Poll: Should I get Rome 2 Total War?
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I must admit, after all these "little" patches, the game runs a hell of a lot better for me. Lots of the little niggly shits that annoyed me at the start have slowly been subdued and performance has picked up for me.
STILL got those damn victory points though......Creative Assembly, yes I'm still baking those cupcakes, though admittedly its a considerably smaller batch.
STILL got those damn victory points though......Creative Assembly, yes I'm still baking those cupcakes, though admittedly its a considerably smaller batch.
Wow, I don't think anyone has suggested getting it now. And I agree with all of them, wait for them to patch it up or at least put it on sale. They seem to have fixed the turn times as of last week, but the AI is still completely retarded and graphics settings don't work on my machine.
Yes, you should get it. In a few months. I think that they're going the Paradox Interactive route with RIITW, which means "our game will be a buggy hell in the first few months, but patient followers will be rewarded with cream, cookies and an incredibly awesome strategy game (Crusader Kings II, Europa Universalis)".
I'd recommend leaving it a while, personally. At the moment, it simply doesn't work properly, and you're better off playing one of the earlier installments. It's pretty buggy, and even when it's technically functioning it still doesn't feel quite right. I've had the game since release, but I've barely touched it, so you might as well save yourself a small amount of money and disappointment and pick it up when it goes down in price a little.
Actually you would be paying for it so you wouldn't be beta testing it for free. Now would you like to pay to mow my lawn? I promise you hours of realistic graphics.ellieallegro said:
OT: If you're in doubt I would advice you to wait. Get it at a Steam sale, it will probably be quite decently priced around the Christmas sales and the worst bugs will be weeded out.
I guess it all depends on what you liked in previous Total War titles. I've had a tough time getting into any of the post-Medieval 2 Total War games because of the numerous engine and design changes. Like the UI for example, or the increasingly mediocre unit diversity, and the lack of amazing mod projects that I adored in the original Rome: Total War and Medieval 2.
The game in of itself isn't necessarily bad, but the strategic gameplay is VERY different, even from Shogun 2. And the UI is kind of clunky at the moment, so I guess depending on how open you are to major changes, it may or may not work for you.
The game in of itself isn't necessarily bad, but the strategic gameplay is VERY different, even from Shogun 2. And the UI is kind of clunky at the moment, so I guess depending on how open you are to major changes, it may or may not work for you.
Instead of going for RTW II I'd just get the Europa Barbaroum mod for the First Rome Total War game. From what I hear RTW II is incredibly buggy, badly-optimized, and even more arcade-y than Shogun II. Personally I think RTW and Medieval II were the pinnacle of the series.
I regret buying this game, it's full of bugs and the AI has so many complex features that it ends up not doing anything a lot of times. The game hasn't given me any game crashing problems yet and hell the whole game, the mechanics, the visuals everything works great but when it's time to do real time battles... the game sucks, not just the AI, everything in what should be the most fun SUCKS! They have this new flag capture system that's horrible and that alone makes the game boring, keep playing Shogun II or buy Shogun II and play that, unless they remove that flag capturing system, which by the way the AI makes no effort to defend theirs, there's no point in wasting time with this game
For me it's that the actual battles seem less involving... and the campaign map play isn't strong enough to carry the game. Without the battles keeping me entertained I'd much rather play CK2 or EU4.wombat_of_war said: