You do know it's 12 months to release?

**last_name_left** · July 13, 2012, 03:48 PM

Right?

And 20 pages of threads. lol

Admit it - it's more fun than the games themselves, yes?

Nothing wrong with that.......but how many threads will there be by the time of release? Funny.

To be, or not to be: that is the question:
Whether 'tis nobler in the mind to suffer
The slings and arrows of outrageous fortune,
Or to take arms against a sea of troubles,
And by opposing end them? To die: to sleep;
No more; and by a sleep to say we end
The heart-ache and the thousand natural shocks
That flesh is heir to, 'tis a consummation
Devoutly to be wish'd. To die, to sleep;
To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub;

**Lord Dakier** · July 13, 2012, 04:09 PM

And this is one pointless thread, which will hopefully be locked soon and end up in the last few pages in a couple of months...

**Drtad** · July 13, 2012, 05:04 PM

Originally Posted by Lord Dakier

And this is one pointless thread, which will hopefully be locked soon and end up in the last few pages in a couple of months...

**Brutalsubtlety** · July 13, 2012, 06:36 PM

Originally Posted by Lord Dakier

And this is one pointless thread, which will hopefully be locked soon and end up in the last few pages in a couple of months...

Snicker! douglas

I too Snicker, Snicker.

...drooling over it... TuranianGhazi

I too await Rome2's sumptuous feast.

People* are excited** about Rome 2 surprise surfrickingprise.

*Including me, oh yes including me.
** Let's leave it at that, for we are Gentlemen, are we not?

**SonOfCrusader76** · July 13, 2012, 04:47 PM

Wrong - there are around eighteen months to release.

**The Useless Member** · July 13, 2012, 04:58 PM

Originally Posted by SonOfCrusader76

Wrong - there are around eighteen months to release.

That's what I was going to say. You do not know what's at risk about this game, it could be the best game ever, or it could be the biggest disappointment in video game history.

**douglas** · July 13, 2012, 05:01 PM

Snicker!

**SonOfCrusader76** · July 15, 2012, 08:50 AM

Originally Posted by Wetblowdryer

That's what I was going to say. You do not know what's at risk about this game, it could be the best game ever, or it could be the biggest disappointment in video game history.

I think it's in safe hands. CA revolutionised the wargame when they released the first TW - Shogun - and now they're going to revolutionise their own concept, with Rome 2.

**Humble Warrior** · July 15, 2012, 10:33 AM

I don`t know how someone can be continuously excited about something a year and a half before release. The only reason i see for posting on it is in the hope of getting CA to make changes \avoid changes before it`s too late, like allowing a Steam-Free option, keeping the game realistic, etc.

Chances are the end release will probably have a lot of upset people who put RTW2 on a pedestal - Oh and those who will dumbly pre-order.

Again.

**Adufka** · July 15, 2012, 11:59 AM

Originally Posted by Wetblowdryer

That's what I was going to say. You do not know what's at risk about this game, it could be the best game ever, or it could be the biggest disappointment in video game history.

I like first option ...the best game ever

**maximusdecimusm** · July 15, 2012, 12:12 PM

The reason there are so many threads is because of all the people hoping CA will
listen to their suggestions and put them into the game.

And of course because of all the pro/anti-historical accuracy flamewars

**Rasic** · July 15, 2012, 12:37 PM

There are a lot of threads because this is the most interesting game CA has done since.. the original RTW. I don't mean just the timeline they are setting it in, but for people who played medieval and then played RTW, RTW changed almost everything and made the series 100x better.

medieval 2-shogun 2 all added new touches like a new engine and gameplay features here and there, but didn't change up a whole lot. I think they are looking to revitalize the series with this one, hence the 40% increase in budget and all the stuff they've talked about thus far. The fun comes in on speculating what they haven't talked about.

**JGL** · July 13, 2012, 05:04 PM

Because one of the many functions of a forum is speculation?

**TuranianGhazi** · July 13, 2012, 05:15 PM

So what? Can't stop us fanboyz from drooling over it, obsessing over every little bit and morsel, critiquing CA's development of R2 to Hell and back, and back again

I just hope CA really listens to these boards, especially the veteran voices who have something tangibly substantial to say (I find myself mostly agreeing with what these venerable TWC vets propose for improvement)

**Armatus** · July 15, 2012, 02:35 PM

I think it's interesting to see all the new faces new titles bring to TWC.

**last_name_left** · July 15, 2012, 05:29 PM

rasic, thanks, you helped clarify something of my point.

And yes, modding is surely the primary concern - fancy graphics and bugs are a given but modding isn't.

It's amusing how every iteration is expected to be the Holy Grail of Gaming, at least until release. Don't people learn anything at all? (I think I learnt this when Dinky Kong for the Oric1 finally showed up in the post......1983.....what a

game.)

I think I'll try keeping this thread on the front page for as long as development takes. [see - it's a long time isn't it?]

**Brutalsubtlety** · August 22, 2012, 08:38 PM

Hey there last_name_left, I just linked your thread, to another thread wouldn't you know? Also expousing the virtues of a little constraint.
http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showt...6#post11906076
To the expansive, communicative collective…
Guys there’s a very long time to go, such a massive, protracted, onerous, time before release.
I’m genuinely not striving to be a party pooper here, but seriously get a calendar.