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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: fudgums on March 28, 2015, 12:52:01 PM
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Sale on Steam this weekend.
Should I get any of them? Been looking at Empire Total War..
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Empire is the best of the bunch. Napollean, which came after Empire as a totally separate game, wouldn't even rate as an addon for Empire since the map is only europe. The only thing Empire was missing was a multiplayer campaign.
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Empire was great.
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Question about Empire.
Is it an entirely new game or is it written on the code of Rome and Shogun?
The reason I ask is that Napoleon was just Rome but with new characters. As in I would select Light infantry and they would sometimes say "Spears ready" making it obvious that no original thought had gone into it. Is it the same in Empire?
I don't want to pay money for a game that is inferior to Napoleon and is basically Rome but with new art and no new code.
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Imo, actually Medieval 2 was the best; to get the most out of that game though you want mods (aka modified files by players that have created campaigns).
The best mod, imo, is Stainless Steel, incorporate it into your campaigns...SS has only a few bugs too. However the graphics are old, but there are programs (I don't recall atm names) that can enhance the graphics to more 'of the day looking games.
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Original Rome Total War with the total realism(RTR) or extended realism(EXRM) mods is best IMO.
Go to http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php (http://www.twcenter.net/forums/index.php) and find all sorts of cool mods for every version of Total War.
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Question about Empire.
Is it an entirely new game or is it written on the code of Rome and Shogun?
Its a new game, I believe Empire was the first release of the newer game engine.
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Imo, actually Medieval 2 was the best; to get the most out of that game though you want mods (aka modified files by players that have created campaigns).
I did like the LOTR mod for M2TW. Elvish armies firing thousands of arrows at those huge troll things....
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Its a new game, I believe Empire was the first release of the newer game engine.
Ok, just as I said, I know Napoleon came after Empire and in Napoleon they still said the likes of "Spears Ready". Really kills the immersion. Wondering if something similar happens in Empire?
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There is talk of Medieval 3; recently.
But there has been talk of that for a long time now; we'll see.
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Hmmm, interesting. Picking up the Grand Master Collection would save me $120.
Guess I have to get up early tomorrow and get that taken cared off. :)
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I did like the LOTR mod for M2TW. Elvish armies firing thousands of arrows at those huge troll things....
How long did you play the LOTR mods? Did they capture your attention for a while?
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Ok, just as I said, I know Napoleon came after Empire and in Napoleon they still said the likes of "Spears Ready". Really kills the immersion. Wondering if something similar happens in Empire?
I have Napoleon Total War and I've never heard of that problem occurring on my game. Are you on the latest updates of that game?
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Imo, actually Medieval 2 was the best; to get the most out of that game though you want mods (aka modified files by players that have created campaigns).
The best mod, imo, is Stainless Steel, incorporate it into your campaigns...SS has only a few bugs too. However the graphics are old, but there are programs (I don't recall atm names) that can enhance the graphics to more 'of the day looking games.
Medieval 2 Total War is my favorite of the TW iterations thus far. I have not tried the Stainless Steel mod but am interested in getting it at some point. I'm currently playing a campaign in vanilla version using large armies of Longbow, Feudal Knights, and Dismounted English Knights. With Spain, I love their Tercio Pikemen. Venice have excellent heavy infantry and archers great for up-close brawling. The wide diverse variety of units in this game is the part I love the most. I hope that if Creative Assembly re-does the medieval time period, they stick to using these wide variety of units.
I've played MTW2, Rome 2 Total War, and Napoleon Total War.
In Rome 2's current state with the patches/updates, I find it a very fun game to play. I love playing as Macedon and steam-rolling enemies with giant walls of pikes.
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I did like the LOTR mod for M2TW. Elvish armies firing thousands of arrows at those huge troll things....
That was a blast!
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I bought Shogun DLC :banana:
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Medieval 2 Total War is my favorite of the TW iterations thus far. I have not tried the Stainless Steel mod but am interested in getting it at some point. I'm currently playing a campaign in vanilla version using large armies of Longbow, Feudal Knights, and Dismounted English Knights. With Spain, I love their Tercio Pikemen. Venice have excellent heavy infantry and archers great for up-close brawling. The wide diverse variety of units in this game is the part I love the most. I hope that if Creative Assembly re-does the medieval time period, they stick to using these wide variety of units.
I've played MTW2, Rome 2 Total War, and Napoleon Total War.
In Rome 2's current state with the patches/updates, I find it a very fun game to play. I love playing as Macedon and steam-rolling enemies with giant walls of pikes.
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You'll absolutely love SS then. Don't wait though, I'd finish the campaign you're on if it's that compelling, but not start another until you have SS. I have done a lot of "little modding" for the Teutonic Order, you can have my files if that is a faction you'd like to play with (yes you can play TO, late campaign for 400 turns). The look of units in SS, you'll never want to go back. My files didn't do much other than add a lot of units; things like Gotland Footmen to their arsenal.
Oh wait, if you're only playing M2TW, maybe you haven't played Kingdoms? For TO you'll have to have Kingdoms. Did you get Kingdoms with the purchase?
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I do have the Kingdoms expansion with the game. :)
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When you start with SS 6.4 (I believe is the last) you will be forced to choose a submod. I forget its name, but there is one that says: "most players choose this one" I believe it's a balanced submod between aggressive AI and backstabbing by other factions. I'd start there.
There are a few other submods there; one is rather complex; it combines a supply to movement adaptation to the game and I'd not recommend you go into that one to begin.
Choosing the submod is IMPORTANT, all of your subsequent campaigns will play under that set of rules for the AI.
To change that, reinstall (no uninstall necessary) and choose different submod.
Also, I had to go through the initial SS 6.4 installation steps 2-3 times (for whatever) reason to get the game to load. So if you need to walk through all the steps again; the mod works.
GL
* search for rotbaron in their forum, you'll find/see my learning curve with SS 6.4. Maybe that will help if you get stuck.
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Thanks RotBaron, I'll definitely check it out!
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I still play "Rome Total War" In fact Ive been playing it for the last few weeks. This time as the Seleucid Empire. This game is what? near 10 years old now. And I still find myself playing it at least once a year.
And I always find myself playing it a slighty different way each time