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**The Dane** · January 25, 2006, 10:30 AM

The totalwar site just got updated

http://www.totalwar.com/community/medieval2.htm

http://p223.ezboard.com/fshoguntotal...icID=306.topic

**The White Knight** · January 25, 2006, 10:53 AM

Nice. No new features announced though.

**The Dane** · January 25, 2006, 11:09 AM

Yeah

**Swe_gamer** · January 25, 2006, 11:46 AM

Wow check out those Gothic? knights in the last pic!

**Goscinio** · January 25, 2006, 11:50 AM

Too bad no new features were anounced...

Oh well, we did get a couple of extra screenshots

**Atterdag** · January 25, 2006, 12:14 PM

Yay new screens. And they confirm assasin cut-scenes!

**Valerius Maximus** · January 25, 2006, 12:22 PM

those knights look great.but how many people will be able to play the game with graphic settings at max. guess i better start saving for a new pc

**Prof** · January 25, 2006, 12:31 PM

Originally Posted by Atterdag

Yay new screens. And they confirm assasin cut-scenes!

which one?

**DEMETRIOUS II** · January 25, 2006, 12:40 PM

Originally Posted by Prof

which one?

As per site:

A Supporting Cast
Put an array of ancillary characters to work and smooth your path to global domination. Boost your coffers with Merchants. Grease the cogs of diplomacy with Princesses and manage your faction’s path to religious enlightenment with Priests. Charge assassins to wipe out enemy generals and witness their cold-hearted killing first-hand with assassination movie sequences.

**Marcus Scaurus** · January 25, 2006, 01:19 PM

Man, these features and units look so gorgeous. Looks like RTW will be history when M2TW will come out.

**Boudicca** · January 25, 2006, 01:21 PM

Quote: "When engaged they’ll string together a series of devastating moves"

Do I hear Sonic here?!?

Anyway. Great update and nice infos.

**Faenaris** · January 25, 2006, 01:24 PM

Oeoeoeoe ... more meat for the hungry wolves! GIMME!

*rushes off to drool at new screenshots*

**The White Knight** · January 25, 2006, 01:27 PM

Originally Posted by Boudicca

Quote: "When engaged they’ll string together a series of devastating moves"

Do I hear Sonic here?!?

Anyway. Great update and nice infos.

I think the new animations will be a good adition. RTW's graphical engine was certainly lackluster when it came to them (and skins...). The endless falling on the ground, and standing up again in a strange way of the soldiers in combat really ruined the feel of an epic battle.

**Fabolous** · January 25, 2006, 04:50 PM

Originally Posted by Atterdag

Yay new screens. And they confirm assasin cut-scenes!

Which is very exciting. Glad to see them back.

**Gogoas** · January 25, 2006, 05:32 PM

yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11 assasins! i'm gonna buy the game just for that

Although i hope the battles don't look to cheap like spinning attack guys.

**Ahiga** · January 25, 2006, 05:48 PM

Originally Posted by Boudicca

Quote: "When engaged they’ll string together a series of devastating moves"

Do I hear Sonic here?!?

Anyway. Great update and nice infos.

I don't think so. Though hearing the word 'fatality' be mentioned somewhere was scary, I would figure only the most extreme of units (Highlanders, specifically, and perhaps, only. Aztecs too, probably) would have anything over the top. For the most part, 'devistating moves' translates into more fluid combat moves.

Back in RTW, units didn't really have much influence in their movement. Falling down didn't translate to anything except getting hit and having your armor save you (I think), and unit's did very jerky hits and parries, sometimes when the enemy's weapon was not even reaching them.

What I assume it means, but will not deliever in full, is something akin to more 'intimate' RTS games - combat that makes it look like it's a single unit vs a single unit, not one group of soldiers fighting the same 'group', while not really aiming for any specific foe. They did this to an extent in RTW, but it was very rough.