Foederatus
RTW: Alexander
Ive played both RTW and the first expansion pack for it, Barbarian Invasion, and enjoyed both games a lot. I have yet to play the Alexander expansion though, and was wondering if you think its worth buying. Also how similar is it to the first two games, and does the campaign map and battles work the same as the first two games? Thanks.
Foederatus
Re: RTW: Alexander
Well its "Alright" I think BI is the best though.
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Semisalis
Re: RTW: Alexander
The campaign is very different.
Most of your army after the first few turns will be mercs because you have a very limited time to invade and take over most of the world so your armies will be roughly 1/4 macedonian 3/4 mercs or ud move to slowly.
Battles themself are the same but a little difficult if you use mercs badly because there prone to braking if they think the battles going bad so there best used as flank guard in large numbers and use thin lines of macedonian phalanx to hold the centre.
I enjoyed it though its a good game if your a fan of the blitz across the world tactic.
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Re: RTW: Alexander
I originally bought RTW Alexander when it first came out - for me the expansion had limited play.
I now simply use the exe to play various R:TW mods as the AI is supposed to be better than either R:TW or R:TW BI. It does not use shieldwall or swimming or hording that were part of R:TW BI - but that's no biggie for me.....
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Occasio mihi fertur
Re: RTW: Alexander
I think it's a decent expansion pack, certainly worth the low price. The historical battles especially are difficult and quite nice.
Foederatus
Re: RTW: Alexander
Ok, thanks for the replies.
Decanus
Re: RTW: Alexander
Alexander has quite a few hectic battles. There are so many sometimes I get frustrated and auto-resolve them, resulting in unnecessary casualties. If you're up for a hectic and challenging campaign that grows a few hairs on your chest, then get it!
Miles
Re: RTW: Alexander
i tried alexander last weekend as i had it in steam, and i must say, trying to squeeze a phalanx through settlement gate sieges bring out the worst of the sieges pathfinding AI in the total war games, cluster
And since in alexander all you pretty much do is rush from one city to the next, siege after siege, i gave up on it. Stick to BI its much more fun from my pov.
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