Is this game more RTS or more Civ?

[Carver]

Hey there.

So I'm considering picking the game up but I have some reservations. Mostly I'm wondering how much work has to be put into the "CIV" side of things for the RTS side of the game to function properly. I don't mind a little city / stat / crisis resolution. But if I have to spend 45 minutes of clicking through menus and setting up stuff for every 15 minutes of RTS gameplay. . .

Also I do not play RTS games online at all so this will be primarly a single-player / co-operative (if it exists) experience.

Thanks in advance..

[Rivus]

Unless you're playing on XP the game probably won't even work.

At any rate, on the overhead map is turn based, every faction goes in order. During your turn you will construct buildings, recruit units, manage special agents and officers, and order your armies around. When your army clashes with another the game will zoom down in on all your units and render them in real time, where the you play out the battle like an RTS.

Really, the only thing you have to worry about is keeping money in your coffers. And that's pretty easy, just don't recruit more units than you need. Certain garrison units recieve a free upkeep.

[easytarget]

The game works fine on win7.

To the OP, the entire TW catalog goes on sale regularly, next time a sale comes up, pick up ME2 and see for yourself, for the cost of a happy meal you may well be quite pleasently surprised.

[GoaFan77]

Well, it depends how you play. Personally I play the game much more like Civ, I like to manage every single city and take my time to ensure I have the perfect armies, generals and agents, but the game does have the option to automanage a lot of things for you (how good a job it does I'm not sure).

On the otherhand, the battles are completely Real Time but more of a Real Time Tactics game. When you start a battle you only have the units you have with you on the strategic (turn based) map, you can't build more units or structures mid battle. If this is all you really want from the game, you can just play custom battles and some historically based scenarios to totally bypass playing the strategic map entirely.

As easytarget says, if you give the game a try I think most strategy gamers of either genre will find something to like in total war, and this is definitely a good game to try out since its cheaper yet still holds up pretty well.

[💢𝓐ℓ ¢нємιѕт💢]

I am assuming you want more RTS and less 4X?

You can just play the RTS without bothering about the 'Civ' part of the game. But trust me, its alot more fun to play the whole game.

To field a better army, you will need to spend alot of time in managing empire properly. The more time you spend on the map, the better your chances are in winning the RTS battles. Otherwise you will be outclassed or outmaneuver by other factions or alliances.

When you play the whole game properly then the RTS part will provide a lot more gratification then just 'tactical maneuvering'. Which brings the point that it basically RTT not RTS, as the only thing you do there is micro a given standing army against another.

Playing the RT battles after is like seeing the fruits of all your strategic planning come out in full glory. Something that Civilization doesn't provide.

If you only play battles then it will get old pretty quickly. Specially since its now very much outdated, so there are none of those 'wow' factors in graphics and scale of the game when it came out first.

Although the music is still better than any of the Total war games that came later.

[FlammableLamb]

My launcher doesnt work it tells me that it loading but then just goes away

[kimi]

im playing on windows 8, no problems here, game runs fine

[Egg]

W7 64 here and this game's worked for me since I upgraded from XP aeons ago.

This, Rome TW (the first one) and Shogun 2 are immense games. As involved and micromanaged as you want them to be and the RT battles are fantastic.

[MancSoulja]

Windows 8.1 Pro here. Game works fine It'a a good game, but IMO it's not quite as good as the original Rome.

[mogzeh mgz]

pick it up from humble bundle :)

[Bookshelf]

https://www.humblebundle.com/weekly

[Thomas D]

Originally posted by Rivus:

Unless you're playing on XP the game probably won't even work.

im on windows 8 and it works fine for me, along with darthmod

[Bookshelf]

Im on windows 7 the game works fine.

[SuperSusie]

Works perfectly on Windows 8.1 64bit. Works perfectly on an Intel HD4000 even

[DrEmile]

shogun 2: total war also has a multiplayer, where you can drop into battles and play against others, just doing the real time part. So they're playing their campaign, but fighting against humans in real time battles instead of AIs. Also, they're all on sale on humblebundle.com for their weekly sale. You can get Rome, Medieval2 and Shogun2 and some other games for $15.

[[*UNITY*]_ james]

So, OP, have you checked our responses? Plenty of good ones here, might as well respond to make sure this is not falling on deaf ears.