Rome Total War

[Guest Trivia247]

Anyone else addicted to Rome?

 

This is an awesome game, from the scale and control of the battles, to the great control you have on building your empire. the Realistic factions of the age you can play with, plus the great misc units, like the Britanna Head throwers, the War Dogs, or the Flaming pigs!

 

Are there more of the House of Juli on here?

 

though Im playing the campaign with the greek states

[Conspiracy_Victim]

I played it through with the Julii, and found it was pretty fun. The only problem I had was keeping solvent. My cities would start losing money and they'd never be able to recover. All my production and trading areas would be at their highest point, but it wouldn't make much difference.

 

I'll be honest, I let the computer sim the battles. I've heard that some of the general's speeches before the battles are hilarious though. I'll probably just go through one time and mess around with the battle system just to listen to them.

[Guest Trivia247]

I played it through with the Julii, and found it was pretty fun. The only problem I had was keeping solvent. My cities would start losing money and they'd never be able to recover. All my production and trading areas would be at their highest point, but it wouldn't make much difference.

 

I'll be honest, I let the computer sim the battles. I've heard that some of the general's speeches before the battles are hilarious though. I'll probably just go through one time and mess around with the battle system just to listen to them.

the battles are excellent if you follow it. Rome wasn't nice to conquored villages so if anyone started rioting just leave come back reconquer the town and crucify everyone..

 

Personally in my game unless the townwill be an active artery in a military standpoint I put my towns on automanage, and the negatives disappear

[mister foozel]

what kind of battle engine does it use: turn-based or real-time?

 

i am not a big fan of any type of turn based game

[Guest Trivia247]

what kind of battle engine does it use: turn-based or real-time?

 

i am not a big fan of any type of turn based game

Its real time, the only turn is the very beginning where you are allowed to put your army into formation...you can have upwards of 10,000 troops in a single battle of various types. Once you click start battle then its just you and the opponent going head to head. no turns

[mister foozel]

what kind of battle engine does it use: turn-based or real-time?

 

i am not a big fan of any type of turn based game

Its real time, the only turn is the very beginning where you are allowed to put your army into formation...you can have upwards of 10,000 troops in a single battle of various types. Once you click start battle then its just you and the opponent going head to head. no turns

that sounds pretty cool

 

doubt it would run on my computer though, especially with several thousand troops on screen in any detail

 

ive been a fan of real time strategy games since command & conquer, so ill probably sheck it out when i get a better PC

[Guest Trivia247]

if anyone watch the history channel they had a show called Decisive Battles. where they had animated battle scenes which they narrated...

 

the Engine they used was the Very one, they use in Rome Total war

[Guest Trivia247]

Screenshots

 

 

 

 

 

[The Ill One]

It's a hell of a fun game on the computer. During the campaigns I'd usually stimulate some of the fights but I found just the "exhibition" battles were the best.

[Guest Trivia247]

It's a hell of a fun game on the computer. During the campaigns I'd usually stimulate some of the fights but I found just the "exhibition" battles were the best.

custom battles are definately fun and helps you learn the whole battle concept so that is helpful for the campaigne

[Guest Trivia247]

Another great thing about Rome is the relative freedom you have in your actions, the Diplomacy that could get you out of sticky situations with a more militarly superior enemy at one time, using spies to check out size and strength of armies on the move or garrison strength. And historically speaking its an awesome way to learn roman history. When the year rolls by where Mount Edna erupts that turn the Vocano on Sicily is in fact erupting while you play.

[El Psycho Diablo]

I've played the previous two (Shogun and Medieval) , but Medieval didn't catch my interest like Shogun did.

 

Rome, however, is awesome.

 

My only gripe is that some of the minor factions are non-playable..

[Guest Trivia247]

I've played the previous two (Shogun and Medieval) , but Medieval didn't catch my interest like Shogun did.

 

Rome, however, is awesome.

 

My only gripe is that some of the minor factions are non-playable..

