PCgamesn.com new article

[General David]

Indeed I'm also really interested in this! I hope they can steal the basics like walls, etc, but I wonder how far the Barbarian "enlightenment" can go. Obviously it touches on some units like ships, but how far does it go for other units, or whatever? Well, soon enough we'll find out

Yeah, it definitely makes me want to make a couple more runs as a Barbarian tribe. I would suspect also stronger siege weapons.

Plus, there's the ability to start confederations that Barbarians are able to make.

[Furious Mental]

Unless you play as the People's Front of Judea

[Hans Friedman]

Yeah, it definitely makes me want to make a couple more runs as a Barbarian tribe. I would suspect also stronger siege weapons.

Plus, there's the ability to start confederations that Barbarians are able to make.

"technologically inferior factions can gain access to new units and tech by conquering settlements belonging to advanced powers. A barbarian tribe can start churning out triremes instead of their slow, oak beamed vessels if they manage to make their way down to the Mediterranean coast, for instance."

Well they can get Triremes so I would assume they will be able to get quite a few other big upgrades!

[alstl]

I just spotted a new article on PCgamesn.com. Not much is new here, except that when you play as a Barbarian faction and conquer "civilized" regions, you may adopt local advanced technologies. For instance, you can build triremes which are better quality than barbarian ships.

http://www.pcgamesn.com/totalwar/pla...al-war-rome-ii

Enjoy!

Genghis Khan saved professionals from slaughter when he conquered for that very reason. Chinese engineers built his siege engines.

[DavidtheDuke]

http://www.pcgamesn.com/total-waft-s...fragrance-line So I uh, found that too. Odd.

[aShyGeneral]

http://www.pcgamesn.com/total-waft-s...fragrance-line So I uh, found that too. Odd.

Do you wish you could smell like the greatest generals in history? Then buy Total War: Fragrance today.

[General David]

http://www.pcgamesn.com/total-waft-s...fragrance-line So I uh, found that too. Odd.

What a way to promote the game. I'm sure it'll look good to smell like Roman armour.

[saxdude]

Lol, fragrance of olive oil and unbearable smugness, presumably.

[Ye Olde Fahrt]

Lol. My guess: shades of olive oil with a strong scent of garlic and cheap wine, together with a touch of a legionary not washed himself for three days.

Thanks for the OP, an interesting read.

[blace]

i hope this doesn't mean that they are going for the barely above caveman idea of the celts rather than the reality that they had an advanced and unique civilization that EB portrayed beautifully. would be nice to steal those handy seige weapons though which i mean the romans stole from the greeks anyway

[blace]

the gauls had great ships why need to steal Mediterranean ones? This article has me worried that they have put less effort into the barbarian factions and this is just a way to help the poorly represented bastards compete

[douglas]

I'm just wondering. If you gain that tech or ability when you capture a city or region, will you have it available throughout your empire, or will it only be of use in that city/region?