Total War

[ainmosni]

Anyone here except me a big fan of the total war series? I love the single player campaign in rome and medieval II but never played it against someone else... Maybe time for a game sometime?

[ainmosni]

And of course Empire: Total War will be released early next year....

[Vandamguy]

never played any game from this series but from what i have heard its top notch stuff, would be interested if my plate wern't full of digital crack already

[Dave]

i have rome total war, i suck tho.

[ainmosni]

never played any game from this series but from what i have heard its top notch stuff, would be interested if my plate wern't full of digital crack already

Actually, the same but I saw empire on the to be released list on steam and I think I found the game I'm going to play in Febuary...

[Eschatos]

I love Rome Total War, never played the others.  If you wanna play I might get around to reinstalling it.

[Tragic Hero]

Anyone here except me a big fan of the total war series? I love the single player campaign in rome and medieval II but never played it against someone else... Maybe time for a game sometime?

Big fan of the games but I was never one to enjoy it in multi player.  I remember with Shogun Total war some guy bitched at me because I set the weather on random.  It ended up raining and he couldn't use his riflemen.  Then in another game my friend just had an army of war elephants and despite having archers/skirmishers in a loose formation the war elephants decimated my armies anyways.

Regardless if I ever get motivated enough to put Medieval 2 back on my computer I would be up for playing.

[Greatbacon]

I've played the Original Medieval and I think it's pretty fun, the combination of resource management and battlefield strategy is interesting.  I look forward to picking up Empires sometime in the future, It's always been one of my secret dreams to be the heartless king of a colonial empire.

[Dave]

I allways en up raising my peole as spartans in any game, i breed a small nuber of elite units



it never works.

[Scary Womanizing Pig Mask]

Tried Medieval Total War and found it to complex (I think that makes me part of the problem. ) Enjoyed it though, especially using Camels as the Egyptians.

[ainmosni]

[quote author=ainmosni link=topic=1742.msg48689#msg48689 date=1226180199]
Anyone here except me a big fan of the total war series? I love the single player campaign in rome and medieval II but never played it against someone else... Maybe time for a game sometime?

Big fan of the games but I was never one to enjoy it in multi player.  I remember with Shogun Total war some guy bitched at me because I set the weather on random.  It ended up raining and he couldn't use his riflemen.  Then in another game my friend just had an army of war elephants and despite having archers/skirmishers in a loose formation the war elephants decimated my armies anyways.

Regardless if I ever get motivated enough to put Medieval 2 back on my computer I would be up for playing.
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Well, when Empire comes out, I'll buy it... I'll play as the dutch of course...

[Eschatos]

[quote author=ainmosni link=topic=1742.msg48689#msg48689 date=1226180199]
Anyone here except me a big fan of the total war series? I love the single player campaign in rome and medieval II but never played it against someone else... Maybe time for a game sometime?

Big fan of the games but I was never one to enjoy it in multi player.  I remember with Shogun Total war some guy bitched at me because I set the weather on random.  It ended up raining and he couldn't use his riflemen.  Then in another game my friend just had an army of war elephants and despite having archers/skirmishers in a loose formation the war elephants decimated my armies anyways.

Regardless if I ever get motivated enough to put Medieval 2 back on my computer I would be up for playing.
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Elephants rape everything.  EVERYTHING.  Of course, you can defeat them with the help of my second favorite unit of the entire game, flaming pigs.

[Tragic Hero]

Elephants rape everything.  EVERYTHING.  Of course, you can defeat them with the help of my second favorite unit of the entire game, flaming pigs.

Thats what disappointed me though.  For how accurate the game was with history Elephants were quite unstoppable.  Spread out skirmish units would usually harass elephants enough to cause them to panic or be unstable.

[quote author=ainmosni link=topic=1742.msg48689#msg48689 date=1226180199]


Well, when Empire comes out, I'll buy it... I'll play as the dutch of course...

Thats fine, I'll either be Venice or Milan.

[Vandamguy]

all my middle ages history knowledge comes from copious amount of time playing age of empires 1 and 2

in aoe1 , you play Hitties. their catapults and horse back archers were fearsome

in aoe2 you play Bretons, 200 english longbowmen could stop anything

[Tragic Hero]

all my middle ages history knowledge comes from copious amount of time playing age of empires 1 and 2

in aoe1 , you play Hitties. their catapults and horse back archers were fearsome

in aoe2 you play Bretons, 200 english longbowmen could stop anything

Actually if done right the French Heavy Cavalry could take out the longbow man.  Just as long as it wasn't set up like the battle of Agincourt.

[Eschatos]

I've heard that Empire is going to have multiplayer campaign, anyone up for a game when it's out? 

[ainmosni]

I've heard that Empire is going to have multiplayer campaign, anyone up for a game when it's out? 

I kinda already said yes...

[Dave]

[quote author=Eschatos link=topic=1742.msg48754#msg48754 date=1226241095]
I've heard that Empire is going to have multiplayer campaign, anyone up for a game when it's out? 

I kinda already said yes...
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YOU HAVE MY ELITE UNIT!

[Vandamguy]

[quote author=Vandamguy link=topic=1742.msg48744#msg48744 date=1226212020]
all my middle ages history knowledge comes from copious amount of time playing age of empires 1 and 2

in aoe1 , you play Hitties. their catapults and horse back archers were fearsome

in aoe2 you play Bretons, 200 english longbowmen could stop anything

Actually if done right the French Heavy Cavalry could take out the longbow man.  Just as long as it wasn't set up like the battle of Agincourt.
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obscure history reference aside. many have tried that, few have succeeded.


( i have aoe2 on a disc somewhere if you want to throw down )

[KarthXLR]

all my middle ages history knowledge comes from copious amount of time playing age of empires 1 and 2

in aoe1 , you play Hitties. their catapults and horse back archers were fearsome

in aoe2 you play Bretons, 200 english longbowmen could stop anything

What about 3?


I kinda liked AoE 3. Just not the completely useless tribes expansion.