Please People, Chill/ CA Get it together

[Thorakitai3211]

I have been waiting, as many of you have, for this game to come out and for it to be the time of my life.

There are issues with the graphics. I am disappointed that there is no family tree, and there are many other ways that they could have optimized this game. Soldiers move too quickly for me and I don't like 1 turn per year. But all that said, I have only played 10 hours of game and I have enjoyed the game very much because of other new things like not having to build a boat to transport troops (excellent, excellent idea), or how the CAI does try to help you in campaign. But I mostly enjoy it because I remember that this is simply a video game, and I say this as someone that loves what Creative Assembly has done since 2002 when I first played Medieval 1. This is not real life.

We should be able to have a product that we can be truly excited about, but you know what conclusion that I have come to for everyone. It will never be perfect, and these games are designed for CONSUMPTION, not so that we can create a life outside of our lives.

That said, CA, a way that you guys could rectify this is by not having customers pay $60 for a product that you know is not fully done; why not have it release for 1/2-2/3's of that, then charge for the dlc if you want; this how you got your loyal fan base in the first place. You made 95% complete games at a fair price. We expect patches; people don't expect all this hype only to be crushed (I'm not but that's how people are acting), by seeing, allegedly, poorer path finding than previous titles or soldiers floating in the towers or whatever people are saying.

Listen to the rational people on this site that are giving honest feedback; the truth is in the middle usually. Every time a new game comes out people whine (I know someone will say that I just joined this year, but I have been following this forum since it came out), sometimes for good reason, but others times just because they expect a perfection that is not attainable. Some of this complaining can be fixed by people just remembering what I said; this is a video game but also, that if you turn the graphics setting down to what your pc can actually handle, then that should fix the aesthetics. As far as people seeing soldiers floating or the speed, well, that is something that CA can correct and they should.

People, chill out.

CA, make it right.

[monsterfurby]

Yes. Thank you.

[stn]

I agree with most of what you said, but seriously im having a very hard time finding anything that Rome 2 does better than Shogun 2. What the hell happened? They could just have re-skinned shogun 2, make a few changes and it would have been fantastic. As thing stand this is the worst total war game to date and I don't think im being unfair or biased saying that.

P.S. the way armies can transport themselves across water is a bad idea, because there is no need to build fleets as it is.

[Stuka]

Quite simply the game looks and feels like it is intended for a console port and that wouldn't surprise me. CA have made a bad game, no way around that and if it does appear on the consoles in a few months we will know why.

[DavidtheDuke]

Unfortunately, the things I believe will be fixed in patches aren't waht I'm most concerned about, like units actually holding position (staying in one direction). Maintaining special formations like hoplite phalanx etc, instead of having to micro them everytime, etc. The AI attempting to run through my lines and getting slaughtered (siege battles). I think high-defense, low-attack mods + some sort of AI mod (if possible), as well.

[Swerg]

Unfortunately, the things I believe will be fixed in patches aren't waht I'm most concerned about, like units actually holding position (staying in one direction). Maintaining special formations like hoplite phalanx etc, instead of having to micro them everytime, etc. The AI attempting to run through my lines and getting slaughtered (siege battles). I think high-defense, low-attack mods + some sort of AI mod (if possible), as well.

If what some of the modders have been saying about the way HP has been implemented is true, then high attack/low defense wouldn't help too much. It might make battles longer, but it wouldn't add any depth to them.

[eskil]

Unfortunately, the things I believe will be fixed in patches aren't waht I'm most concerned about, like units actually holding position (staying in one direction). Maintaining special formations like hoplite phalanx etc, instead of having to micro them everytime, etc. The AI attempting to run through my lines and getting slaughtered (siege battles). I think high-defense, low-attack mods + some sort of AI mod (if possible), as well.

well i prefer they begin to optimize their game so that i can play it XD...after this we can talk about the rest