Is this game buggy and broken?

[ItsMeJonB]

Hi all. 1.Does this run on windows 7 64 bit? 2. Are mods still broken? 3. Is AI buggy, dumb and easy to kill? This game looks cool but all the negative reviews say this game is buggy and broken. They also said some of the best mods were ruined due to a patch? Stainless steel or something? I would like to try this game out but not if it's broken with bugs. I just want to know if this game is functional for windows 7 at least, and if it worth the sale price? Thanks for your help.

[Gunther von Rittersburg]

Originally posted by ItsMeJonB:

Hi all. 1.Does this run on windows 7 64 bit? 2. Are mods still broken? 3. Is AI buggy, dumb and easy to kill? This game looks cool but all the negative reviews say this game is buggy and broken. They also said some of the best mods were ruined due to a patch? Stainless steel or something? I would like to try this game out but not if it's broken with bugs. I just want to know if this game is functional for windows 7 at least, and if it worth the sale price? Thanks for your help.

1. Yes

2. Given all the "Help I installed mod correctly but it wont work" posts, among many other "Help with mods" posts, I'd have to say yes, somewhat.

3. This is game is worth it. Not to buy it would be a crime against yourself, humanity, and PC gaming. But yea Ai can become predictable for veterans.

Negative reviews are generally just trolls. This game is a beloved title and is considered the best Total War title of them all! Its worth the regular price regardless of a sale.

[HazardHawk]

Originally posted by Jack Skellington:

Originally posted by ItsMeJonB:

Hi all. 1.Does this run on windows 7 64 bit? 2. Are mods still broken? 3. Is AI buggy, dumb and easy to kill? This game looks cool but all the negative reviews say this game is buggy and broken. They also said some of the best mods were ruined due to a patch? Stainless steel or something? I would like to try this game out but not if it's broken with bugs. I just want to know if this game is functional for windows 7 at least, and if it worth the sale price? Thanks for your help.

1. Yes

2. Given all the "Help I installed mod correctly but it wont work" posts, among many other "Help with mods" posts, I'd have to say yes, somewhat.

3. This is game is worth it. Not to buy it would be a crime against yourself, humanity, and PC gaming. But yea Ai can become predictable for veterans.

Negative reviews are generally just trolls. This game is a beloved title and is considered the best Total War title of them all! Its worth the regular price regardless of a sale.

People only have trouble with mods that know the old way or find old directions and attempt to use them or if the mod is not in a self contained folder.

Once upon a time we modded freely with the disk version and you could have multiple installations. With Steam you need them foldered and use launch settings.

As for the original question, Medieval 2 is the second best in the group. Rome is the best.

[syn]

So I have the Third Age mod installed right now and can play it. Also i have windows 10.
The Ai isn't that awful to be honest. But it does tend to cheat sometimes on the campaign map - cheating in units.
But It's not buggy or broken at all.

[Inardesco]

Originally posted by ItsMeJonB:

Hi all. 1.Does this run on windows 7 64 bit? 2. Are mods still broken? 3. Is AI buggy, dumb and easy to kill? This game looks cool but all the negative reviews say this game is buggy and broken. They also said some of the best mods were ruined due to a patch? Stainless steel or something? I would like to try this game out but not if it's broken with bugs. I just want to know if this game is functional for windows 7 at least, and if it worth the sale price? Thanks for your help.

1) Yes

2) No, mods aren't broken, people are to stupid to install them correctly

3) AI isn't buggy or broken, once again, people are to stupid

4) Best mods aren't ruined, once again down to people not installing correctly

5) Mods and game aren't broken by bugs, there are some crashes involved but that's more due to the coding of the mods instead of the game.

6) Yes playable on 7

7) definately worth sale price

[ItsMeJonB]

Lol! Ok thanks for the input. I will have to check it out. I figured there a reason why this game is "overwhelmingly positive" with over 93% I think!

[NoManImTheDude]

Hi guys can I get a link to the correct way to install SS 6.4 w/Steam now? I seem to always have problems with battle crashes around turn 50-100, across multiple machines this has happened and I'm wondering if I am installing it incorrectly. Cheers

[Inardesco]

Originally posted by bleedblueandwhite42:

Hi guys can I get a link to the correct way to install SS 6.4 w/Steam now? I seem to always have problems with battle crashes around turn 50-100, across multiple machines this has happened and I'm wondering if I am installing it incorrectly. Cheers

That's bad coding on the part of the SS team. The only thing you can do with battle crashes is to either auto-resolve or try with a different unit composition/different terrain. In Third Age most of my crashes had to do with water on the field and when Ents were present.

The water on the field (river/lake/ocean) could be handled a bit by turning down graphics. Others have reported a fix with turning of the Daylight Time Savings in Windows itself.

[CMDR Herne]

Originally posted by ItsMeJonB:

just want to know if this game is functional for windows 7 at least, and if it worth the sale price?

More than worth itat full price. Make sure you get the Kingdoms expansion for more content and access to more mods.

[ItsMeJonB]

Ok sweet thanks everyone!