06-02-2009, 15:39 | #1 |
Emperor
Join Date: May 2004
Location: USA, East Coast.
Posts: 2,673
|
Empire: Total War
Anyone else looking forward to this? Release date is beginning of March. IIRC, these games usually need a couple of patches before they work right, so is it worth it to buy right away when it comes out? Asking because Steam usually has a preorder discount then won't have it on sale again till the holidays.
|
06-02-2009, 17:13 | #2 |
Emperor
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Blame Canada!.
Posts: 3,501
|
I would like to see it, but I doubt my machine will support it.
__________________
Postcount = Postcount + 1; //Postcount++ |
06-02-2009, 18:12 | #3 |
Deity
Join Date: Apr 2006
Location: Lahndan
Posts: 6,220
|
The last one my computer could handle was shogun total war.
__________________
the sooner you fall behind, the more time you\'ll have to catch up! CDZ Cup Champion!!! |
06-02-2009, 20:22 | #4 |
Nebuchadnezzar II
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Glover Park
Posts: 4,459
|
I was also contemplating. I have $75 worth of gift cards and coupons for Amazon though and was thinking about Dragon Age: Origins instead but ETW was also considered. I think I'll sit on it and see if it lives to the expectations and for all bugs to get fixed which would happen right when the price drops down to $20-25.
__________________
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare Ciceron (Marcus Tullius) |
08-02-2009, 10:55 | #5 | |
Administrator
Join Date: Mar 2003
Location: Costa La Haya
Posts: 8,494
|
Quote:
E:TW is going to be great. I have some inhibitions buying it though. The game is basically the same as it's predecessors. There are the usual claims of enhanced AI, but I've read these claims for so many games that I won't believe it. Besides that and the gorgeous graphics, there's nothing to improve but unfixed bugs. Yes, the TW-series has serious issues with unit micromanagement. And a new game will have new (and probably even old) bugs. The other thing is that I'm not done with R:TW; I haven't finished a single campaign from Barbarian Invasion (which is, I have to say, GREAT);I have only finished a couple of M2:TW campaigns (the game lacks some appeal and there are too many plagues). The reason that I haven't played these games as much as they deserve (or as much as I want to) is treefold: -no save option in battles. Some of these battles take quite some time (half an hour or so, longer for sieges... yes, I am Sir Pausealot). If I want to play a quick game it's just not possible with this game; -I play too much team fortress 2; -I like the campaign map part a lot more than the RTS-part, but halfway I discover that the campaign map isn't as good as civ4. So I go play civ4, and after some hours I discover that either I lack iron or that civ4 involves a lot of unit shuffling. I hate civ4 combat. So I just go play something else.
__________________
"Our spam is backed with COMETS!" |
|
09-02-2009, 15:34 | #6 | |
Emperor
Join Date: May 2004
Location: USA, East Coast.
Posts: 2,673
|
Quote:
|
|
09-02-2009, 16:30 | #7 |
Emperor
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Blame Canada!.
Posts: 3,501
|
They don't get it. They should have PC out first. Then they can correct the bugs before the non-patchable console games gets released.
__________________
Postcount = Postcount + 1; //Postcount++ |
09-02-2009, 17:42 | #8 |
Emperor
Join Date: May 2004
Location: USA, East Coast.
Posts: 2,673
|
My understanding was that the PC version of the game was going to get pushed back to mid summer anyways, so they decided to wait 3 more months and publish all 3 versions at the same time.
|
09-02-2009, 20:56 | #9 |
Nebuchadnezzar II
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Glover Park
Posts: 4,459
|
Indeed, I just read the news. Well, Bioware is getting late with many things already. Just make sure that they don't go down completely and will actually release something eventually.
__________________
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare Ciceron (Marcus Tullius) |
09-02-2009, 21:03 | #10 | |
Nebuchadnezzar II
Join Date: Apr 2004
Location: Glover Park
Posts: 4,459
|
Quote:
Regarding the bugs, for example, Oblivion which I'm playing from time to time out of pure boredom, was extensively patched for both PC and X-box (through X-box live) yet there are still over 2000 (!!!) misplaced links and objects and many a quest cannot be completed without an unofficial patch or console. Yet, this is one of the best products out there and one of the most polished with others falling greatly behind in quality.
__________________
Cujusvis hominis est errare; nullius, nisi insipientis in errore perseverare Ciceron (Marcus Tullius) |
|