[Tiste Simeon]

Well I upgraded to Windows 10 and Rome didn't like it. I contacted support and there is an issue with DirectX compatibility or something. So it looks like I'm done playing that.

[Andorion]

Tiste Simeon, on 23 March 2016 - 04:45 PM, said:

Well I upgraded to Windows 10 and Rome didn't like it. I contacted support and there is an issue with DirectX compatibility or something. So it looks like I'm done playing that.

This is Rome 1 or Rome 2?

[Tiste Simeon]

First one.

[Mentalist]

Tiste Simeon, on 23 March 2016 - 06:28 PM, said:

First one.

Are you playing the CD version or the Steam version? Somehow I'm expecting the latter will play nicer with W10.

All these previews for Total Warhammer really make me want to fire up Medieval II and then install some of those total conversion mods there.

[Andorion]

This is strange. My ancient Empire Earth 1 did not run on Windows 8.1 but is running on 10. Go figure

[Tiste Simeon]

Mentalist, on 23 March 2016 - 06:34 PM, said:

Tiste Simeon, on 23 March 2016 - 06:28 PM, said:

First one.

Are you playing the CD version or the Steam version? Somehow I'm expecting the latter will play nicer with W10.

All these previews for Total Warhammer really make me want to fire up Medieval II and then install some of those total conversion mods there.

Steam version as I lost the disc I had before. Hence why I'm annoyed by it. I don't want to get an older version of DirectX because it might mess something else up...

[Maark Abbott]

Tiste Simeon, on 23 March 2016 - 04:45 PM, said:

Well I upgraded to Windows 10 and Rome didn't like it. I contacted support and there is an issue with DirectX compatibility or something. So it looks like I'm done playing that.

Yeah I've had this issue as well. DIRECTX 9 NOT INSTALLED NO TRIARII 4 U.

[Macros]

You don't want Triarii.
You want early legionary cohorts and roman cavalry.
Smash smash

[Maark Abbott]

Macros, on 25 March 2016 - 09:35 AM, said:

You don't want Triarii.
You want early legionary cohorts and roman cavalry.
Smash smash

Yeah well you gotta make do before them reforms ain'tcha

[Macros]

Hmmm, true dat.

[Tiste Simeon]

Early legionary cohorts? My praetorians spit on your early legions...

[Macros]

Your preatotians cost twice as much, take twice as long to train and you generally wont be churning them out in your frontier cities.
Let us meet in a far land little man, away from your precious rome, I will grind you to dust you fool.

To dust.

[Tiste Simeon]

Hah!

Actually you're probably right.

[Mentalist]

Lately I find myself contemplating purchasing the StarCraft II Battle Chest.

Now, I own a retail copy of WoL (bought on release day, back when i was younger and foolish). Which is apparently given away for free by Blizz these days.

buying HoS would cost me smth like $25. buying LoV- about 45-50.

Buying the BattleChest--- $45ish. talk about pricing fails.

Now, I hate Blizz ever since their always online shenanigans with Diablo 3. But I also crave a nice, directed high production RTS, and Blizz are clearly unsurpassed in this field. And I do have this masochistic desire to see just how badly they butchered the StarCraft canon by the end.

Buying retail seems like the most sensible to give Blizz the least money.

What other games are there that deliver a solid single-player experience? (note, I never really liked the 20th century wars as any type of gaming setting)

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 30 March 2018 - 11:45 PM

[Cause]

Blizzard redeemed themselves I think with how they continued to support Diablo.

The battle chest will be well worth it.

The rts genre is like a dessert these days. No idea what to recommend

Best I can think of
Total war
Xcom

This post has been edited by Cause: 31 March 2018 - 01:35 PM

[Mentalist]

I disagree. D3 is still always online for PC, despite the fact they released a PS version that can be played offline. It's a perpetuated lie, and I continue to resent it.

[Aptorian]

The only two recent rts that come to mind are They are billions and Grey Goo.

EDIT: DID Halo Wars 2 come out yet?

This post has been edited by Alternative Goose: 31 March 2018 - 03:20 PM

[Mentalist]

Alternative Goose, on 31 March 2018 - 03:18 PM, said:

The only two recent rts that come to mind are They are billions and Grey Goo.

EDIT: DID Halo Wars 2 come out yet?

Yeah, I believe it tanked on the WinStore, so they ported it to Steam.
Edit: apparently, no only the Definitive edition for the original is on Steam.

Grey Goo is next on the to play list, but gotta wait a week, cuz hitting this month's data cap.

This post has been edited by Mentalist: 31 March 2018 - 04:44 PM

[Macros]

Data cap? Is this still a thing on terrestrial internet??

[D'rek]

Mentalist, on 30 March 2018 - 11:45 PM, said:

And I do have this masochistic desire to see just how badly they butchered the StarCraft canon by the end.

Umm, sort of a lot and sort of they didn't? Like, it definitely doesn't feel like a natural segue from the original or maybe even from the original SC2, but AFAIK it doesn't outright retcon anything, either. It all "works" in the existing lore. I think.

I had fun playing through the follow-up games. I even got through most of the zerg campaign on the harder difficulty (but had to switch back to normal/casual for the last couple levels and the protoss campaign). They're a lot like the terran campaign where you start with just the basics and then get a new unit every mission plus lots of unlockable upgrades you have to choose between.