Total War Returns to Rome

[VladG]

Rome is STILL my favorite game in the series. Even beating the new Shogun 2. I STILL will go back and play my Steam copy of Rome Gold Edition.

I'm sure people are going to hate on CA for retreading like they did when Shogun 2 was announced, but in my mind Rome 2 is what I've been craving for years.

Yes! Oh gods yes!

While I personally have played Rome only a couple of weeks ago and feel it can't really stand up to Shogun II, it's still the Total War game that's closest to my heart.

All the polish and improved mechanics that have gone into Shogun II in a Rome setting... Take my money now!

 

[Akexi]

YES YES YES! Rome: Total War was my first game from this series and it just blew me away and I'm crazy excited for the sequel.

 

[Bigeyez]

Rome is STILL my favorite game in the series. Even beating the new Shogun 2. I STILL will go back and play my Steam copy of Rome Gold Edition.

I'm sure people are going to hate on CA for retreading like they did when Shogun 2 was announced, but in my mind Rome 2 is what I've been craving for years.

Yes! Oh gods yes!

While I personally have played Rome only a couple of weeks ago and feel it can't really stand up to Shogun II, it's still the Total War game that's closest to my heart.

All the polish and improved mechanics that have gone into Shogun II in a Rome setting... Take my money now!

Oh I definitely love Shogun 2, but what puts it below Rome in my list is the sheer number of different unit types in Rome. Shogun 2 has pretty much copy pasted army lists for all it's factions. If they just combine Shogun 2s improvements and graphics with Romes setting and vastly different factions and units it would be a game I'll be playing for years.

 

[Not G. Ivingname]

Friends
Romans
Country men
Lend me your pro-tips!

Your general has hidden stats that secretly make it the best unit in the game.

To activate them, run your general straight into a formation of at least three spearmen, without any support of other troops.

You will win much honor and victory!

OT: Please them them port it too mac.

 

[KiKiweaky]

I now have a date with a furios hand and a box of tissues.... excuse me please

 

[RandV80]

Still haven't gotten around to playing my steam copy of Shogun 2, but it now sounds like a wise choice to have set it on a smaller more focused campaign. Now that they have all that fine tuning finished, they can focus on putting it into a much larger game which is what I really want.

I'm still wondering though if they're ever going to open up some sort of map editor for the game. That's the one thing I've never liked about the series, it's great to start on a historically accurate map but it really cuts down on re-playability. I wish it was like the Civilization series where you can start a game on a variety of randomly generated maps.

And before anyone goes into historical accuracy there's nothing historical about Scotland conquering all of medieval Europe, North Africa, and the Middle East.

 

[JaceArveduin]

Friends
Romans
Country men
Lend me your pro-tips!

Your general has hidden stats that secretly make it the best unit in the game.

To activate them, run your general straight into a formation of at least three spearmen, without any support of other troops.

You will win much honor and victory!

OT: Please them them port it too mac.

lol, as long as it's straight into the flanks, you're general's going to win XD

Cavalry was so OP in that game, to be honest.

 

[MrBoBo]

My body is ready.

 

[senordesol]

Eghhh...I love Total War...I really do, but can we...you know...kick it up another era. Seriously is there going to be a Total World War?

 

[Legiondude]

Whoever wrote this article has an awful grasp of Ancient history.

I don't see anything that's particularly wrong in it. At least nothing that can't be excused by Rule of Entertainment.

Then you also have an awful grasp of Ancient History.

The only facts discussed in the article are that the Eastern Roman Empire was Byzantium, and that the first Rome: Total War had a campaign involving Alexander. Both of these are true. Then all the latin at the end which seems to me to be a joke.

So, what are you harping on?

Edit: Maybe you're reading it as the author saying that Alexander was Roman? That's not what I get from the text at all. He's just saying that there was an Alexander campaign in the original Rome: Total War. Which is true.

What and where is Byzantium, dear genius?

You're just nitpicking now

 

[Yureina]

omgomgomgomgomgomgomg!

Yaaaaaaaaay!

I can't wait to play this! ^_^

 

[Quazimofo]

Whoever wrote this article has an awful grasp of Ancient history.

I don't see anything that's particularly wrong in it. At least nothing that can't be excused by Rule of Entertainment.

Then you also have an awful grasp of Ancient History.

The only facts discussed in the article are that the Eastern Roman Empire was Byzantium, and that the first Rome: Total War had a campaign involving Alexander. Both of these are true. Then all the latin at the end which seems to me to be a joke.

So, what are you harping on?

Edit: Maybe you're reading it as the author saying that Alexander was Roman? That's not what I get from the text at all. He's just saying that there was an Alexander campaign in the original Rome: Total War. Which is true.

What and where is Byzantium, dear genius?

ah yes i see the error now. as far as i know, byzantium was the original name of the city taken by the romans before it was constantinople, and it was a fairly important city in the original rome total war as far as i remember, so the similarity of the names (byzantine empire vs byzantium) makes the mistake understandable.

as wrong as this likely is, it is not so important a fact that it is worth arguing over. so lets all let it go

 

[Quazimofo]

Eghhh...I love Total War...I really do, but can we...you know...kick it up another era. Seriously is there going to be a Total World War?

i feel this is inappropriate for total war because of 2 things. 1, the combat would have to be completely different, except for ww1 maybe, but that was a big stalemate so it wouldnt be that fun.

and 2, the world wars have been done to death. the only ww2 games i play anymore are company of heroes, which would be difficult to beat as an rts.

besides, where else can you get this kind of quality and freedom in a turn based/rts game, for the rich historical periods it has covered? why should they stop what they do best now?

 

[JerrytheBullfrog]

Whoever wrote this article has an awful grasp of Ancient history.

I don't see anything that's particularly wrong in it. At least nothing that can't be excused by Rule of Entertainment.

Then you also have an awful grasp of Ancient History.

The only facts discussed in the article are that the Eastern Roman Empire was Byzantium, and that the first Rome: Total War had a campaign involving Alexander. Both of these are true. Then all the latin at the end which seems to me to be a joke.

So, what are you harping on?

Edit: Maybe you're reading it as the author saying that Alexander was Roman? That's not what I get from the text at all. He's just saying that there was an Alexander campaign in the original Rome: Total War. Which is true.

What and where is Byzantium, dear genius?

Byzantium was the original name (well, the latinized name of its original Greek name Byzantion) of the city that was renamed Nova Roma by the emperor Constantine, which led to its popular and later formal name Constantinople. It was the eastern jewel of the Roman Empire, and after the fall of Rome in the West, became the capital of the Byzantine empire, also known as the Eastern Roman Empire.

Any questions?

 

[Albino Boo]

What and where is Byzantium, dear genius?

Its the eastern half roman empire. What is known in English as the Byzantine empire was called by itself the Roman empire. The name came about in west largely because of utterly spurious claims of the Holy Roman Empire claims to be the successor to to the classical roman empire. In the catholic west the Holy Roman Empire was the Roman empire and the eastern Christian Roman empire was a heretical state falsely using the title of Roman empire. If you want to continue medieval catholic bigotry by denying the eastern empire's true heritage thats up to you.

 

[One of Many]

I can't wait!

I love Rome and its expansions. Been dreaming of Rome 2 ever since I got caught a rumor of Shogun 2. I'm a very happy man now.

 

[maninahat]

Oh for fuck sake. Rome still stands up even in this day and age. It doesn't need a remake.

I was looking forward to what new ideas they would come up with next. Does this mean they'll remake Medieval 2 after this one?

 

[Little Duck]

Can we pretty please have a mythology total war.