Like Rome 2 or Medieval 2

[Reichskaiser]

Will this game be like classic Rome 2 or Medieval 2 TW?

[Defmonkey]

Well, considering time frame, warfare is going to be closer to Rome 2.... Though game mechanics.... we will have to wait and see how much carries over from Troy.

[Fazo]

Its going to be spearmen vs rockthrowers and the occasional chariot

[Oubley]

I don't know, I think this is one where most people going to pass.
Melee fatigue a thing lol.

They recently just did "pharaoh" too, Warhammer II DLC.
And between Rome II and Troy....

This game feels like it's 10 years too late or 10-15 years to early in the making.

So, no, I don't think it will be a classic, unless you mean one of those ancient relics that people quickly forget about.

[Yews]

Herr Reeves here is probably asking whether this is going to be a fantasy instalment, in which case the answer is no, there isn’t going to be any magic or fantastical creatures — at least in the base game.

[Cynical Jester]

Originally posted by Oubley:

Melee fatigue a thing lol.

Depends on how good the game is. Shogun 2 was heavy melee/cavalry and it is regarded as one of, if not the best total war game ever made.

[echoes222]

Rome 2 classic? Lol, wut? ;D

[Yews]

Rome II has stably — and with steadily increasing gap — been the most popular historical instalment since its release so yeah, I trust that qualifies as classic. It’s also 10 years old which is older than Rome Total War was when Rome II released.

[Oubley]

Originally posted by Cynical Jester:

Originally posted by Oubley:

Melee fatigue a thing lol.

Depends on how good the game is. Shogun 2 was heavy melee/cavalry and it is regarded as one of, if not the best total war game ever made.

eh, wouldn't put it above either 1st Medieval, 2nd Medieval or 1st Rome.
personally found the Warhammer II to be a bit more interesting too.

Don't get me wrong It brought a lot to the table though. But that why it suceeded. The time period was fresh (not counting first shogun because it was still arguably obscure) and mechanics enhanced.

What's new that they are bringing to the table? We don't have a lot to go on so far, but they haven't brought a lot of new... probably since shogun II / Empire days, with the exception of the magic stuff with warhammer.

three kingdoms was essentially a mesh of all there previous titles, there wasn't really anything new there if you had played them all before.

[Ultrabot]

Time period and mods, honestly.
medieval 2 is known as the better game due to mods too, tbf, but the base game allowed for that extent of modding. Also, the modern engine doesn't really like hand to hand combat, the matched combat stuff often looked stupid, and without mods the combat is pretty terrible. Medieval 2 took everything good about rome1, improved on it, and added to it. Had the balance really nice in that game.
There's too many things that have been simplified, seemingly to allow the AI to play the campaign game.

IDK. Depends what you want it to do.

[Oubley]

Originally posted by echoes222:

Rome 2 classic? Lol, wut? ;D

If they hadn't played a TW before I could see it. But ya, for people who had been playing TW for decade already, it was more of an Ok to pretty good. Wouldn't put it in the "classic" territory.

There something that's just off with the nation evolution in that game.
Rome 1, while a bit more cartoony looking, had a bit more fun to it with tactical battles, particularly when considering the time it came out.

[SBA77]

Originally posted by Reichskaiser:

Will this game be like classic Rome 2 or Medieval 2 TW?

Probably more like Rome 2, that game set the baseline for what modern Total War games are like. It's definitely not going to be like Medieval 2, CA has foregone many of it's features (recruiting from provinces, classic 4X style city building and management) a long time ago.

[Reichskaiser]

Originally posted by Yews:

Rome II has stably — and with steadily increasing gap — been the most popular historical instalment since its release so yeah, I trust that qualifies as classic. It’s also 10 years old which is older than Rome Total War was when Rome II released.

Indeed thats what i meant. ive skipped all the titles after rome 2 since there is so much fantasy stuff. Warhammer is astory for its own... nothing for me

[Yews]

I hope you didn’t skip Attila because despite bordering on fantasy (Riders of the Apocalypse, End Times yada yada) it’s literally what Rome II was promised to be before release, and then some. And Britannia is a professionally made mod for it.

[SBA77]

Originally posted by Yews:

And Britannia is a professionally made mod for it.

ba dum tss