Rome Total War - Alexander

Ypoknons · Post by **Ypoknons** » 2006-05-04 06:26pm

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.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-05-04 07:54pm

Oh FUCK! WHY ARE YOU EATING UP MY FREE TIME, WHHHHYY?!

PS.

Brian Blessed FTW.

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2006-05-04 10:15pm

Well, there goes any hope of being outside this summer.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2006-05-05 01:23am

June. One more month. June.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-05-05 01:55am

I already posted about this. This thread is inferior.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-05-05 06:33am

...Digital Download. Ouch. but...

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

wautd · Post by **wautd** » 2006-05-05 08:04am

Bummer, yet another assault on my already little free time

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2006-05-05 09:10am

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??

Alferd Packer · Post by **Alferd Packer** » 2006-05-05 09:26am

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.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-05-05 09:40am

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

I'm more worried about wether I need to cancel my U.S trip to play all these games.

Stravo · Post by **Stravo** » 2006-05-05 09:46am

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
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.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-05-05 09:51am

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.

irishmick79 · Post by **irishmick79** » 2006-05-05 09:57am

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.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2006-05-05 02:18pm

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
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.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-05-05 03:13pm

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.

Post by **Darth Wong** » 2006-05-06 12:34am

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.

Post by **Vympel** » 2006-05-06 12:47am

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.

Ace Pace · Post by **Ace Pace** » 2006-05-06 02:37am

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.

Admiral Valdemar · Post by **Admiral Valdemar** » 2006-05-06 11:28am

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).

kheegster · Post by **kheegster** » 2006-05-06 01:57pm

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?

Lonestar · Post by **Lonestar** » 2006-05-06 05:10pm

Too late in History, alas.

Fire Fly · Post by **Fire Fly** » 2006-05-06 06:15pm

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.

GuppyShark · Post by **GuppyShark** » 2006-05-07 03:26am

It sounds more like something that should be a MTW2 mod.