Rome total war - Page 6

Shabbaman · 30-10-2006, 09:49

Just saw this thread again

Three weeks ago I bought R:TW gold edition on the cheap. I started with a vanilla game with the Julii that became boring soon enough, but Barbarian Invasion is pretty cool!

digger760 · 31-10-2006, 10:26

Medieval Total War 2 is supposed to be out in November, but i suspect i'll need a PC upgrade to play

Shabbaman · 31-10-2006, 14:02

Definately. You didn't get civ4 to run smoothly did you? M2:TW system demands (better fitting than requirements here...) are pretty steep. There's a demo available btw.

digger760 · 31-10-2006, 17:26

Civ4 runs ok, large maps can take a bit of time and i dont think the code for civ4 is the best. Still hope for M2:TW

Demo.....bugger, have to paint tonight, then its the 1st episode Lost-Season3 at 10pm GMT. Then again if its anything like the 1.8Gig download of Company of Hereos Demo which took ~3 hours..best i start the download before painting!!!

Actuallt Company of heroes demo seems to run ok at lowest settings, even more hope for M2:TW

Furiey · 31-10-2006, 20:10

I guess I'll also need a PC upgrade for MTW 2. I could play RTW pretty well even with only a GeForce2 MX400, but with the problems I've had with Civ 4 I don't hold out much hope. Hopefully the demo will give more idea if it'll run than the Civ4 demo did.

Matrix · 31-10-2006, 20:42

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quote:Originally posted by digger760

Civ4 runs ok, large maps can take a bit of time

Concerning map size: I had 512MB memory. Once I inserted 1GB extra I could handle the biggest maps easily. It's purely a memory thing.

Shabbaman · 11-11-2006, 11:30

Well, the system requirements aren't as steep as I expected:

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English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP.
Celeron 1.8GHz Pentium 4® (1500MHz) or equivalent AMD® processor.
512MB RAM.
8x Speed DVD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers.
11.0 Gigs of uncompressed free hard disk space.
100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers.
100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers.
DirectX® 9.0c.
128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support and the latest drivers.
Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible.
Monitor must be able to display 1024x768 resolution or above.

The major reason I expected something absurd was that apparently the demo only ran at machines with some bizarre intel processor. None of this, luckily. Way back I read the statement by the developer that m2:tw should run on the same machine as r:tw. It's the same graphics engine anyway.

But enough threadjacking, in other news: yesterday I finished my first barbarian invasion campaign. After a very short and failed attempt with the Lombardi I had a more enjoyable time with the Saxons

Great game. Barbarian Invasion is in the budget section nowadays, about 7 euros.
I started a new game with the Huns, to find out how the horde mechanic plays. It doesn't suit my builder style. I think I'm going to play with either the Eastern Roman Empire to find out how hard it is to hold (and rebuild) the empire, or I'm going to take down the ERE with the Sassanids. Chop chop

30-10-2006, 09:49	#51
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,493	Just saw this thread again Three weeks ago I bought R:TW gold edition on the cheap. I started with a vanilla game with the Julii that became boring soon enough, but Barbarian Invasion is pretty cool! __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

31-10-2006, 14:02	#53
Shabbaman Administrator Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: Costa La Haya Posts: 8,493	Definately. You didn't get civ4 to run smoothly did you? M2:TW system demands (better fitting than requirements here...) are pretty steep. There's a demo available btw. __________________ "Our spam is backed with COMETS!"

31-10-2006, 10:26	#52
digger760 King Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Fake Dog Poo Factory. Posts: 1,887	Medieval Total War 2 is supposed to be out in November, but i suspect i'll need a PC upgrade to play

31-10-2006, 17:26	#54
digger760 King Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Fake Dog Poo Factory. Posts: 1,887	Civ4 runs ok, large maps can take a bit of time and i dont think the code for civ4 is the best. Still hope for M2:TW Demo.....bugger, have to paint tonight, then its the 1st episode Lost-Season3 at 10pm GMT. Then again if its anything like the 1.8Gig download of Company of Hereos Demo which took ~3 hours..best i start the download before painting!!! Actuallt Company of heroes demo seems to run ok at lowest settings, even more hope for M2:TW

31-10-2006, 20:10	#55
Furiey King Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Bedfordshire UK. Posts: 1,031	I guess I'll also need a PC upgrade for MTW 2. I could play RTW pretty well even with only a GeForce2 MX400, but with the problems I've had with Civ 4 I don't hold out much hope. Hopefully the demo will give more idea if it'll run than the Civ4 demo did.