First Chapter of Total War: ROME - Destroy Carthage!

[Augustus Scipius]

Its nothing spectacular, pretty much what I expected. Still, not utterly terrible either.

Jack Lusted better answer some damn good and important questions tomorrow, instead of "Are Macedonian tunics purple"?

[SughdianWarrior]

Its nothing spectacular, pretty much what I expected. Still, not utterly terrible either.

Jack Lusted better answer some damn good and important questions tomorrow, instead of "Are Macedonian tunics purple"?

Oh that's what I fear. But it wouldn't be only Jack's fault. I looked at the thread, plenty of idiotic questions there.

[davieholgate]

Fans: We want gameplay! CA: Here, have this book instead, we think its more fun than gameplay.

[SughdianWarrior]

Fans: We want gameplay! CA: Here, have this book instead, we think its more fun than gameplay.

To be fair to them, they did provide a heap of info/videos like a couple of days ago. And they do need to sell the book too.

[BlueSan]

Dont complain if you get this additional info. We will be getting more info tomorrow Thursday and Friday so dont bash them for posting this additional stuff

[SughdianWarrior]

Just read through the first chapter. I liked it, it's mostly about the Battle of Pydna.

[Spartacus041]

Look, it's a nice book and all, but I'm not really into reading.

It reduces swag. Can't have that.

[Acroneos]

After reading it: LOL! 9 Pages of text in total, only 2 pages actually describes fighting in the battle, the rest is about deployment and marching. Exactly what we have seen in the game.

[PSYCHO V]

Look, it's a nice book and all, but I'm not really into reading.

It reduces swag. Can't have that.

lol ... really? I for one love literature.

Has anyone read it .. worth the read?

[Murfmurf]

lol ... really? I for one love literature.

Has anyone read it .. worth the read?

It's ok, yeah. Hardly Nabokov or Austen, as to be expected, but it's enjoyable.

Really puzzles me how the author is going to make out like Rome were the good guys in the Third Punic War though. Maybe they'll have Cato as the bad guy who manipulates the good Roman citizens and we'll have a big tragic ending.

[gustdenerja]

People hyperhype - 1 month of waiting - 1 book about a videogame?

PURE MARKETING

[daelin4]

lol ... really? I for one love literature.

Has anyone read it .. worth the read?

It's a novel, so it's basically the HBO's Rome in written form.

Not saying it's the same storyline, but there are liberties taken, since there are few accounts of the regular soldier, for which the protagonist is a legionary.

[torongill]

Thank the gods that Polybios did nothing of the sort of crazy ride described in the prologue, or we would've had to rely on Livius(who himself used Polybius extensively) and Diodorus to find out about Rome.

Also, plagiarise Plutarch much?

[|Sith|Galvanized Iron]

I managed to read 2 pages before I realized that the book had zero immersion and was just a boring mumbling of historically stereotyped platitudes.

[Totalheadache]

great i need a new book for my flight tomorrow! i think I have read some of his other books...

[magpie]

Thanks Trish, All articles on Rome are welcome.

regards.