Roma 2: Imperium Aquilarum

[Biggus Splenus]

Yeah, were just that keen.

We thought it would be easier to do all the general research now, get it out of the way, then when the game comes out we start working out how to implement our concepts.

[Biggus Splenus]

Of course Rome II will look better. But ...

Personally I think EB2 will have better gameplay, but yeah, Rome 2 will have much better graphics.

[Dominatrixx]

EBII development seems to be very slow lately so not sure it will be released before Rome 2... Unfortunately.

[Biggus Splenus]

Hopefully a small release will be made before the turn of the year, at least a preview version, or something.

[Ballacraine]

Whilst I am of the opinion you are largely working in the dark at this point.....

Good luck to you.

I applaud your enthusiasm.

I'm looking forward to see what you come up with!

I would like to put in an early application to beta test.

Balla.

[Asgaroth]

Best of luck to you guys with this mod !

[General George S. Patton]

Just a quick fyi, the website is back up at http://imperiaantiquitatis.weebly.com/index.html (links in op have been updated)

[yuezhi]

will you guys add new music?

[Biggus Splenus]

Sure, what's an overhaul without it's own music

[pajomife]

I wish you good luck and i hope that CA give you all the possibilities to made a good mod. But mainly i m pleased to see a team and not a single person to made it. Because lately we saw many single man mods and few teams ones like in M2. I just hope dont see egos blowing it.

[Rijul.J.Ballal]

What makes you think Rome 2 will not be the embodiment of perfection?

[Biggus Splenus]

2 answer to this

1 - Perfection is impossible when it comes to games, there is always room for improvement.

2 - CA generally make TW very different to the way that I, and I'm sure a lot of other people, enjoy playing TW, and that's with realism and a certain level of complexity, crossed with simplicity

[SamueleD]

Do you intend to put rowers on your modded ships?

[yuezhi]

Do you intend to put rowers on your modded ships?

maybe in the future some awesome modder could model new ships from the ground up to solve this problem and cheat the engine .
of course they'd have to figure out what to do with the rowers during emergencies like boarding and sinking.

did the big ships in Shogun 2 have rowers?

[Orphydian]

and definetely a briton tribe as a playable faction

[Grimbold]

Let me guess, more emphasis being put on the Roman faction?

[Biggus Splenus]

Do you intend to put rowers on your modded ships?

NO!

and definetely a briton tribe as a playable faction

MAYBE!

Let me guess, more emphasis being put on the Roman faction?

NO!

Asked and answered

[Duncan III]

Good answers, Splenyi!

What about a Dacian faction?

[Biggus Splenus]

Maybe to that too. It's too early to be talking about playable factions right now, but me and the team will make sure that there is a rich variety in factions once we can say whats possible. Hopefully we can make all factions playable, we will just wait and see

[General George S. Patton]

No, they didn't have any in shogun 2, and I suppose it would be possible, but it would probably be illegal as you would probably have to change some hard coded stuff, not to mention almost impossible for anyone outside the game industry.