Rome: Total War *Demo*

by **Buliwyf** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 10:15 am

As promised last Friday, Creative Assembly and EA have released a playable demo for its soon to be released real time strategy game - Rome: Total War. It comes in at 162 megs and features the Battle of Trebia map. Here's an FYI on it:

from ve3d.com

http://www.3dgamers.com/games/rome/

by **NGame** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:59 am

It blows.

Actually, it's pretty fun. The battles are huge in scale. Just might pick this one up.

by **LordShard** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 12:49 pm

I have
Shogun :total war it's awesome, still fun to play.

Of shogun my favorite troops are the naginata and the no dachi.

by **Buliwyf** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 1:04 pm

Medieval Total War, as well.

by **Mighty Mazz** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:05 pm

Wow, I've seen the show on the Hitory Channel where they use this game to recreate battles and wasn't really all that impressed at the time. But now that I've played the demo and visited that flash site I must say I am impressed, this could be one of those games where you get addicted to it. Not being familiar with the Total War games the controls and such seem a little awkward to me and the overall depth may be too much but I'll still give it a go. Good find.

Another cool game along these lines coming out soon is Kingdoms Under Fire for Xbox.

by **LordShard** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 5:16 pm

I like the total war games because you can't just tank rush like other RTS games (command and conquer series was bad for it).

If you want to win you have to take many types, and arrange them into differnt formations.

Like in shogun I couldn't just take 26 no dachi groups and rush them into battle, you have to have archers, pikemen, and calvary. Niether could take 16 heavy calvary groups or 16 pikemen groups. Or even 16 archer groups.

I just love the way these games are setup! I also like the way the game is laid out, and the "conquer japan" mode where you manage your clan's infrastructure and build armies.

by **ShellShock** » Mon Aug 23, 2004 11:40 pm

OMG I love this demo! War elephants = the win. There's also a mod out there that lets you play as the Romans, which much more challanging but still a lot of fun. I can't wait for the full release!

by **Starlite** » Tue Aug 24, 2004 1:04 am

Lol, RON has war elephants too....

But Rome, total war is being downloaded as we speak or should I say type....hehe:)

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