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Rome Total War - Alexander

Posted: 2006-05-04 06:26pm
by Ypoknons
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Rome Total War Alexander

More and more total war! I wonder how Italy will be portrayed, if at all. Alexander's uncle, after all, invaded Italy and failed at that. But ah well, whatever, it's more total war.

Posted: 2006-05-04 07:54pm
by Admiral Valdemar
Oh FUCK! WHY ARE YOU EATING UP MY FREE TIME, WHHHHYY?!

PS.

Brian Blessed FTW.

Posted: 2006-05-04 10:15pm
by Alferd Packer
Well, there goes any hope of being outside this summer. ;)

Posted: 2006-05-05 01:23am
by Darth Wong
June. One more month. June.

Posted: 2006-05-05 01:55am
by Vympel
I already posted about this. This thread is inferior. 8)

Posted: 2006-05-05 06:33am
by Ace Pace
...Digital Download. Ouch. but...

June..June...that's good. My Grades won't die.
Please let it be delayed.

Posted: 2006-05-05 08:04am
by wautd
Bummer, yet another assault on my already little free time

Posted: 2006-05-05 09:10am
by Stravo
You know what this means for someone like me that has been playing Oblivion and Dawn of War? It means I know have to fire up ye old Rome Total War and play a few campaigns to get my skillz back. Damn it all will I never have peace at my computer? Will I ever leave the house this summer??

Posted: 2006-05-05 09:26am
by Alferd Packer
My last bout in R:TW was as the Macedonians, so I should be sitting pretty for this campaign, even without Light Lancers to spam.

Posted: 2006-05-05 09:40am
by Ace Pace
Stravo wrote:You know what this means for someone like me that has been playing Oblivion and Dawn of War? It means I know have to fire up ye old Rome Total War and play a few campaigns to get my skillz back. Damn it all will I never have peace at my computer? Will I ever leave the house this summer??
There have to be SOME kid movies to take the girl out :wink:
I'm more worried about wether I need to cancel my U.S trip to play all these games.

Posted: 2006-05-05 09:46am
by Stravo
Ace Pace wrote:
Stravo wrote:You know what this means for someone like me that has been playing Oblivion and Dawn of War? It means I know have to fire up ye old Rome Total War and play a few campaigns to get my skillz back. Damn it all will I never have peace at my computer? Will I ever leave the house this summer??
There have to be SOME kid movies to take the girl out :wink:
I'm more worried about wether I need to cancel my U.S trip to play all these games.
What's sad about the daughter situation is that because of Rome Total War she is probably the only 8yo that knows how to say phalanx and what it is and knows that cavalry should always strike at the sides or back of a troop formation.

Posted: 2006-05-05 09:51am
by Ace Pace
Stravo wrote:
What's sad about the daughter situation is that because of Rome Total War she is probably the only 8yo that knows how to say phalanx and what it is and knows that cavalry should always strike at the sides or back of a troop formation.
Maybe the only female 8 year old, but a friend of mine is having his three year old brother add his thoughts to his game.

At the 8 year old age, I was playing turn based games, but I wish I had rome to captivate my mind, probebly better then Master of Orion.

Posted: 2006-05-05 09:57am
by irishmick79
As cool as Alexander is, I want to see a Total War game about the Arab Conquest and the rise of Islam in the Middle East.

Posted: 2006-05-05 02:18pm
by Darth Wong
Stravo wrote:
Ace Pace wrote:
Stravo wrote:You know what this means for someone like me that has been playing Oblivion and Dawn of War? It means I know have to fire up ye old Rome Total War and play a few campaigns to get my skillz back. Damn it all will I never have peace at my computer? Will I ever leave the house this summer??
There have to be SOME kid movies to take the girl out :wink:
I'm more worried about wether I need to cancel my U.S trip to play all these games.
What's sad about the daughter situation is that because of Rome Total War she is probably the only 8yo that knows how to say phalanx and what it is and knows that cavalry should always strike at the sides or back of a troop formation.
Not the only one. My younger son David is 8 years old too, and he actually plays RTW himself. Although it should be noted that he only plays Skirmish games, and he tends to give himself a large advantage when facing the computer AI. My older son plays campaign games and generally does well against the computer on Medium difficulty, but he's 10.

Posted: 2006-05-05 03:13pm
by Admiral Valdemar
You'll probably have to pull rank when it comes to getting on M:TW2 after purchase. When that comes out, they'll probably demand first dibs.

Posted: 2006-05-06 12:34am
by Darth Wong
Admiral Valdemar wrote:You'll probably have to pull rank when it comes to getting on M:TW2 after purchase. When that comes out, they'll probably demand first dibs.
Hence the wisdom of getting them their own computers. David has a P4-3GHz with 1GB RAM (just like mine), and Matthew has a K64-3200+ with 1.5GB RAM. If they require any further upgrades to run MT2W, they will hopefully be inexpensive.

Posted: 2006-05-06 12:47am
by Vympel
What I'm worried about with this expansion is that there better be an option to keep going. I don't want the game to end because Alexander just drank himself to death.

Posted: 2006-05-06 02:37am
by Ace Pace
Darth Wong wrote:
Admiral Valdemar wrote:You'll probably have to pull rank when it comes to getting on M:TW2 after purchase. When that comes out, they'll probably demand first dibs.
Hence the wisdom of getting them their own computers. David has a P4-3GHz with 1GB RAM (just like mine), and Matthew has a K64-3200+ with 1.5GB RAM. If they require any further upgrades to run MT2W, they will hopefully be inexpensive.
This came along when you upgraded the server?

I expect what you will need to run MTW2, if you have LCD monitors, you might want a graphics card upgrade just to stay in the native resolution area.

Posted: 2006-05-06 11:28am
by Admiral Valdemar
I'll be giving my computer a mid-life upgrade when the new game comes out (this expansion won't demand anything new). My GPU is desperately out-of-date, and I'm going to get around 2 gigs of RAM hopefully. That should cover Supreme Commander too, which is another RTS that insists on having better graphics than most FPS and RPG titles now (which is good).

Posted: 2006-05-06 01:57pm
by kheegster
irishmick79 wrote:As cool as Alexander is, I want to see a Total War game about the Arab Conquest and the rise of Islam in the Middle East.
MTW?

Posted: 2006-05-06 05:10pm
by Lonestar
Too late in History, alas.

Posted: 2006-05-06 06:15pm
by Fire Fly
irishmick79 wrote:As cool as Alexander is, I want to see a Total War game about the Arab Conquest and the rise of Islam in the Middle East.
I don't think there's a strong market for that kind of a game or at least that part of history.

Posted: 2006-05-07 03:26am
by GuppyShark
It sounds more like something that should be a MTW2 mod.