However, seeing what CA has churned out in the past, I am sure this will be a great game.

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aristotle01 |
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Well, CA has announced the nect edition to the bestselling game series we have grown to love, and in some casses worship, Medieval Total War II. I am not sure weather to hate it, love it, or not care about it. The units are VERY differeent looking take a look here.www.totalwar.com/community/medieval2.htm
However, seeing what CA has churned out in the past, I am sure this will be a great game. ![]() |
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aristotle01 |
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I take all the hopeful touchy stuff back! There are melee "combos" that your units can do- example- black-thrust-pary-block, etc. It appears as though the epic diciplined battles will be a thing of a past prior to fall of 06.
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spqrtemujinkhan(d) |
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Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! even better graffix !! wel spotted Aristotle, i cant wait... im movin this to its own forum so we can discuss the development ongoing
"Ne Conjugare Legio Europa".......
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spqrtemujinkhan(d) |
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I signed up for news letter, worth doing... first letter came with more screen shots... totaly amazing...
better close up combat moves - real 1v1 stuff.. great armour detail.. unit NOT all clones, have individual armour colour / banners / shields.. (im gonna need a new PC i think) 3D dead on battfiled... etc etc "Ne Conjugare Legio Europa".......
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SPQRPhoenix |
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OMG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11
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Maedhros of Beleriand |
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mh...Germans(German Order Kinghts)...English(Templars and Longbows)...Almohads(i liked them in the MTW campaign)...Byzantines(oh oh the famous byzantine cav) or even Egypt(greetings from Salah ad-Din)...i am so undecided...
i have it:i´ll play them simple ALL! I especially look forward to not see anymore these overpowered nations like in RTW and BI...you know which factions i mean don´t you? hehe
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SPQRPhoenix |
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die eastern rome, die! lol but yes watch out for my Turkish Blood screams for the blood of infidels!!!!!!!!!! rof always wanted to say that - but yea im gonna be playing as my Turks so yea cry and run under a table ; )
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Maedhros of Beleriand |
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![]() Here you can see a Turkish rider. Watch the 3D dead in front of him... ![]() An English Axeman finish his french enemy (hehe)... |
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aristotle01 |
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Here is another link providing more pictures. I agree, the grafics are absolutly amazing, I just wasnt too impressed with the whole combo thing and some of the early screens wont due the untis justice and to me it seemed that the game was becoming a bit "too arcady" but that is my pro-roman cynical view. And, It appears to me as though the "epicness" is slowly being taken away with these new features. All and All I think it will turn out great, and then again I was a major fan of MTW I when it came out so I'll learn to adapt, or be strung up on a wall, wicheverone comes first. :P
Oh and i too needed a new change of pants, socks, shoes and shirt when I saw it. Oh and here is the link-www.tothegame.com/sshotfeat.asp?screen=6125&pic=2 ![]() |
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SPQR K A II |
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My God!!!!! It's beautyfull. This screens look like they were from epic movie. I'm just curious about hardware requitments.
Probably I must start collecting money on new comp.
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SPQRPhoenix |
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yea what concerns me is as Aristotle mentioned this whole "combo" thing, i like the idea that now every single individual unit, like in real life, has a chance to become a battlefield hero - however i worry that they make things go a little bit too far, hopefully they will use it primarily for the actual look of the battle, not so much to affect the literal outcome. But I must say I am super impressed - and I think doubters will come to embrace this game - because us Medi Vet's know how ridiculously deep the Medi campaign was, marrying of princess's, priests, inquisitors, imans, i mean the just EXTENSIVE tools of diplomacy were all at your fingertips in Medi, which in many respects I think was far more intriguing then Rome and BI. I honestly believe Medi with Romes graphics wouldve been a better game then Rome, from also a multiplayer standpoint because us Medi vets also know how deep the parody was in Medi, damn near any faction had a shot, I mean admitted some factions were a little overwhelming (byzantines, spanish, germans), this could be an amazing game. My major hope is that if you remember passive arabalests i pray that the game wont be based on them again, because that made the archer war SOOOOOOOOO boring, so hopefully they will not be involved. I also express my excitement in the entering of the Aztecs!!!!!!!! I mean perhaps the fiercest warriors of the American peoples, they should be quite interesting. I must say I'm intrigued by their entrace (although the Medieval era really ends in 1453 with the fall of Constantinople, and with the all out introduction of gunpowder warfare to combat, which dissappoints me because as you enter the 1500's as this game does, GUNS, not swords really become the key way of fighting like the Swiss who were famous for having armies composed of just light cavalry, pikemen to protect their gunmen, and GUNS) However I mean looking at this graphics engine I cant even comprehend what a shower of bullets or arrows or even a rain shower is going to look like. I mean just imagine what The Battle of Hattin, would look like on these graphics!! As a major student of Medieval history and MTW I just wanna say i am stoked
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ArmyofCalifornia |
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dude this is friggin sick man!!! Dude i bet everyone is the clan is gonna need at least a new graphics card
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damasta15 |
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im speech less. thts great. my paretns sht comp cant run this
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spqrtemujinkhan(d) |
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Ive been trawling through the TW, M2TW official forum and there seems to be a lot of worry abt both "dumbing down" and "combos"... Don't Worry, i think there's a lot of people posting there (not you lot) who are talking first and readin later.. i think some people have got wrong end of stick and think that the individual combo moves are going to distract from the general stategy and tactics and / or that they are going to be some sort of controlable action that turns TW into a PS2 type karate/boxing game... they are wrong... from what i can see the combos are (as Phoenix hoped above) just a clever visual trick making the action look more realistic in close up, i think that they are just going to be a background automatic feature, that has no bearingn on unit vs unit outcome, just like in BI now, ie when you ask a shield wall to advance there are always a few stragglers who have to run to catch up, you dont control that, it just happens and looks good...
If you look at some of the more complex screen shots available, then its clear that the days of the large epic tactical battles are very far from over.... i can't wait... And just like now i'll be needing someone to cover my flanks with cav', cos you just know i'll be using English longbows and billmen.... "Ne Conjugare Legio Europa".......
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aristotle01 |
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I WANT IT NOW, I WANT THOSE GRAPHICS, I WANT THAT BLOOD AND MUD NOW!!!!!!!!!!
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Saladin the Great |
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Yeh what temu said bout the combos n stuff, itll be like Dawn of war, it just looks real neat when they get killed, the overall combat is still in the same ethics.
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damasta15 |
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thses pictures make me sht my pants everytime i look at htem
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SPQRPhoenix |
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yea its gonna suck to wait till the fall for it - especially because it always comes out months after they tell you :( personally i expect winter this year to turn into Spring 07
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Legate Bluntavius |
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I wonder if my machine will run it if I boost my graphics card.It looks like a resource demanding game,with all the gr8 graphics.
Legate Bluntavius
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spqrtemujinkhan(d) |
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Somewhere there is a technical requirements link... ill have a look for it and if i find ill post it..
"Ne Conjugare Legio Europa".......
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SPQRPhoenix |
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what i wonder is if they will do more or less to incorporate early gun warfare -arbequisers (early european gunmen) jannisarries (turkish elite gun wielding units)
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