Rome II Praise Thread

[HinFoo]

so the skirmish mode still doesnt work and still got some dumbasses standing around and gets whacked.

ai can spot hidden units so they blob up nearby, but dont attack.

cavalry told to run away get stuck in battle and ignore move here command and gets complety wiped out.

the point of defensive stance on the batlemap?
the fort was way to small to fit anything inside, just a more hidden cap point?

[Barbarian Nobility]

Tried to take recreation leave from work in september #was denied......Thats because to me Rome 2 should be celebrated as a holiday. September 3 my love life progresses from critically endangered to extinct.

[General Maximus]

Then I suppose the whole "barbarian" unit tree was made of canon fodder units. Even then Romans unit from BI flee extremely easily two.

As it turns out, Comitatenses were like average barbarian units with more discipline, training, armour and availability of a javelin/dart for throwing.

Limitanei just...sucked. Even poor barbarian peasants won against them.

[Durendalv2]

I still haven't pre-ordered, but I probably will on steam (or through gamestop, don't know yet).

[Dan113112]

Even though Al is ironically a very bad player, the A.I. seemed good, the only bad thing I saw in the video was the annoying eye things above the units and the large UI. As for battle speed, it looks great, and the unit speed looks good aswell. He should have gotten more closeups, but the killing animations that I did see were great as well.

AI was decent in that battle.

so the skirmish mode still doesnt work and still got some dumbasses standing around and gets whacked.

ai can spot hidden units so they blob up nearby, but dont attack.

cavalry told to run away get stuck in battle and ignore move here command and gets complety wiped out.

the point of defensive stance on the batlemap?
the fort was way to small to fit anything inside, just a more hidden cap point?

Some of your AI points are valid concerns but really? The fort? Really? It's not like the previous TW games were any better.

As it turns out, Comitatenses were like average barbarian units with more discipline, training, armour and availability of a javelin/dart for throwing.

Limitanei just...sucked. Even poor barbarian peasants won against them.

I noticed that as well.

[HinFoo]

Some of your AI points are valid concerns but really? The fort? Really? It's not like the previous TW games were any better.

so the point of defensive stance is to place some walls around the cap-point?

[IlluminatiRex]

I am loving each new update, September 3rd can't come fast enough!

[Ragss]

Clearly this is a community that will always find a plethora of faults in anything its ever shown and simultaneously call the bright spots 'decent'.

Personally with regards to the IGN video, this is looking stellar.

[Hattori]

I dont knowif this info was known but the guy playing pretty much suggests there may be slave revolts caused by gladiators.

[Dan113112]

so the point of defensive stance is to place some walls around the cap-point?

There doesn't appear to be a capture point. Maybe I'll have another look.

[DaciaJC]

Some of your AI points are valid concerns but really? The fort? Really? It's not like the previous TW games were any better.

Forts in RTW were large enough to comfortably enclose a fullstack.

There doesn't appear to be a capture point. Maybe I'll have another look.

Yes, Al Bickham says there is a capture point in the fort.

[General Maximus]

There is a capture point in the fort, it can bee seen in many scenes when he turns camera on that direction.

Oh, and your fort is modded DaciaJC. It isn't the original RTW one. RTW forts were very small.

[=Vastator=]

After seeing the battle of the Nile, i was really worried about the combat mechanics. But after seeing those prologue battles, i feel so relieved. Combat speed seems perfect (though ships could be a little slower, and the forts much bigger...), the AI doesn't seem totally dumb and the game feels so better polished. Really can't wait now.

[Dan113112]

There is a capture point in the fort, it can bee seen in many scenes when he turns camera on that direction.

Oh, and your fort is modded DaciaJC. It isn't the original RTW one. RTW forts were very small.

Thanks and yeah, that fort is modded. Forts in RTW and M2TW were very small. Personally, I can't wait for fort mods.

[Jester]

with the slower battle speed in the latest video i have hardly any complaints anymore. this was by far my biggest issue with the game

now i m still a bit sad that we wont have battle speeches or agent cutscenes anymore but oh well, i think i can live with that


the new features and changes in the gameplay mechanic (especially on campaign map) are just awesome and make the game surprisingly more fresh than i had expected. it s definitely more than just a Shogun2 with a different map, other factions and other units.


also, if only half of the scenes and animations from the intro video are actually ingame footage then... omgomgomg i gonna make my most awesome youtube vids evar

[DaciaJC]

Oh, and your fort is modded DaciaJC. It isn't the original RTW one. RTW forts were very small.

It's from a mod, yes. Here's part a vanilla fort taken from an MP match:



Significantly bigger than the fort shown in today's gameplay.

[General Maximus]

Thanks and yeah, that fort is modded. Forts in RTW and M2TW were very small. Personally, I can't wait for fort mods.

Absolutely true there. I can't wait for fort mods either, especially for forts that have gates.

It's from a mod, yes. Here's part a vanilla fort taken from an MP match:



Significantly bigger than the fort shown in today's gameplay.

That seems normal, although I think it might still be large. But thanks for the pic.

I will post a pic of Medieval II fort in comparison.

[torongill]

Forts in RTW were large enough to comfortably enclose a fullstack.

Unless I'm absolutely mistaken that's not a vanilla Roman fort. This one's modified. It's bigger, has earth ramparts inside the (higher) walls, etc.

[♞Rogue General♞]

...the more confident I am that it will be an awesome game.

There's been so much speculation on every tiny aspect of the game, but it looks amazing TBH - everything from the beautiful campaign map, to the new traditions, battle system, unit mass, attention to detail (did you see how the Roman pila visibly destroyed enemy shields? )... just to name a few.

I may just end up pre-ordering the game after all.

[Sharpe]

Good for you son.