New videos from Gamestar

[nubcaker]

Modestus, those bubbles are due to the player using the Romans in a manner they are not supposed to be used. If you watch a gameplay from me, you'd see a massive blob crashing against a perfectly stretched out defensive line.
Stop cussing the game because of something a player is doing.

Indeed, I never understood the "blobbing" problem. Just organize your army in a straight, structural fashion and there should be no problem.

[DogSoldierSPQR]

Indeed, I never understood the "blobbing" problem. Just organize your army in a straight, structural fashion and there should be no problem.

If he couldn't figure that out, I from this point onwards will not take anything he says seriously.

[nomercysniper]

People bashing this must be smoking something! Game looks great! Though I'd have liked a full battle, get frustrated when they zoom and I don't then too, or don't when I think it'd be a good time!

[smoke]

People bashing this must be smoking something! Game looks great! Though I'd have liked a full battle, get frustrated when they zoom and I don't then too, or don't when I think it'd be a good time!

I agree. It looks amazing! Haters must be delusional, the only thing wrong with it is the skill of this German.

[jthewonder]

It is mentioned several times on both the first page and the second page, that the "bubble formations" are due to the player, not the game. Yet even here on page 3, people are still complaining without giving the explanations any thought whatsoever. Whiners never cease to amaze me.

[Metallistic]

Combat looked a lot more "blobby" in these videos indeed. Not good.

[Archimonday]

The cohesion of an army is all up to the player in this case. I see what looks like a very inexperienced player rushing soldiers into battle on contact. I play so much differently than he does that it almost pains me to watch. If you keep your rate of advance steady and normal, you should see this "cohesion" that everyone seems to think doesn't exist.

[walterbarrett]

I just want to say about battle speed (as an alternative opinion):

I downloaded and installed Roma Surrectum a while back, and I was messing around in the campaign (dear lord do I really need to look through a list of 40 building options and try to understand what each one does?). I finally arrived at my first big battle and as I was fighting it, it just kept going on... and on... and on... By the time it was done I was so bored I couldn't bring myself to go on.

So battlespeed... some people see the new videos and actually think it looks quite fun. I am one of them.

[Metallistic]

Hopefully this is the case. I guess we will find out in September.

[Serkelet]

It's amazing how every single demonstration of the game has been handled by poorly skilled players so far. Do people at CA really play their own total war games? Did these game reviewers play more than one hour any previous Total War game? Because... maaan... Watching this videos makes me cry.

[Tolgon]

Seems to me that people that experience blobbing in their games probably have terrible micro, like this guy playing in the videos. Useless ranters whining about crap again.

[Modestus]

Seems to me that people that experience blobbing in their games probably have terrible micro, like this guy playing in the videos. Useless ranters whining about crap again.

Thats it terrible micro explains everything, lets hope the AI has good micro then.

[Tolgon]

Thats it terrible micro explains everything, lets hope the AI has good micro then.

I just mean that if this is your general experience in TW then it's more a testament to your microing abilities over anything else.

[Aruberikku]

Looks amazing to me!
And to the people complaining, there will always be something that some people dislike, that's why you have mods.

[CheesyFreak]

Do we know these videos are not an early version? Because if it isnt the current version that could explain it, im not a fan of fast battles but ill reserve my final judgement till the game is released and the first few patches that are likely to come.

Also nice find, thank you for the videos

[=Vastator=]

Do we know these videos are not an early version? Because if it isnt the current version that could explain it, im not a fan of fast battles but ill reserve my final judgement till the game is released and the first few patches that are likely to come.

Also nice find, thank you for the videos

Judging from the ui card (especially regarding hastati) and general 3d portrait style, this build seems may/june old (the one they brought for the Roma Cinecittà event)

[O X I R]

Awesome :O Thanks for showing!

Ich danke sie!

[Hattori]

Cohesion is all for the player to keep until the contact with the enemy. After the initial clash I dont think non-phalanx units should always remain a nice little rectangle, nor do I want my maniples to remain static while the front row is the only one getting in the fight, I want the formation to be flexible and exploit every gap in the enemy. The Romans could not have beaten the phalanx if they remained in nice little squares.
Also even well drilled troops cant be robots, some guys would have hanged back in the rush and confusion of a charge, or while breaching a gate.

[Dan113112]

Cohesion is all for the player to keep until the contact with the enemy. After the initial clash I dont think non-phalanx units should always remain a nice little rectangle, nor do I want my maniples to remain static while the front row is the only one getting in the fight, I want the formation to be flexible and exploit every gap in the enemy. The Romans could not have beaten the phalanx if they remained in nice little squares.
Also even well drilled troops cant be robots, some guys would have hanged back in the rush and confusion of a charge, or while breaching a gate.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY-Hcr4bB3U

[Hattori]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IY-Hcr4bB3U

According to some people in this forum that battle could not have existed. The Romans would never charge Hannibal's center in that way opening themselves up for flanking and ending up in a.... disorganized BLOOB! Impossible!