So i saw Belisarius, then i asked myself, should i buy this?

[Grand Duke Notaras]

Let me explain;

Rome 1 was my favourite game for 3 years. It was awesome. Then i played M2TW for 1 year and i was quite pleased with it.

Then like many of you, i played Rome 2. Done about 200 hours since i got it on the release day and i never finished a campaign because i lost interest in it (you know the story, the crashes/the patches/ the dodgy performance).

Now, i hear that my most favoured character from history, Flavius Belisarius is going to be a focus of a new campaign in this game.

Shall i give Total War one more chance? shall i buy Atilla because i want to play as Belisarius? or will i lose interest like i did in Rome 2

[dinoexperten]

it depands on what you dident like in rome 2 bye all means it huge impovment of rome 2

[Moose_knuckle]

I find Attila to be much improved over Rome 2, its harder but thats a big pro for me as i thought Rome 2 was mostly no real challenge. Had some fun with Attila and they seemed to have fixed a lot of Rome 2's problems. If you've ever enjoyed a total war game i'd say get it, its pretty cheap and way worth the money.

[[*UNITY*]_ james]

A lot of improvements have been added and I would say much of the mechanics are superior to that of Rome 2's. Like in politics for Attila, you have more options and family tree is even brought back (although I still find a couple stuff confusing like preventing civil wars). Sieges also have a couple of nice touches, with civilians added, fire working as an actual mechanic as it spreads through the city lowering the morale of the defenders, siege escalation, etc. Other stuff like the new horde system also works great.

However, the game can also easily turn out to be stale and little boring. Its nowhere near the diversity and color of Rome 2. Barbarian factions are more identical IMO in terms of unit rosters, or at least don't have as much personality and uniqueness. In Rome 1 and 2 you had Thracians/Dacians, Germanics, Celts, Iberians, etc. while its mostly Germanic tribes in Attila with Celts only playable by means of DLC. Music is slight improvement in battles, but also IMO it feels sleepy in campaign (and I don't know any current music mod that exists for this game, at least in workshop). The dark and apocalyptic vibe/theme is cool at first but gets old fast, and as I said far less color.

The Belisarius campaign does seem interesting and have potential, with the Roman Expedition especially being flashed out with its own unique units, quests, and the ability to split off from the eastern Romans or continue conquering for them. Still best to wait for it to actually release though and see if its worthwhile based on reviews.

[Grand Duke Notaras]

thanks for you comments. ill wait for the reviews then