
Originally Posted by
Myth
Always glad to read a positive post (including contructive critcism and feedback). I've been happy with the game since they removed the red skies and removed siege battle lag, and everything afterwards has made it better and better. Even if development stopped right this instant It would be on par with Rome 1 for me. Sure it lacks a family tree and seasons but it has a lot of other things.
And if anyone tries to convince me that patch 1.5 CAI and BAI are worse than Rome 1's "let me blockade that port for you", "fear the might of my endless 2 peltasts stacks" and "my general shall charge at your pike phalanx! Woe upon you!" then they are delusional. Rome II is a great game for me and as it is right now I could probably sink hundreds of hours in it untill i get bored with all the factions and variations.
With a few more patches and DLCs Rome II will earn the title of best strategy game. It has it already but I think those were ahem... purchased a bit prematurely. But we have to blame some marketing nerd for that. The actual people who develop and make the game are die hard Total War fans like us and they've been giving us what we want, and then some.
I think the herd mentality online is a dangerous thing. As soon as hating CA and calling anyone who enjoys Rome II a "CA apologist" becomes the new cool thing to do, all the 14 year olds jump on the bandwagon and start doing it. Soon, everyone is doing it because that's how we fit in the online community, right?
But, to gauge the true worth of Rome II, imagine you got it right now, post Nomadic Factions DLC at launch in September. How much would you love it? I daresay most of us would be singing high praises and sacrificing to Wodanaz or Mars.
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