Rome Total war 2

McSasquatch

Owryan wrote: »

Slightly off topic but I just d/l the original rome tw from steam, came with the alexander and barbarian extensions foc, do I need to be connected to steam to play them or can I slaughter to my hearts content offline ?

On topic, have to buy a new pc just so I can get rome II.

You can play in offline mode in Steam. Haven't done it in years meself, so had to look up the instructions.

Yeah, seems a lot of people upgraded for Rome II. I wanted to, but adult financial responsibilities prevented me. Bah, no fair.

Oh, and speaking of annoyances, I've been playing a little Sonic Racing Transformed of late. It features lots of characters from all the big Sega franchises.... including the upcoming Rome II! Well they've only gone and modelled the Roman character on annoying-Simon-Pegg from Rally Point :mad: They even got him to do the voice acting for it.

Sonic Racing is now dead to me.

Owryan

Cheers, my old pc died and I wasnt going to replace it but this game looks too good to pass up. Technically im selling my mothers house to get a new pc lol .

McSasquatch

Owryan wrote: »

Technically im selling my mothers house to get a new pc lol .

:pac: Love it.

coolguyrko

This time tomorrow boys....well most of you will be waiting for it to be activated in a few minutes. I will probably still be feeling the effects of not being able to sleep until 2. As I type this I already am. Splitting headache and my eyes weigh a ton. I've had my rant for the day and I'm going back to sleep

Actually I just checked twitter before I shut my eyes and it turns out we(west brom) have actually signed someone. Guess there isn't going to be any sleep for me on deadline day.

grizzly

Has anyone's Amazon order dispatched yet? My still says dispatching soon.

Sephiroth_dude

Still no code *twitches*

karma_

grizzly wrote: »

Has anyone's Amazon order dispatched yet? My still says dispatching soon.

When did you order?

I ordered last Thursday and I received it on Sat morning.

grizzly

Balls, ordered it in June.

ZeroThreat

karma_ wrote: »

When did you order?

I ordered last Thursday and I received it on Sat morning.

how the hell did you manage that?

According to the information on amazon it won't be released till the 3rd September. I've had it preordered for several months now and don't expect to see my copy arrive (primesaver free delivery) till the end of the week.

doccy

ZeroThreat wrote: »

how the hell did you manage that?

According to the information on amazon it won't be released till the 3rd September. I've had it preordered for several months now and don't expect to see my copy arrive (primesaver free delivery) till the end of the week.

Says it's despactching mine today. Last free delivery I ordered I got in 2 days, so you never know.

thegame983

Slighty off topic but a few days ago my Shogun 2 & Napoleon stopped working. shogun crashes on the splash screen and Napoleon crashes when /i strt a new campaign and the game opens on the map. Same every time. I hadn't played either in a few weeks but since I last played them I pre loaded R2TW, Steam introduced trading cards for all TW games.

I've looked up various fixes online but nothing seems to work. Has anyone else had these issues.

My biggest fear is that for some reason the 2 most recent Total war games stopped working. I hope this means I won't have issues woth Rome 2 when I get home from work tomorrow.

Keggers2

Well it looks like I'm not going to be joining the blood bath on the 3rd gentlemen.

But decimate a few towns for me, eh?

thegame983

Don't worry. They'll beg for death before the end.

Keggers2

thegame983 wrote: »

Don't worry. They'll beg for death before the end.

:')

coolguyrko

Keggers2 wrote: »

Well it looks like I'm not going to be joining the blood bath on the 3rd gentlemen.

But decimate a few towns for me, eh?

Nothing will stop my Roman War Machine from crushing the Gauls. I'll name the legion Keggers in your honour :P

ZeroThreat

hmmm I wonder if the Macedonian faction will be powerful enough to create an empire in this game..

Sephiroth_dude

ZeroThreat wrote: »

hmmm I wonder if the Macedonian faction will be powerful enough to create an empire in this game..

In total war,anything is possible

Sephiroth_dude

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-09-02-total-war-rome-2-review

oh my :eek:

Gonzovision

For people who ordered from G2play

Dear customer,

The keys to standard game will be sent out today and you should receive yours by the end of today.

Unfortunately our supplier has got a slight delay with the DLC keys and you should receive yours by the end of tomorrow.

Please accept our sincerest apologies for this inconvenience.

coolguyrko

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/2013-09-02-total-war-rome-2-review

oh my :eek:

I expected this. Not much new you can do with a TW game. As for the problems, most if not all can be fixed with a patch maybe even with this day 1 patch and even if not it will be easier for them to find bugs etc as they have this support centre around for awhile which means people will be telling them about the problems directly.

ZeroThreat

I'm still wondering how the Karma guy managed to have his copy of RTW2 delivered by 31st august from amazon, while it says they don't ship till 3rd September...

thegame983

coolguyrko wrote: »

I expected this. Not much new you can do with a TW game. As for the problems, most if not all can be fixed with a patch maybe even with this day 1 patch and even if not it will be easier for them to find bugs etc as they have this support centre around for awhile which means people will be telling them about the problems directly.

Argghh. The page is blocked in work. I don't suppose someone wants to copy and paste the article and PM it to me?

McSasquatch

thegame983 wrote: »

Argghh. The page is blocked in work. I don't suppose someone wants to copy and paste the article and PM it to me?

Done!

thegame983

McSasquatch wrote: »

Done!

Cheers buddy.

I'm sure the bugs will be sorted out soon enough. In fairness for a game this big it's gonna have issues. Also surly this guy has a pre release copy so it will be even older than the version we get tomorrow.

As far as his other complaints go. Noted. I'll find out for myself tomorrow.

degrassinoel

Not doing terribly well in reviews so far is it?

if it's half as good as Shogun 2, i'll be happy though.

thegame983

What are the other reviews saying? Are they citing bugs or gameplay issues?

