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When I saw Epirus in that trailer I was hoping they'd show off some war elephants. They haven't been seen yet at all have they?
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Trujillo posted:When I saw Epirus in that trailer I was hoping they'd show off some war elephants. They haven't been seen yet at all have they? They showed some in the Carthage battle - the first trailer.
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May 9, 2013 06:17
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Tomn posted:Depending on the size of the map, Rome COULD technically be balanced by the fact that they've got few similar-culture allies - it might be possible that attacking one random Gallic tribe could escalate quickly into all the Gauls declaring war on an encroaching Roman force, for instance. Some sort of "unite to defend our cultural brethren from outside interference!" system, with presumably some modifiers in place so that co-opting local allies to overcome that is possible. Julius Caesar invited neighboring tribes to help his legions eradicate the Eburones. I will be quiet dismayed if I can't invite random Gallic tribes to "unite to eradicate the chucklefuck's who are responsible for these pesky romans all up on us".
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May 9, 2013 09:08
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Azran posted:Oh wow, $60. 60$ isnt expensive, not if you think of the dollar and its low value. 60$ is in Sweden 390-ish Kr, physical stores here can take 399-599Kr for new PC games. So stop complaining  Or just buy from a cheap key site.
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May 9, 2013 09:45
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60 bucks is expensive no matter which way you put it but it's silly to be surprised about the price. In theory the game will be worth the money.
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May 9, 2013 10:14
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$60 is a rip-off for one of those games that you beat in 4 hours and never want to play again, but the number of hours you can put into Total War campaigns is so huge that it probably averages out to one of the cheaper forms of paid entertainment.
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May 9, 2013 10:15
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It's important to remember that in Australia it's likely to be $100 AUD which is around $105USD. God bless region based pricing.
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May 9, 2013 10:20
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shalcar posted:It's important to remember that in Australia it's likely to be $100 AUD which is around $105USD. God bless region based pricing. God drat, I was about to be annoyed that it'll be a flat 60 €/pounds in europe regardless of the exchange rate but that's just ridiculous. Can Aussies at least get the cheaper price in Steam by buying it via a proxy or something? I get that prices will increase over time (poo poo, when I got into gaming new AAA titles were generally like 35-40€), but differences like these in the time of digital distribution are bonkers.
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May 9, 2013 10:39
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Perestroika posted:God drat, I was about to be annoyed that it'll be a flat 60 €/pounds in europe regardless of the exchange rate but that's just ridiculous. Can Aussies at least get the cheaper price in Steam by buying it via a proxy or something? I get that prices will increase over time (poo poo, when I got into gaming new AAA titles were generally like 35-40€), but differences like these in the time of digital distribution are bonkers. Using proxies to pay cheaper prices on Steam gets your account banned. Most Australians instead buy from game sites like GreenManGaming, as the keys are treated as gifts by Steam, but you pay the cheaper European prices. e: Just checked our local prices, it's $88 AUD, which works out to $92 USD.
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May 9, 2013 10:44
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Jesus, I would never pay 100 dollars for a video game, that's insane.
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May 9, 2013 10:48
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SHISHKABOB posted:Jesus, I would never pay 100 dollars for a video game, that's insane. Check out the publisher "Matrix Games." Almost all their new titles are $80+ despite looking more like spreadsheets than games.
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May 9, 2013 11:08
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Tomn posted:Check out the publisher "Matrix Games." Almost all their new titles are $80+ despite looking more like spreadsheets than games. Thats the monograph problem though, they have a much smaller audience so to break even they have to charge higher individual prices. High prices for mainstream games in Australia is just gouging.
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May 9, 2013 11:13
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Games in Australia used to cost $100 when the exchange was 1AUD to 0.50USD. At least with digital distribution, its now easier to bypass regional based markups. Why do I need to wait half a year for this game to come out? 
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May 9, 2013 11:29
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madmac posted:The Culture Pack adds the diplomatic Athens Greek states, the smart Epirus and Sparta formidable as playable factions. Each offers a variety of special tactical skills to achieve victories cultural and arts, and special units lethal crush enemies in battle. The states Greeks share a number of common objectives, philosophies and diplomatic aid. However, they are characterized by their fierce independence and between them show a huge variety of approaches to the challenges of civilian and military which often leads them to be in conflict with each other and the rest of the world. " Epirus, yes please! Can't wait to march my elephants right through the gates of Rome and so not get killed by some old lady throwing roof tiles at me. The Spartan soldier in the DLC video is using a Corinthian helmet. Is that historically accurate for the game's time frame or just thrown there to get all the fans of 300 excited? 
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May 9, 2013 12:05
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I'm going to play as Epirus and win every battle... then sail home with my tail tucked between my legs  SHISHKABOB posted:Jesus, I would never pay 100 dollars for a video game, that's insane. Look, the developers need to recoup the cost of all that coal used to ship digital copies of games across the vast seas 
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May 9, 2013 12:07
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I wonder what the start date will be since if the game starts when Pyrrhus is in Italy I know who my first target as Macedon will be.
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May 9, 2013 12:12
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Frungy! posted:The Spartan soldier in the DLC video is using a Corinthian helmet. Is that historically accurate for the game's time frame or just thrown there to get all the fans of 300 excited? Its not historically accurate for the time, but the guy was wearing the sideways horsehair plume which marks him as an officer, not a common soldier.
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May 9, 2013 12:51
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Rabhadh posted:Its not historically accurate for the time, but the guy was wearing the sideways horsehair plume which marks him as an officer, not a common soldier. On another note, I did the Shogun 2 tutorial battles last night and why the hell is the advanced one such a pain in the rear end? After googling it and seeing i'm supposed to do some jerk move with ninjas I just quit and moved on to the campiagn.
