What games are you waiting for in 2006?

[Boron]

PrinzMegaherz said:
I agree. I didn't like Rome that much, so I hope Medieval 2 goes back to the roots of the series

May i ask what you disliked about RTW?
I found RTW a major improvement over the old Shogun/Medieval system.

The new province system with traveling armies is imho better than the old system Medieval and Shogun had and RTW was the first of the total war games with really good graphics.
Finally RTW had more modding possibilities and was easier to mod than Medieval.

So what was better in Medieval than in Rome in your opinion?

For me it has been the other way round, though i liked Medieval i think RTW was better, i liked RTWs new features like the new Province Map

[shovah]

i like RTW aswell although one thing i would have liked is the ability to constuct my own (not major like rome ect) cities

[PrinzMegaherz]

Boron said:

May i ask what you disliked about RTW?
I found RTW a major improvement over the old Shogun/Medieval system.

The new province system with traveling armies is imho better than the old system Medieval and Shogun had

Maybe it's a matter of taste. I liked the old system better, mainly it took less time to move your troops where they were needed. Rome feels a way slower, at least for me.

and RTW was the first of the total war games with really good graphics.

Indeed, but as someone who plays dom 2, graphics aren't that important to me. Some of the "advantages" of the 3D engine were even ridiculous. I remember my cavalery jumping over my infantry units while charging. In Medieval, your cavalery would get stuck in your troops and not charge right trough them.

Finally RTW had more modding possibilities and was easier to mod than Medieval.

I'm glad to hear that, I'll have a look at those mods.

So what was better in Medieval than in Rome in your opinion?

Maybe it's the setting. I prefer the variety of troops you have available in Medieval. In Rome you have... well... you have guys with spears, stronger guys with spears, horses that magically fly over your troops, and did I mention those guys with spears? In addition, the fact that all of your troops have javelins makes the battles a trough mikromanagment hell, at least for me. I even found diplomacy more tedious because it takes your ambassador so long to get somewhere, and I miss selling my daughters in exchange for alliances. Sieges are very boring. When you decide to assault a village, the enemy runs to it's centers, making you move your army a painfully long way through that city/village. Then there is the matter of sound... again, it's a matter of taste, but I loved that bombastic battle sound islamic nations got in medieval

For me it has been the other way round, though i liked Medieval i think RTW was better, i liked RTWs new features like the new Province Map

Well, everything is a matter of taste. Rome is not a bad game. But I prefered the old one.