

I just hope that EB 2 will be significantly more than a graphics update - as it's already beautiful. And I wonder if anything would be lost... is there something that medieval 2 _can't_ do as well as RTW?

I'm not sure what we can do about the pike phalanx. Unfortunatle I only managed to run the game once. It's not unplayable but I get the sense Rome's engine is really gimped and trying to expand it for MII just threw up more bugs.

The latest one involes shield bonuses nerfing melee combat.

[JeffSteel]

Currently, Medieval TW is not playable by any reasonable standard, there's just too many bugs (shields defensive stat subtracting from defense while in melee, units at lower elevation having the advantage over those at higher elevation instead of visa versa like in reality, and other glaring issues).

It's a shame because other wise it is a great game (where else can you have a Scottish crusade that "liberates" the holy land just in time to have to save it from the ENTIRE Mongol horde! Just where IS clan McCloud when you need them, eh?), but I just cant bring myself to enjoy it as is.

So, i'll just content myself with EB until its fixed.

[Xtiaan72]

I feel the same way... I want to love it but at the moment, because of all the problems, it just doesn't have that "just one more turn" quality.

[Ephos]

Currently, Medieval TW is not playable by any reasonable standard, there's just too many bugs (shields defensive stat subtracting from defense while in melee, units at lower elevation having the advantage over those at higher elevation instead of visa versa like in reality, and other glaring issues).

It's a shame because other wise it is a great game (where else can you have a Scottish crusade that "liberates" the holy land just in time to have to save it from the ENTIRE Mongol horde! Just where IS clan McCloud when you need them, eh?), but I just cant bring myself to enjoy it as is.

So, i'll just content myself with EB until its fixed.

Since when have you ever experienced a unit on lower ground having an advantage over a unit on higher ground?

I had a unit of armored sergeants completely devastated by a downhill cavalry charge by the Byzantine Cataphracts. Units are at a SEVERE disadvantage fighting uphill, even if they greatly outclass the other unit!

[kalkwerk]

So much negativity. The game has better improvements from RTW.

There are nice battlefield graphics. Thats it. I didnt really believed it as i bought it: that I should like to play vanilla rome so much more. I played for hours trying to convince myself I would actually like it. Tried really hard. Impossible task it turned out. Just the map. The unit icons. The battlefield AI. And the way the new features like merchants (didnt) work. Disappointment of the year next to EU III.

[Ashtart]

I like RTW too. In M2TW, It's so anoying to succeed in conquering far east europa with western faction or other . But it's more realistic with roman, macedonian, seleucid, carthage, egypte...etcetera.

(Glory to EB team )

[I of the Storm]

I was actually reading this thread and making up answers and comments, when I realized that people were talking about long-fixed bugs, and then I looked at the date and then I went



1 year and 3 months!

It's so far the worst case of necromancy I've encountered.
Anyway, now that I'm here: M2 will be fine for EB2, I'm sure. High moddability, even the castles I can imagine to be very useful. The agents might offer great possibilities too.

[General Appo]

Necro!!! Anyway, MTW2 had me hooked for about 3 weeks until I realised it was actaully quite a boring game.

[Bobolicious]

same here. I got through one game as the HRE before i called it quits. It probably had something to do with the fact that my computer isnt really strong enough to run M2TW, so its really laggy with anything but the lowest graphic settings. Even then, I usually end up auto-resolving battles after only fighting one or two. As interesting as Kingdoms sounded, i knew i would only play it for a week or two, so i ended up rediscovering my love for EB.

[Long lost Caesar]

M2TW was alright, but it could have been so much more. Bugs, messed up combat and (again) messed up diplomacy weren't exactly the great step from Rome that I personally expected to see.
All the same, it had good mods, such as Stainless Steel, which extended the map, added factions and units and made the game feel more like an EB of Medieval (not that THAT feeling lasted long either)