Post by Dan @ 11:02pm 02/09/13 | 38 Comments
Rome II is the eighth game in SEGA's long running franchise, and the sequel to 2004's take on strategic combat in the ancient Roman Empire, already famed for its epic battles, and now dialling that up further with some 173 regions and 117 factions, and already the promise of a post-launch content schedule.
Fortunately, all that quantity does not appear to have come at the expense of quality, as you can find out in AusGamers' Total War: Rome II review.
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Posted 11:46pm 02/9/13
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Posted 10:57am 03/9/13
I fear that my GTX570 won't be able to handle this, but I don't want to upgrade until I know whether the next-gen consoles having AMD will change anything in the PC landscape. Woe me.
Posted 01:05pm 03/9/13
Posted 01:32pm 03/9/13
Might have to duck out early this arvo. What time AEST does it unlock? Guessing around 5:30 or 6 from your post, Eorl?
Edit: 5pm apparently
http://games.on.net/2013/08/total-war-rome-2-preloading-now-available-check-your-unlock-time/
Posted 01:37pm 03/9/13
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Posted 02:56pm 03/9/13
Posted 02:56pm 03/9/13
When you buy the game through GMG's checkout, go back into your account, click games and click Total War Rome II. Near the "Download" button, there's two codes. One is for the game and the other is for the DLC.
Source: I did this last night.
Posted 03:10pm 03/9/13
Comparing the 770 to the 7970 results in a small gain in favour of the 770, at least on paper. Some games are optimised for Nvidia and some for Ati as you probably know. http://www.hwcompare.com/14643/geforce-gtx-770-vs-radeon-hd-7970/
The 770 is a bit pricey and IMO not worth the gains over the 7970 but also, I don't think the 7970 is really worth it over the 570, providing that you're happy enough to wait a couple more months.
If you're upgrading, get the best you can afford and if that means saving some pennies for a 780 or SLI 770's etc.. I say do that!
Having come from ATI and back on the green machine, I'm loving it. The PhysX is a really nice touch in games that support it.
Posted 03:20pm 03/9/13
On the Steam page it says 35GB recommended so maybe they are wizards at compressing? Sorry, GMG discount coupon. And yeah, I might just save up for either two 770's or see what Nvidia/ATI has coming out in the near future. It all really depends on how well Rome 2, Watch Dogs, AC4, Batman and GTA 5 (if ever) go on the GTX 570 for me to consider upgrading right now or waiting for the future cards.
Posted 04:48pm 03/9/13
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Posted 11:21pm 03/9/13
http://imgur.com/a/deXOe#0
Posted 09:15am 04/9/13
Posted 09:57am 04/9/13
Bit of a departure from previous games in terms of army/fleet/city management and the new provincial system is pretty cool. Bit of a learning curve even for avid players of past games.
I'll reserve my judgement until I've played it a bit more extensively but so far it seems pretty damn good.
Posted 10:08am 04/9/13
Only problems I've ran into personally are the frame rate seems to be a bit sketchy and some of the AI is a bit borked where I'll tell them to go fight and they run up to the selected enemy and fight them, but then won't go and fight anyone else nearby.
I've had a few friends crash at the prologue but other than that it all seems good. AI turns don't seem to take long as some reviews pointed out, but maybe I'm just lucky?
Posted 10:26am 04/9/13
you're lucky. mine takes about 1 minute between turns.
Posted 11:33am 04/9/13
I never played shogun 1 but played all others.
There have been some good improvements throughout the series such as troop recruitment and filling lost men through a general, no more masses of spies/religious etc units to deal with, technology trees, bonus units when defending a city.
But then i also think the series has become a little more streamlined. I didnt play much of shogun 2 as i wasnt a big fan but thought the 4 unit types (sword, spear, archer, calvary) was too simple. While good for rock-paper-scissors approach i thought it pretty much made all the factions the same. Obviously they were all from japan so maybe this was the issue where as i really enjoyed the differences between factions in Medieval and Rome. Fighting the greeks with their spear units was very different to the factions with chariots or elephants. Also thought Empire pretty much boiled down to building masses of firearm troops and had very little difference in units between factions.
I dont have Rome 2 so cant comment on that.
Posted 11:48am 04/9/13
Nothing has come close to how great rome was so I'm really exited for II
Posted 01:21pm 04/9/13
Yeah i figured that.
A guy at work loves his total war mods and mentioned Darth Maul i think. Never checked them out as i havent had much to do with mods since the old UT and Q3 days. Only mod ive tried recently is that Blood and Steel for M&B Warband and its pretty awesome.
Posted 01:38pm 04/9/13
Posted 02:03pm 04/9/13
How have they changed?
Posted 03:40pm 04/9/13
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Posted 10:34am 05/9/13
There are already people on the steam forums b****ing about it and wanting refunds saying the game is incomplete...WTF?
I know a lot of games may have bugs on release, but TW: Rome 2 looks and feels great.
Posted 11:01am 05/9/13
It's definitely a game that needs better tutorials and a manual. I should if there is one somewhere.
I have found it a little bit buggy. I was attacking a city with my fleet and it took forever for some of them to land. I literally ordered them to land a dozen times before they did. Things like that.
Posted 02:12am 08/9/13
But I AM SORRY.
This game has been released too early.
Check out the Guardian review - they seem to have played it and seen clearly.
It has lots and lots of problems - bugs if you like - but serious problems.
The scripting in the prologue just constantly fails making the game unplayable.
Just as an example, sieges become a joke with scaling ladders dancing against walls disabling associated units.
City gates swing back and forth endlessly so you can't destroy them or walk through them.
You can't even get to the enemy to initiate battle.
It fails at the strategic level, at the operational level, at the tactical level and in lots of small details.
If you do buy the game SAVE VERY OFTEN.
No doubt, in time it will be fixed and be quite playable.
I will keep my copy and wait for another great Total War game
when it IS DONE !
Posted 02:13pm 08/9/13
Some things I liked:
Solders can disembark from boats in a battle.
Things for generals.
Warmaidens/Dignitarys and such. They can provide useful bonuses.
If CA made Empire 2 with the things I liked and kept streamlining to a minimum, I would be happy as a pig in s***.
Posted 04:41pm 08/9/13
Posted 05:30pm 08/9/13
Game's pretty laggy though :(