Yea that does seem to be a similar gripe of mine. I suppose the smaller factions that you can't play with wouldn't even have controllable cities for itself to even build up. Though I think you can play them at least in the battle mode.

[El Psycho Diablo]

Is it just me, or is the AI city management just incredibly stupid? Even when I set it to "Save", they still make me bleed money..by producing lots of units, and useless buildings. (Not every city has to have all the latest military producing buildings..)

 

I hope this patch fixes it.

[Guest Trivia247]

Is it just me, or is the AI city management just incredibly stupid? Even when I set it to "Save", they still make me bleed money..by producing lots of units, and useless buildings. (Not every city has to have all the latest military producing buildings..)

 

I hope this patch fixes it.

if you mean the automanager one of the problems I have is that they let you produce anything military or economic, you have to switch off the auto manage, put what you want in the que and reclick manage and you won't lose to much in the negatives

[Guest Trivia247]

More Screen Shots, because this game is Awesome DAMN IT!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[The Ill One]

Hey what's the hot-key to zoom in on the action?

[El Psycho Diablo]

Delete centers it on the unit you've got selected.

[Guest Trivia247]

Delete centers it on the unit you've got selected.

What also works is if you have a mouse with a button in the middle of the two clickers you use that to roll down and up it Zooms in and out

[The Ill One]

Well I'll be damned, thank you. This thread got me playing this game more frequently (the campaign mostly) and damn are assassins useful.

[Red Baron]

I hate fighting against Elephants. They devestate my army most of the time.

[El Psycho Diablo]

One trick I've found is to mass spearmen (about four units deep), and nail the elephants with flaming arrows.

 

Chariots are little bastards, too.

 

Some of my favorite units have to be Wardogs..useful, and unless the trainers die, they regenerate after battle..

[El Psycho Diablo]

Just thought I'd add a couple things.

 

frogbeastegg's Guide to Rome: Total War: Here

An awesome, in-depth guide to the game. Eighty something pages that cover just about everything you can think of, from basic operations to strategy to game mechanics. Really, really helps.

 

Total War Center: Here

Various stuff, but handy especially for the mods. Grab this to have all factions playable in the Imperial Campaign, complete with maps, descriptions, and leader portraits.

Edited April 4, 2005 by El Psycho Diablo

[Guest Trivia247]

Just thought I'd add a couple things.

 

frogbeastegg's Guide to Rome: Total War: Here

An awesome, in-depth guide to the game. Eighty something pages that cover just about everything you can think of, from basic operations to strategy to game mechanics. Really, really helps.

 

Total War Center: Here

Various stuff, but handy especially for the mods. Grab this to have all factions playable in the Imperial Campaign, complete with maps, descriptions, and leader portraits.

You mean this one will allow you to play all the factions INCLUDING the Nonplayable at any time even after you unlock all the truly playable...

 

 

hot damn im playing SPQR

[El Psycho Diablo]

It unlocks everything, immediately.

[Guest Trivia247]

It unlocks everything, immediately.

awesome, see im so dumb when it comes to stuff like downloads and additions like this, I'd be too timid to screw the game up trying to download something into it.

 

would love to see how these new factions play, but I know now this additions have been out there for a while and people used them before. I heard that playing the SPQR the game crashes when it comes down to the Senate instructions, since the SPQR are the senate or at least its military force. is that true?

[El Psycho Diablo]

Yeah. I'm guessing it's because the game won't let you give yourself missions, policy, and such..

[El Psycho Diablo]

..and actually, that file's a self-extracting EXE. You don't really have to do anything.

[Guest Trivia247]

..and actually, that file's a self-extracting EXE. You don't really have to do anything.

where do you go to extract it? there a specific folder within the game to put it in?

[muzz]

I've been a fan of the series since Shogun. World of Warcraft has sorta taken up my time, but Rome is brilliant.

 

I'd like to see Medieval get the Rome treatment, since I loved the epic scale of Medieval.