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May 9, 2013 13:03
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Hahaha. CA always goes all out with the collectors edition. http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War:_ROME_II_Collector%27s_Edition That looks completely badass, but on the other, hand, $154 geez. The Catapult though... The official announcement is here: http://forums.totalwar.com/showthre...e842839838cef9f Sept 3 release date, all pre-orders get the same bonus, which will be available for purchase day one if you don't pre-order, and everyone gets Pontus as a day one download. Some additional information on the Greek Culture pack units: quote:New Units: Interesting. Some of these units are available to factions in the main game. Also, mercenaries confirmed back in. If you break it down: Everyone gets: Hoplite Mercs All Greek/Roman/Carthage: Repeating Scorp and Tortoise Ram. Athens only: 2 Hoplite varients? One lighter and one heavier, sounds like. Macedon/Epirus: Cool assault axemen, Companion Cavalry. Sparta Only: Heroes of Sparta. Sparta gets screwed, but hey, hero units! They probably have the best phalanx troops though so it balances out. Well, I'm sure there are other unit (and tech tree) differences between the four Greek states, this is just highlighting the cooler sounding ones. madmac fucked around with this message at 14:57 on May 9, 2013 |
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May 9, 2013 14:20
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So do you have to preorder to get the Companion cavalry for Macedon? BTW here is the steam page for the DLC which details the unique buildings as well http://store.steampowered.com/app/212301/?snr=1_7_15__13 . Pump it up! Do it! fucked around with this message at 15:15 on May 9, 2013 |
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May 9, 2013 15:12
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System Reqs 30GB  SHISHKABOB posted:Jesus, I would never pay 100 dollars for a video game, that's insane. Sega's also charging 100 dollars for COH2 and the skimpiest digital CE I have ever seen. At least there is some legit spergy stuff included here; that Onager is baller
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May 9, 2013 15:13
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30 Gigabytes? Jesus. How much space would all the Total War games including Rome 2 would take on a HD now?
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May 9, 2013 15:21
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You're looking at a good 120-150gb I reckon. Even Medieval 2 is 10gb.
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May 9, 2013 15:26
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SeanBeansShako posted:30 Gigabytes? Jesus. Shogun 2 and Napoleon are 10gb each. It's not surprising that with a new engine there's another jump in the space requirements.
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May 9, 2013 15:27
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Also, the steam requirements are twice the actual gamesize iirc, it downloads the compressed files and unpacks/installs them, then deletes the install files. So it temporarily needs twice the hard drive space or so, I reckon the final installed version is about 20 GB without DLC/mods, if I recall correctly.
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May 9, 2013 15:29
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It is a good thing I grabbed the biggest HD I could afford with this new PC yet. Also, 57 provinces huh?
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May 9, 2013 15:29
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SeanBeansShako posted:Also, 57 provinces huh? 57 provinces with 183 regions to control.
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WoodrowSkillson posted:57 provinces with 183 regions to control. Not bad at all really. Looking forward to Rome 2 now. I think we all want to know one thing really now. Is the AI decent to fight against?
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Alchenar posted:Shogun 2 and Napoleon are 10gb each. It's not surprising that with a new engine there's another jump in the space requirements. I thought Rome 2 was using Shogun 2's engine?
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I have faith in CA after Shogun 2 and even if the AI is lovely I will probably get it just for the multiplayer.
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May 9, 2013 15:35
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Bullshit, no way in Canada to get that crazy physical collectors' edition? SEEEEEEEGA  Maybe I should just put that money into upgrading my PC for this instead.
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May 9, 2013 15:44
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They really couldn't toss in some kind of season pass equivalent for the collector's edition? Hell if I'm paying $154 for the games and some toys I don't want to be charged for DLC later!
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May 9, 2013 16:05
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Rabhadh posted:Its not historically accurate for the time, but the guy was wearing the sideways horsehair plume which marks him as an officer, not a common soldier. The Spartans were famously conservative and reactionary, so it's not as unreasonable as New Kingdom Egyptians. Maybe a dude with a family heirloom he wanted to bring to the party. So far everything is sounding great. I'm very happy that Epirus is in
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Thats basically what I was implying by saying hes probably and officer. It all looks great so far though, hope you have to deal with helot revolts as Sparta.
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May 9, 2013 16:16
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I really want this game, but I'd probably have to get a dedicated gaming rig since my laptop can really only handle Shogun 2 on low settings as it is. Medieval 2 runs great though, which is still one of my favorites because of all the mods.
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May 9, 2013 16:22
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Rabhadh posted:Thats basically what I was implying by saying hes probably and officer. It all looks great so far though, hope you have to deal with helot revolts as Sparta. I am bored at work so I am reading and posting on TWC since I hate myself. The Corinthian helmets are going to worn by one Spartan unit, the rest will use more accurate helmets to the time period. They are thowing the casual fan a bone by letting them recruit some badass looking dudes.
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I wouldn't worry, the first mod to roll off the line will be the EXTREME REALISM one like always and that will be fixed since it is a minor detail.
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May 9, 2013 16:28
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drat, I know for a fact that I can't run the game but that Collector's Edition is god damned sexy. A little upset that it doesn't come with the OST though, although I don't care that much any more since it's not Jeff van Dyck
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SeanBeansShako posted:I wouldn't worry, the first mod to roll off the line will be the EXTREME REALISM one like always and that will be fixed since it is a minor detail. Adding 5gb to the total file size.
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Is it ok to play Rise of the Samurai before vanilla? I kinda want to play this in chronological order.
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