Hi there, I'm doing a video for the site about the state of Rome II 2 months after release.
I wanted to get some feedback about the game from everyone. I have been scouting the forums and looking to see what people think but I still have some questions that need to be asked.
Bear in mind that there we are 4 patches in, and there has been several DLC drops (Greek States, Seleucid and Nomadic Tribes packs)
I will ask you to pretend as if the game has just released
(in this state). FORGET ANYTHING YOU THOUGHT BEFORE PATCH 4.
and please dont just spam hate on the game,
please just be reasonable.
the purpose of this video is to inform people of the game's
current state, if they should purchase it, or if the game is now acceptable or better to the people who originally gave it 0/10 on metacritic.
1-What would you give the game out of 10?
still a 5 out of 10
2-What are you most upset about currently? (if anything).
performance issues for high end computers and maxed out settings, cut content compared to Rome 2, streamlined functionalities and degrade of graphical features compared to Shogun 2. And because it is unplayable for MP in teams 2v2 and bigger because
of network issues (or at least lags for non hardware related issues)
3-Have Creative Assembly been doing a good job with updates and fixes?
Partly. I am curious about why they dropped the weekly beta and seem to be delayed since patch 4. I wonder also why they make beta patches when not reacting on issues like since patch 4 the dropped maxed out settings by 12,5 % based from an already awful level of 30 fps on my rig (Shogun 2 - 77 fps)
4-If you had a friend who plays Shogun 2, would you recommend them Rome 2 now?
NEVER, I do not hold back to not recommend him this crap it is since release. I am very unsure if core aspects can be fixed / modded from the information I have.
5-What price is this game worth in your opinion?
I paid 27 € incl preorder "gifts". The price I PAID is reasonable if I take into account you already got "a lot" factions for free now. The price other people paid and even those for the collectors edition is painful.
In some cases you need also consider people spent hundreds even thousand of bucks more for hardware which reveals to be USELESS in Rome 2 compared to Shogun 2.
6-What are you most impressed with in the game?
The trees and cities look beautiful. The unit and map details on maxed out settings are pleasure for your eyes, but they could be better still.
7-In your opinion what needs to be done to improve the game? (if anything).
Performance, performance, performance, (Steve Ballmer: Developers! Developers! Developers!) and the siege AI. The replays need to be fixed, unit size issue, global chat lobby and chat usability.
They will be busy enough with that but there are so many issues left aside that. "Free for all" would be nice to have back.
8-How many hours of Rome II have you played?
38 hours. A lot of them for testing patch behaviours and benchmarking reporting and recording bugs for CA!
9-Have you played/ enjoyed the multiplayer?
I do play only multiplayer and multiplayer campaign (if it would be possible even)
Thanks very much everyone.
For those who have commented and may be represented or quoted, they will appear in this channel:
youtube.com/darrentotalwar
Subscribe to see the video on November 3rd. Rome II, 2 months later.
I'd just like to thank all of you who have responded to this and to those who gave me +rep for it. The more the better so keep the feedback coming, hopefully the video will be done by november 3rd and can shed some light on the state of the game currently.