Announcement : The Rome 2 Total Realism Team would like to introduce itself to you!

[Maurits]

Rome 2 Total Realism - An Introduction

A hot dessert wind was forcing Gero to hold on tightly to the old walls of the settlement. He felt the tiny droplets of sweat trickling from his head, caused not by the near unbearable heat but by what he saw before him. Banners uncountable, a red sea flowing in waves over the Carthaginian coastline as men poured out of the galleys that had brought them here. They had returned, after all these years. He wondered about his men, if their defences were ready for this moment of truth. It wouldn't be more than three days before they would face the onslaught in its full splendour, the return of the monster hungry for gold, blood and glory. The return of Rome.

In a few days time the moment we have all been waiting for the last years will finally be there: the arrival of Rome 2 Total War! While excitement is building up, the Rome Total Realism team has been planning its future. Since our latest release for the RTW: Barbarian Invasion engine, RTR VII, the team has been reinforced by a mix of veteran Warscape modders and new professionals. Together, we are eager to start work on the new title that is to be released. Therefore I am proud to announce the existence of a new mod team, that will be known under the name Rome 2 Total Realism!

For those unfamiliar with the RTR modding family, I'd like to explain what our core values are. The team is an international group of modding specialists with a special interest in history. Our two core values are and have always been a good combination between a challenging gameplay and increased historical accuracy, the 'realism'. This is achieved through a modding process supported by- and carried out in a constant dialogue with professional historians. We plan to work on historically accurate units, that will be enriched by detailed descriptions. Battles will be made more fun and challenging by a clever combination of coding and historical source information. All in all, we will attempt to modify the campaign mechanisms in such a way that we're able to provide you with a great and unique gaming experience.

At the moment, the core team consists of these people:

• Muizer
• Pat89
• Finn
• LestaT
• Caligula Caesar
• Kepper
• HouseofHam
• Anunnak
• MasterofThessus
• T.C.
• Bethencourt
• DaVinci
• JaM
• Paedric
• bucellarii
• Deimos
• Mausolos of Caria
• Blackshroud
• Maurits

Together, we look forward to start work and deliver a great, new gaming experience to you on this new engine. For now, just one question remains:

Are you ready for Rome?

We are!

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[Pat89]

Awesome

[Septimus]

YES! I love you guys!

[Dan113112]

YES!

[Ballacraine]

Way to go, folks!

Can I apply for beta test when you have something ready?

Balla.

[Greve Af Göteborg]

The bards shall sing tales of this day!

[CanOmer]

Great

[AngryPolack]

Awesome!!! Just downloaded RTR Platinum (first real attempt at playing a mod) and its by far my most interesting campaign. This is great news!

[Rittsy]

Cool beans. Excited to see what you guys can do. Good luck!

[Kye]

YES!

RTR made Rome 1 for me. I beta tested it (5.0 I think) and it really felt like a project, great teamwork and everyone was cracking away. Cant wait to see what you guys can pull off

[Big_Smoke]

There's one thing I hope will be different, and that is how you treat ''barbarians'' faction (aka northern europeans).
They didn't looked as great as in EB 1, and were kind of primitive in comparison, which was unfair and actually unrealistic.

I hope this is the kind of thing that will change in Rome 2 Total Realism. Make them look more sophisticated, as they were in real life, and not like in some kind of roman fantasy.
Fortunately even CA went that direction by giving them bigger, more developed cities and more armoured units for the likes of Averni (and probably dacians...). So they aren't not just topless savage anymore.
You're working with far better and more researched material here .

[Duncan III]

I'm so excited by this! I absolutely love RTR VII. I'm starting to feel like a fanboy it feels good .

[perifanosEllinas]

Great to see that the game has already some modding teams ready to make it better after it's released!

[TheRomanRuler]

ROMA VICTOR!

I know its not proper translation, but its most famous and most known.

Sign me in as fanatic player

[Dan113112]

RTR made Rome 1 for me. I beta tested it (5.0 I think) and it really felt like a project, great teamwork and everyone was cracking away. Cant wait to see what you guys can pull off

I like vanilla TW but I love realism mods for TW.

ROMA VICTOR!

I know its not proper translation, but its most famous and most known.

I think it's Roma Victrix or something like that.

[Candy_Licker]

Good luck guys

Some respected modders out there, I hope modders team up as much as possible to bundle their powers. There's certainly enough to do.

[TheRomanRuler]

I think it's Roma Victrix or something like that.

Yeah something like that, i have also heard Roma Invicta.

[Duffeldof]

I have never used mods in TW but with R2 I'm gonna try them. This one I will try for sure.

[AngryPolack]

So...Do you think you guys could have this mod ready by say, Friday?

[Tenerife_Boy]

Please RTR Team make the hoplite shields well done. Not the lazy CA team did......