Scarred!

[Luminous Smurf]

Will the characters in Rome 2 have more...character?

I'm a huge fan of Shogun 2, i feel it is the best in the series and i came to that opinion over a long time of playing it, my previous all-time favourite was Rome but i feel Shogun 2 just pipped it, (just my opinion of course) but i must say that i feel the characters are a little flat, a bit 2-dimensional.

The reason for this is because my generals in Shogun 2 are basically just an amalgamation of beneficial stats that i myself chose, in Medieval 2 there were a large and interesting selection of random characteristics, from fear of blood to flatulence and it made them very memorable, in Shogun 2 all my generals only have stats i gave them, and after a while they all start to resemble one another a little too much, they don't have the "character" that generals like "Carlos the mad" had in my medieval 2 campaigns.

Are we going to see a return of the bald, the furious, the skin-flint, the ugly, the handsome, the rabble-rousers, the shy, will they take after their fathers when born, or will they be unlike them? will Rome 2's characters jump out at us with their individuality? or are we continuing to choose our own generals and agents traits with frankly, not much variation?

[gaunty14]

Hope so, I miss them..except Princesses were almost always guaranteed to have the "Gorgon" trait or something similar making them useless. But it was nice being able to watch generals and characters develop.

[oppaiO_O]

yup... agree on the shogun 2 is awesome plus also agree on better character development though seeing as the game is going to be several decades long i dont think we are going to be able to develop our characters much but instead develop our legions i think the use of generals wont be of much importance considering they want to make a legions legacy follow through out history

[InF3sTeD]

yup... agree on the shogun 2 is awesome plus also agree on better character development though seeing as the game is going to be several decades long i dont think we are going to be able to develop our characters much but instead develop our legions i think the use of generals wont be of much importance considering they want to make a legions legacy follow through out history

Why cant they just do both? I imagine generals will be just as important as they were in Rome I imagine with the legions we will be able to name them and maybe give them a custom symbol for the banner and maybe a statistics chart showing all the legions with win/loss ratio kill/casulties.

For the general I'd like the option to fight on foot aswell. Maybe have it as a trait. I'd also would like to be able to hold capture generals and ransom them like in Med2 (Can't remember if it was in Shogun2).

[oppaiO_O]

Why cant they just do both? I imagine generals will be just as important as they were in Rome I imagine with the legions we will be able to name them and maybe give them a custom symbol for the banner and maybe a statistics chart showing all the legions with win/loss ratio kill/casulties.

For the general I'd like the option to fight on foot aswell. Maybe have it as a trait. I'd also would like to be able to hold capture generals and ransom them like in Med2 (Can't remember if it was in Shogun2).

the problem i will have is that a general wont last you long maybe a couple of turns and thats it you are going to have to go look for a new one and with the legion its never ending the legacy stays....

[Colonel Dax]

i think the use of generals wont be of much importance considering they want to make a legions legacy follow through out history

That's...no.

[♔The Black Knight♔]

I would really like to see more depth and personality with the characters. Some generals will get traits that will make them sound barbaric and detructive.

Other generals will be noble, and will state their disapproval when you order them to exterminate the populous.

Simple stuff like that. Also would like to hear fear or confidence on the battle from the men. Other great immension things like that are great things you can add to the game.

[Fallenempire]

I think they should allow the generals to develop their own characters and traits but allow the player to influence the traits of legions.

[DeliCiousTZM]

Those random char added a whole new level of flavour to the game. I remember brutally scarred might have been SS but 8+ hitpoints and 1+ to morale so ing awesome.