Outkast_IRE

Awful early for reviews though you wouldn't be able to get your teeth into it at this stage.

A lot of these early reviews, are a race to publish the first review

coolguyrko

Early reviews are useless. Opening turns of the game are always a little boring anyway. It's when you get into the heart of your campagin when you try to take down your greatest rivals is when the game comes good. That's when the game earns its money.

dan_ep82

PC gamers put in 50 hours,I think thats more than enough for a review. As it is I'm still looking forward to it

coolguyrko

dan_ep82 wrote: »

PC gamers put in 50 hours,I think thats more than enough for a review. As it is I'm still looking forward to it

So they've been playing it for 2 days straight? That or else occasionally over a week or 2 with no doubt a buggier version of the game

Either way we are fans of the series. We are more than likely going to love it even if its terrible.

Sephiroth_dude

dan_ep82 wrote: »

PC gamers put in 50 hours,I think thats more than enough for a review. As it is I'm still looking forward to it

What did does lads give it?

Keggers2

http://www.pcgamer.com/review/total-war-rome-2-review/2/

85/100 from PCGamer. I stopped paying attention to reviews in general a long time ago! Especially with CA where they're constantly tweaking and updating their games, in a few months Rome 2 will probably be a different beast from the one that comes out tomorrow!

degrassinoel

so, what time is it unlocked at tomorrow, i know it's morning at some point but no idea when?

dan_ep82

degrassinoel wrote: »

so, what time is it unlocked at tomorrow, i know it's morning at some point but no idea when?

8AM in Ireland

degrassinoel

awesome, early night for me tonight then

dan_ep82

http://www.twitch.tv/psponge
Pontus Campaign stream for anyone interested. Quite laggy though.

karma_

ZeroThreat wrote: »

I'm still wondering how the Karma guy managed to have his copy of RTW2 delivered by 31st august from amazon, while it says they don't ship till 3rd September...

Mine shipped on Friday I think it was and it popped in the letterbox next morning. What can I say?

As for the bugs, sure any TW fans will be used to this by now, it's like tradition at this point.

bizmark

Most of the reviews iv seen are good or else they nit pick about graphical, Animation or Ai problems or more damning for the reviewers that the game is a mite complex

Aww diddums

Really looking forward to tomorrow wish steam still released at midnight but i can wait

karma_

bizmark wrote: »

Most of the reviews iv seen are good or else they nit pick about graphical, Animation or Ai problems or more damning for the reviewers that the game is a mite complex

Aww diddums

Really looking forward to tomorrow wish steam still released at midnight but i can wait

Yo. You're gonna have to hop on ts for a game of this with me, I'm the only one who is getting it, trying to talk others into splashing the cash.

bizmark

Sure have quite a few m8s getting the game so hopefuly we could get some mulitiplayer games going as well

4 sided free for alls sounds fun

McSasquatch

Bit-Tech Review (gave it

96%

).

GamesRadar Review (gave it

9/10

)

Bugs aside (which seem minor compared to previous CA blunders), it seems that the biggest gripe is that it isn't much of a departure for the series, an incremental improvement without pushing new boundaries. In other words, more of the same in a shinier new coat. I can pretty much live with that, personally speaking.

Keggers2

It looks like it's going to be the sort of game that my imagination made the first Rome out to be when it came out!

As in all the 'blanks' caused by limitations of the engine that I filled in myself have now been filled in for me!

degrassinoel

McSasquatch wrote: »

Bit-Tech Review (gave it

96%

).

GamesRadar Review (gave it

9/10

)

Bugs aside (which seem minor compared to previous CA blunders), it seems that the biggest gripe is that it isn't much of a departure for the series, an incremental improvement without pushing new boundaries. In other words, more of the same in a shinier new coat. I can pretty much live with that, personally speaking.

Nice to see them balance out the reviews a bit all the same.
And yeah, i can definitely live with that, in fact it's exactly what i expect from a TW game.

thegame983

Its getting good reviews. 85 on metacritic is pretty impressive. Joystiq gave it 3.5/5 because it wasn't casual friendly. Which is a plus in my book.

Sephiroth_dude

Just got my key,just wondering is there a separate code for greek dlc ?or is just one code?

bizmark

thegame983 wrote: »

Its getting good reviews. 85 on metacritic is pretty impressive. Joystiq gave it 3.5/5 because it wasn't casual friendly. Which is a plus in my book.

A bit negative display of so called game journalism and reviews though if it can be badly reviewed simply cause the sims crowd wont like it

iggyigauna89

Sephiroth_dude wrote: »

Just got my key,just wondering is there a separate code for greek dlc ?or is just one code?

I got mine on nuuvem and I got a separate key for the dlc.

degrassinoel

thegame983 wrote: »

Its getting good reviews. 85 on metacritic is pretty impressive. Joystiq gave it 3.5/5 because it wasn't casual friendly. Which is a plus in my book.

85 is an average too, generally metacritic is good for that kind of scoring, but Christ almighty the user reviews are a travesty. I seen the user reviews for COH2 get trashed by the entire Russian playerbase just because of the portrayal of the soldiers and officers in the campaign.
But anyways.. Cant understand why Joystiq use a 5/5 system, it's not very accurate or detailed at all imo. Then again if they cater to casual gamers it probably is justified.

marko93

Is Nuuvem the best place to buy it? Want it, but not for the 55 steam is charging!

bizmark

g2play and greenmangameing.com have it as well for less than the 55 steams asking not sure if g2play.com comes with the greek dlc though but it is the cheapist.

Alternatively you could have a English friend buy it for you on steam then gift it to your poor euro ass as i did and it costs around 35 euro