Just a topic to discuss the strategy guide for the heavily anticipated game.
Just a topic to discuss the strategy guide for the heavily anticipated game.
WORMS
Cant disscuss much if it not released?
Yharr
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"A warriors death in battle should be bloody"
ohh ill have some of THAT thank you very much
use wedges too cut through army formations..
This will work better than in MI.
it's supposed to come out a month before the game, so it should come out this month. Since the guy from CA confirmed the actual games release is in late August...
WORMS
I'll guess $24.95 USD and it will contain $10 worth of info. The game manual will be so lacking that you'll need the strategy guide or will have to read multiple posts on this forum to understand to consequences of strategic decisions.
_________Designed to match Original STW gameplay.
Beta 8 + Beta 8.1 patch + New Maps + Sound add-on + Castles 2
Only thing I'd add Puzz is that only the US version will require that yopu buy the strategy guide...the european game will come with the manual.
All we are saying....is give peas a chance - Jolly Green Giant
the manuals suck bigtime. if you want to know what works you'll learn so by playing and not by reading a useless manual. although it is nice to know what units will be available i don't see the added value of reading it.
For this game the manuel will be useless. For STW they had a hard time describing the units, not to mention over 100 of MTW's.
WORMS
yea
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untouchable, unbreakable,elven spirit,Elven soul
Abandon all hope.
I've never really found strategy guides that useful - and i've helped write a couple of em (not for TW though, i hasten to add)
The problem generally is that they can only dealw ith 2 things:
1) how the devs anticipate people will play the game and "their" ideas
2) how (if) the writers play the game and their experiences.
Put that up against (tens of) thousands of people all doing it different ways and its always a non-contest, the player will always find out more ways to do things and generally better ways to do things... and, of course, the longer the game is out the more tactics/strategies appear...whereas the strat-guide folks get a few weeks if they are very lucky.
The aspects that will be useful in MTW should really all be in the manual as they are, imo, core components of the central gameplay and mechanics.
(tech trees, special units, crusades, special province bonuses etc etc)
morsus mihi
yea, bit since the guide is commin out before the game, I'm gonna get it just to help the wait.
WORMS
Why pay for a (ussually lousy) strat guide when you can get all the true strats on this forum(now gimme my money Kuma/Tera).Anyway, stratguides ussually suck, I ran a fansite and was approached if I'd be so nice as to put a link to the site where they sold the strat guide, I said only if you mail it to me ,he did and in the first 2 paragraphs there were 3 terrible mistakes, he named a unit wrong, he said that that unit was great for early defence for a certain race, the race couldn't even build the unit and the unit was a late game unit. Also he said about some races they were slow to start while they were actually rush races etc. Tis amusing to read but not if you truly want to get better most of the times...
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untouchable, unbreakable,elven spirit,Elven soul
Abandon all hope.
Mithrandir,
Did you ever get the STW Guide? Anyways, I really am just getting the Guide to help me through the wait of the games final release. Ya know, read up on the factions, see a more detailed descriptions of provinces, that kind of thing.
WORMS
And the Forum Strategy Guideis more likely to come out after the game is released...
WORMS
Ah yes but you'll need the strategy guide to find the secret area on the maps where the holy grail et al are hidden.
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Never laugh at the old when they offer counsel,
Often their words are wise:
From shriveled skin, from scraggy things
That hand among the hides
And move amid the guts,
Clear words often come.
http://asatru.org/havamal.html
Quote Originally posted by Emp. Conralius:
Mithrandir,
Did you ever get the STW Guide? Anyways, I really am just getting the Guide to help me through the wait of the games final release. Ya know, read up on the factions, see a more detailed descriptions of provinces, that kind of thing.[/QUOTE]
Hehe i won my stw strat guide as part of the competition they had at the time "captions for stw" or something - cant even remember it.
The guide was ok from a total beginners perspective but pretty useless if you'd played much of the game... the "Unnoficial Strategy Guide" that was written was far better (was put on another website thats now dead i believe... Grumpy_OMO and others did it)
morsus mihi
ok........
WORMS
BradyGames Medieval: Total War Official Strategy Guide features complete coverage of the twelve factions and tips for commanding each. Detailed maps help you find your way through each area. Battle tactics are provided to ensure victory in castle sieges and more. Comprehensive structure and resource data.
WORMS
I would just like a manual with all the key commands. Some people still don't even know you can zoom on the strat map in STW or show province loyalty.
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