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#1 hmqb

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Posted 17 May 2010 - 07:58 PM

anyone knowanything about that game? Is it good? It looks pretty badass, you get to control armys and monevour them and stuff. Im thinking about getting it so anyone know anything?

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Posted 17 May 2010 - 08:29 PM

The series is very good. The most recent (Empire: TW) had a lot of issues, but was still fun. I'd suggest either Rome: TW or Medieval: TW. They were two of the better games, Rome because I'm very into history and the Roman legion was awesome. Medieval because it is, imo, the best of the series to date.

This thread, http://forum.malazan...showtopic=14008, talks a lot about the Total War games, as well as other good strategy games.

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Posted 17 May 2010 - 08:36 PM

Which one are you looking at?

Shogun
Rome
Medieval
Rome
Medieval 2
Empire?

Personally, I love them all.

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This post has been edited by Cocoreturns: 17 May 2010 - 08:36 PM

meh. Link was dead :(

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Posted 17 May 2010 - 08:39 PM

hehe, I am too quick.

but hey, second is only the first loser. Imagine if Tapper rushed in now, then we'd both be on top.

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Posted 17 May 2010 - 08:44 PM

Stalker, on 17 May 2010 - 08:39 PM, said:

hehe, I am too quick.

but hey, second is only the first loser. Imagine if Tapper rushed in now, then we'd both be on top.

on top of Tapper? no thanks.

on top of Tapper's avatar? well....

meh. Link was dead :(

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Posted 17 May 2010 - 08:49 PM

Wait. Aren't you forgetting Napoleon TW? Or is that game just an addon to the Empire TW game?

I've got Empire in my Steam Folder but I just can't get around to playing it. I tried the tutorial and spent 10 minutes trying to position an artillery unit and failing while the computer mocked me.

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Posted 17 May 2010 - 09:11 PM

Napoleon is an add on. There are plenty of them, like Viking Invasion, Barbarian Invasion, Alexander etc. etc. etc. Have been playing this series since Shogun came out, am a huge fan. Rome is definitely the best so far, though not had vast experience on MTW:2

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Posted 18 May 2010 - 07:46 AM

Alexander was actually alot of fun. I enjoyed winning battles outnumbered ten to one

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Posted 18 May 2010 - 09:21 AM

also realism mod for Rome is awsome, its a total reramp of the game, not one unit that is the same as the old one!

i want to see this world where T'lan imass kneels

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Posted 18 May 2010 - 09:25 AM

Napoleon is a new stand-alone game, you do not need Empire to run it. It looks better than Empire, and has a few nice additions, but it does concentrate on a specific time, and the map is Europe only, not the whole British Empire.

Medieval 2 is probably my favourite, but Empire is awesome if you like the time period, and have a decent PC to run it on. Medieval 2 looks quite dated now I've been on Empire and Napoleon.

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Posted 18 May 2010 - 09:29 AM

thats a shame realy as that game is awsome, but i have to say the same thing happend to me...

and they sould make a rome total war 2 soon...

i want to see this world where T'lan imass kneels

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Posted 18 May 2010 - 09:41 AM

I would love a fantasy Total war. The problem with empire is every troop type is the same bar some slight stat differences. The problem with every total war game is despite scores of historical accuracies so often they bollock 2 things for everyone they get right. Use the same engine, the same design but just make it pure fantasy.

I would also love to see more options. Send single units to enemy territories to wage guerrilla wars and just mess stuff up. Cut off an enemy armies route back to its own territory and have it lose its supply lines.

#13 beru

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Posted 18 May 2010 - 09:51 AM

a warhammer (fantasy) total war would be great! i mean, its balanced (more or less), it got a map, and it builds on another francise (wich may be a problem, but if they get it trugh with GW they would get even more people to by it! espeasly considering there havent been a good warhammer fantasy strategy game! (that i can think of))

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Posted 18 May 2010 - 11:25 AM

Mark of Chaos tried to do something like this but as far as I know, it failed. Medieval 2 was my favorite from this series, I especially enjoyed playing as the Germans - and the Teutonic Order in the add-on.

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Posted 18 May 2010 - 11:29 AM

mark of chaos is okay if you dont mind loading a damned loding screen (after every map no less), and they also forgot the whole straegy part of the game (tactics yes strategy not so much..)

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Posted 18 May 2010 - 11:36 AM

beru, on 18 May 2010 - 09:51 AM, said:

Heresy! I still rank Warhamme: Dark Omen to be one of the best games to date.

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Posted 18 May 2010 - 11:37 AM

TBH I was a bit disappointed in Empire all things considered. I'm not a big fan of the time peroid.
Maybe I should give it more than 7 hours though...

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