So..... I did it......

[Crandar]

Don't do it, guys, you just encourage them to invest more on promotional material, at the expense of actually improving the game.

[hoom]

I will not be pre-ordering this.

There are some very nice looking features, most of which would be pretty neat for Rome2 & I'd probably buy it if they retroadded to Rome2 but they won't do that.

But I'm really not all that interested in that Decline of Empire period, I like to be making a new great Empire with cool units & new building not cling to an old decaying one.
I mean, there are a bunch of new Empires in this timeline but not really exciting ones like in the Rome period where you get to reunify Alexanders Empire & bring Hellenistic civilisation to the world, survive & flourish as Carthage, mature & spread Celtic civilisation, run the expansion of Rome etc.
Late Rome/early Medieval units are pretty bleh compared to the various epic units of the Rome period.


Also I totally don't trust CA to wait for the game to be ready before releasing it.

[Kamakazi]

Well I got in on the ground for Rome 2. I was pretty disappointed because it didn't live up to the hype they created. BUT unlike Medieval II it actually got a hook in me. I say Med II because it is in the same area whereas Shogun 2 was Japan. ( I absolutely love Shogun 2)

Im hoping they have learned from their mistakes but I severely doubt it..... I guess well find out

[Bramborough]

Sometimes these types of games pique my interest in a period (or a particular aspect of one), leading me to read/learn more. As one example, I've been reading about WW2 my entire life, but it wasn't until I played a lot of WoT 2 years ago that I really began to pay more attention to the armored vehicles of that conflict (Beforehand I had nearly always focused more on the naval and air side of things).

R1 (along with the Rome HBO series) got me reading a lot about the late Republic/early Empire period (Caesar, Sulla, Marius, Cicero, etc).

I've read a bit about the late empire, but not as much (partially because there just isn't as much out there). Perhaps Attila will help kindle that interest a bit more. From what little I have read, the causes of the Western Empire collapse in the 5th century are perhaps much more complex...and weren't necessarily quite as inevitable...as the common perception of "decay from within, and overwhelmed by 'barbarian' hordes". I dunno, I'm no expert, maybe some of the new material out there is somewhat overly revisionist.

In any case, I'm interested in Attila coming out, both just as a game and also because I have sufficient interest in the historical period combined with the awareness that I don't know that much about it.

(I do want to make clear; I'm not talking about learning directly from a computer game...just saying that it sometimes stimulates the interest to go look up actual history that I might not otherwise have pursued).

[Kamakazi]

Sometimes these types of games pique my interest in a period (or a particular aspect of one), leading me to read/learn more. As one example, I've been reading about WW2 my entire life, but it wasn't until I played a lot of WoT 2 years ago that I really began to pay more attention to the armored vehicles of that conflict (Beforehand I had nearly always focused more on the naval and air side of things).

I too am an avid reader of ww2 literature and I love to study that war. I also play WoT if you wish to pm me ill be happy to share my in game name

[easytarget]

If you like WW2 and want to experience it in a sim environment, Combat Mission is the ticket: http://www.battlefront.com/

[Kamakazi]

Im not a fan of the ability to change settlement names though...

[Bramborough]

I too am an avid reader of ww2 literature and I love to study that war. I also play WoT if you wish to pm me ill be happy to share my in game name

Oh, I burned out on WoT nearly 2 years ago. Good game, but the community environment was just toxic.

I do, however, play War Thunder a good bit (and same thing happened with increased knowledge of aircraft, especially USSR).

[BroskiDerpman]

Don't do it, guys, you just encourage them to invest more on promotional material, at the expense of actually improving the game.

Lots of people will, so CA has succeeded. XD