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Offline Vudak

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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #15 on: March 03, 2009, 02:05:24 PM »
Quote from: Elfie on March 03, 2009, 12:37:49 PM
I pretty much hated the RTR mods after 5.0 or so. Those guys went way overboard in their attempts at realism.....its not real, it's a game for crying out loud.

Different strokes, I guess...  I just think they (RTR team) nailed the feel of the battles fairly well...  Out of all the mods I tried, it seemed to best capture what the texts suggest battles of the time were like.

That being said, once you conquered Greece the game was pretty much over.  If you tried to follow the Roman conquests in approximate order, it could be a challenge.  I sometimes wonder if this is how they playtested it.

SPQR, on the other hand, was a great, fun mod that stays fun throughout the game regardless of how you play it, but its battles are a little overboard on AI advantages IMO. 

Neither's perfect, but I found the two the best options.
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #16 on: March 03, 2009, 02:06:17 PM »
Quote from: Rebel on March 03, 2009, 10:03:32 AM
Many months away before I'll get to that stage, but I'll definitely let ya know.  Right now I'm in conversation with several grognards for the era.

It's not just the US/CSA- EVERY country will get an entire new roster.  I'm excited as all hell about it- Imagine the CSA getting real French/English support, or the Union accomplishing the same... it just opens up entire new hallways for rewriting history.  I can think of 100 what-if's right off the top of my head.

Railroads....THAT'S going to be interesting plugging those into the game. 

What forums do you post on for this game?  I wouldn't mind giving that a bookmark and checking in from time to time.  Good luck with it! :aok
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #17 on: March 03, 2009, 02:21:14 PM »
Quote from: Vudak on March 03, 2009, 02:06:17 PM
What forums do you post on for this game?  I wouldn't mind giving that a bookmark and checking in from time to time.  Good luck with it! :aok

No forums, really.  This is all "in the dark" as it were right now.  It's 1 shot in a million.  Once I actually have something postable I will indeed post.  Most likely over at twcenter.net. 
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #18 on: March 03, 2009, 02:38:37 PM »
You'll find plenty of good stuff as far as Total War goes here:

http://forums.totalwar.org/vb/
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #19 on: March 03, 2009, 02:46:42 PM »
[professor farnsworth]Oh my, yes...[/professor farnsworth]
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #20 on: March 03, 2009, 02:46:52 PM »
Quote from: Vudak on March 03, 2009, 02:05:24 PM
Different strokes, I guess...  I just think they (RTR team) nailed the feel of the battles fairly well...  Out of all the mods I tried, it seemed to best capture what the texts suggest battles of the time were like.

That being said, once you conquered Greece the game was pretty much over.  If you tried to follow the Roman conquests in approximate order, it could be a challenge.  I sometimes wonder if this is how they playtested it.

SPQR, on the other hand, was a great, fun mod that stays fun throughout the game regardless of how you play it, but its battles are a little overboard on AI advantages IMO. 

Neither's perfect, but I found the two the best options.

Around 7.0 or so RTR completely nerfed the effect cavalry charges had making cavlary nearly useless and they also nerfed the damage ranged units did, making them nearly useless as well. I'm pretty sure that wasn't historically accurate at all.

I found the Extended Greek Mod to be lots of fun. It expanded the map, changed the playable factions some and added a couple new buildings and many more new units for all factions.
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Offline druski85

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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #21 on: March 03, 2009, 03:00:52 PM »
My computer got destroyed by the demo  :cry 

If I get this job/promotion at work, new one coming soon  :rock  If not, I'll continue longing for some TW action. 
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #22 on: March 03, 2009, 03:26:06 PM »
I am interested in trying some of the mods for RTW or MTW2. I never did either one and my oldest son loves both games so we have two copies of each and he wants the ETW one as well. He just needs to be upgraded before playing multiplayer against me. I can't deal with his slow choppy gameplay...
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #23 on: March 03, 2009, 03:31:14 PM »
I find the Kingdoms expansion for MTW2 better than any of the mods I tried, but its all in taste.
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #24 on: March 03, 2009, 04:18:50 PM »
Quote from: Elfie on March 03, 2009, 02:46:52 PM
Around 7.0 or so RTR completely nerfed the effect cavalry charges had making cavlary nearly useless and they also nerfed the damage ranged units did, making them nearly useless as well. I'm pretty sure that wasn't historically accurate at all.


I dunno...  When I read accounts of Carhae (sp?) and other actions against the Parthians and I get the impression that their arrows wore the Romans out over time rather than annihilated them completely in a brief time.

I'm basing the archery model on RTR v. SPQR.  In SPQR it seems like the Romans don't know how to lift their shield.  You'll see an entire century cut down from a frontal attack in short order.  In RTR that doesn't happen, though if you let yourself get surrounded...

As for the cavalry... I find it works very well when used in the role the Romans gave it, though not as good if you're trying to emulate Alexander.  The mod really is Roman-centric, despite the attention they've paid to other factions.

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I found the Extended Greek Mod to be lots of fun. It expanded the map, changed the playable factions some and added a couple new buildings and many more new units for all factions.

I've never tried that mod...  I'll have to give it a shot :aok
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #25 on: March 04, 2009, 03:51:59 AM »
heh, 90 minutes after ETW went live on Steam it was listed on the pirate bay.

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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #26 on: March 04, 2009, 04:33:07 AM »
probably get it faster than downloading it for real off steam...they've really butchered this delivery up

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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #27 on: March 04, 2009, 08:22:40 AM »
I still want a real live DVD/CD/Whatever copy in my hands.
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #28 on: March 04, 2009, 11:26:10 AM »
I have it downloading right now.
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Re: Empire Total War
« Reply #29 on: March 04, 2009, 01:57:33 PM »
Quote from: -tronski- on March 04, 2009, 04:33:07 AM
probably get it faster than downloading it for real off steam...they've really butchered this delivery up

 Tronsky

Only took 3 hours to download off Steam for me.


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