Rome II Praise Thread

[DarrenTotalWar]

I have fun with it now too, but I also get frustrated at obvious AI bugs, bad performance and just the lack of .... character the game has.

[Karnil Vark Khaitan]

CA is trying to settle on Rome II for modabillity it is a bigger game and well suited for it so yes, hopes up!

Same here we already got med2 knights in rome 2 now!!!

[Elemental]

I never thought i would say this since I was so disapointed at launch, but the game is good now. Had some good fun and challenge with it the last couple of days. Still many flaws thou.

[Swamidude]

Hi, I'm also enjoying the game, but I have another confession to make, I'm enjoying it since september and played the whole time on vanilla :O :O

Allthough I was dissapointed, it didn't stopped me from having fun though, never got into Rome total war, medieval II total war and Empire where the games where I have spend so much time on that all together I might have lost a whole year of my life just on those two games, at least several months :p (and then I really mean if I count every hour I've played, so that it would be the same like playing a year long 24/7/52 xD). But somehow I thought the time period wasn't my thing. Rome II has proven the opposite, I'm loving the time period now, so there must be something despite the bugs and bad design choices that Rome II has that Rome didn't had, at least for me personally. I now have 791 hours of playtime according to steam, so roughly 300 hours wait time I guess xD

[koovie]

Just had a battle in my Baktrian campaign, while listening to the soldiers chatter one dude said:

"He said, what you do in life echoes in eternity"

The reply: "Bloody Romans!"

[Elemental]

Well, having played all the total war games I must say, that in my opinion if you look away from the partly broken siege AI, then this AI is the most challenging of all the total war games without a doubt. I started out as Suebi on very hard as I usually do on the total war games and I am getting a real challenge compared to earlier games.

[antred]

Well, having played all the total war games I must say, that in my opinion if you look away from the partly broken siege AI, then this AI is the most challenging of all the total war games without a doubt. I started out as Suebi on very hard as I usually do on the total war games and I am getting a real challenge compared to earlier games.

CA simply upped the amount of AI cheating going on (anyone want to explain to me how all those one-region-minors can not only afford maintaining such giant armies but also replace them in a heartbeat when one gets wiped out?). I have not witnessed any increase in AI competence whatsoever.

[Sun Jetzu]

CA simply upped the amount of AI cheating going on (anyone want to explain to me how all those one-region-minors can not only afford maintaining such giant armies but also replace them in a heartbeat when one gets wiped out?). I have not witnessed any increase in AI competence whatsoever.

This is why I just got a mod that limits the small factions and makes the larger factions stronger

[Mirni]

I have finished a couple of Roman campaigns. Then started off a Macedon and an Egyptian campaign. I have so far tried Radious and D.E.I. mods, and I am more inclined towards Radious. I was not having fun when I started, cause the AI was beating me. I have played the game before but I mostly auto-resolve my battles. I don't have the willingness of micro-managing the battles. I tried playing on the Normal settings for the Macedon campaign, but then lowered it to Easy. The whole point of the game for me is to have pleasure for a few hours after work.

Just wanted to share this with everyone.

SaeedOnWeb

OMG realy you dont play big battles to me campaign map is only to get to battles i never liked campaign map i will play this game if campaign was just series of battles

[Nordmann]

Well, vanilla Rome 2 was - in my opinion at least - a hundred times better than vanilla Rome 1. I didn't really experience any of the plethora of issues other people were reporting, and aside from minor annoyances with the AI, I actually had a lot of fun from the get-go. It's definitely improved a lot though, and now that we have a decent number of mods out, I don't see any cause for complaint.

[Huberto]

Well, vanilla Rome 2 was - in my opinion at least - a hundred times better than vanilla Rome 1. I didn't really experience any of the plethora of issues other people were reporting, and aside from minor annoyances with the AI, I actually had a lot of fun from the get-go. It's definitely improved a lot though, and now that we have a decent number of mods out, I don't see any cause for complaint.

Funny how you weren't around when the all hell was breaking loose here -- presumably because of the shoddy state of the game at release? If you can't stand the heat...retreat to the official forums I guess.

[Nordmann]

Funny how you weren't around when the all hell was breaking loose here -- presumably because of the shoddy state of the game at release? If you can't stand the heat...retreat to the official forums I guess.

You're joking? Right? Not only was I here, but I was playing the game at release. The only time I wasn't on here, was when the damn site refused to load for several weeks straight. Try again.

[Huberto]

You're joking? Right? Not only was I here, but I was playing the game at release. The only time I wasn't on here, was when the damn site refused to load for several weeks straight. Try again.

Ha ha OK...if you were here talking about how much you loved TWR2 it must have been under a different name. Until today you haven't posted since August 27 says the database. I sure haven't seen you around.

[❋ Flavius Belisarius ❋]

I love this game, hate the rush release and sad of what happened after the release. I love antiquity and I wanted Rome II to be the more loved game of the serie, but people will never forget all the bugs at the released, neither do I

[geyserik]

This is why I just got a mod that limits the small factions and makes the larger factions stronger

What mod is this sun?Is it on the steam workshop?

[saeedonweb]

I am not very good at playing battles. If I could play the whole game in campaign mode, I would; and I think I have, seriously. Battles don;t always go well for me. Its hard. Are there any good guides for learning how to fight battles in R2TW?

Battles or not, I just love the game. I enjoy playing it with and without the mods. Steam tells me I have played more than a 100 hours so far. I have a job, I am studying for some exams as well, plus the family, so playing for a 100 hours is huge for me. Its more about the escape and the romance of the time period that fascinates me.

[Phier]

Rome II is why Rome I mods are so popular right now. Hell I'm thinking of reinstalling it for about the 10th time.

[saeedonweb]

Rome II is why Rome I mods are so popular right now. Hell I'm thinking of reinstalling it for about the 10th time.

I was thinking the exact same thing. Might do that just to try the mods that are out there. When I played the original Rome TW, it was never with any mods. I only started using mods while I was playing M2TW.

[Ronin]

People who confess:

- People who have committed some form of bad or undesirable action.
- RTW2 'fans'.

Hmm... There's a pattern there somewhere .

[stevehoos]

I must confess, I had fun with a rock and 2 sticks today. Sure, one of the sticks was bent and had been laying in some cow dung, but overall it was an enjoyable experience. It's all about perception, you can have fun with anything if you put your mind to it. Even an old pair of shoes can be fun: just tie the laces and watch, then untie the laces again after you have watched sufficiently, rinse and repeat.