Rome Total War!

[Phoenix]

Greetings my fellow Romans!! I'm curious to see if any mythic scribe members play Total War. Even more so if its Rome Total War. I'm interested in forming a clan. If anyone wants to ask about the game go right ahead.

 

[Giant]

Is this game by the same people that made Dragons of Atlantis? I really enjoyed that game until they (money grubbing creators) kept adding more and more cash only items. It takes the average player right out of the game when the money players come in.

 

[Telcontar]

Love the Total War Games. I have to ask, though - why are you going all the way back to Rome? That game is pretty ancient now. Medieval II is still my favorite in the series, though Empire gained a lot with the mods. Shogun II is pretty good, but there are some definite weaknesses I would like to see addressed in mods.

 

[Phoenix]

Rome Total War is my first pick because it is in my favorite time period. I'm looking into getting Medieval II ,as it comes in at a close second.

Giant, no they are not the same creators. Total War is under The Creative Assembly and Sega. It is a real time strategy game allowing you to control thousands of soldiers.

 

[gerald.parson]

Total War games are just, epic. They are in a league of their own. I play whenever I can.

 

[terence.soule]

I liked Rome a lot, but have to admit I like the first one, Shogun, about as much as any of them - maybe more. I suspect its because I enjoyed the battlefield tactics more than the overall strategy and the later versions kept piling on more and more global strategy. Plus, their seemed to be fewer types of troops in the earlier versions, so how you manuvered them on the battlefield was more important. But a prettly good series all around.

 

[Epaminondas]

I played medieval II quite a bit (disk drive is broke on my game pc now). I cannot stress how much I loved that game and
Rome is on the same game engine.
It took me around three months just to unlock all of the nations. All in all its a very addictive game with tons of replayability. I really do want to try some of the other versions, particularly the Napoleonic one.

 

[Xanados]

I have found that playing games such as Total War can increase your general knowledge as a writer. Warband is another good example of this.

 

[Phoenix]

We are any of you guys interested in forming a clan? All I have is Rome, but I can probably get Medieval II

 

[Elder the Dwarf]

Medieval 2 was awesome! I don't play anymore because my desktop computer is now so slow that attempting to play is just miserable. I bought Empire but didn't have the specs to run it... anyways, they are awesome games.

 

[Xanados]

There isn't much of a multiplayer scene for Med 2 :S

 

[Phoenix]

Well Rome is actually running well where multiplayer is concerned. Have you guys looked up the Prince of Macedon?

 

[WilliamElse]

I love Rome and Medieval II. Personally, I think the series has gone downhill in terms of gameplay since then. There's also a great LOTR mod for Medieval II called 'Third Age' - well worth checking out.

 

[Phoenix]

I hear about Third Age. Does anyone know how to download the mods?

 

[WilliamElse]

You can download it from this site:

Downloads - Third Age - Total War Mod for Medieval II: Total War: Kingdoms - Mod DB

You need to download both halves of version 3.0, then the 3.1 patch. If I remember correctly, you just run the program once downloaded and it installs itself.

I really recommend it - in my opinion, it could have been released as a full game in its own right.

 

[gerald.parson]

Third age has some really cool aspects, and some really crappy ones too. But it is free as it is a community mod, and I give them tons of credit for that. There just isn't enough units for my taste, and the disparity between some of the factions is almost nil. Id try it out though for sure. Install for me was a little tricky but other than that didn't have to many issues with CTD's

 

[Ivan]

I play Medieval, the first one. I like the feel of it I guess. I enjoyed Rome but don't play it any more.

 

[Phoenix]

I just got Medieval II. Very good game! Runs better than Rome, but I like the History of Rome better. Anyone want to make a clan in either game?

 

[Xanados]

I just got Medieval II. Very good game! Runs better than Rome, but I like the History of Rome better. Anyone want to make a clan in either game?

Yeah, it does run better. I would but I'm really bad at the game. I only play it casually.