Total War: ROME REMASTERED

[Siddha]

I'm pretty stoked about this...
Anyone else ?

https://store.steampowered.com/app/885970/Total_War_ROME_REMASTERED/

[zombiewarrior07]

Yes, looks great! I have the original boxed version somewhere, but cannot use that for the discount, blah..

[Siddha]

That's a shame. I have the boxed version too but I got the Steam version on sale ages ago. It runs pretty well on my W7 rig. Still a great game imo. There are gameplay vids on Youtube from the leading creators and it looks pretty good to me.

[omzh]

Honest question, what's the benefit of getting TW Rome 1 vs. playing 2?

[I'm Spartacus]

the original is one of my 3 most played steam games so great news

[Martok]

Originally posted by omzh:

Honest question, what's the benefit of getting TW Rome 1 vs. playing 2?

None. Stick with Rome II.

[Kitano Vinken]

Originally posted by Martok:

Originally posted by omzh:

Honest question, what's the benefit of getting TW Rome 1 vs. playing 2?

None. Stick with Rome II.

Respectfully disagree. Rome 1 is one of my all time favorites, and I could never get past turn 100 before getting utterly bored in Rome 2. Rome 2 is beautiful and all, but empire management felt so shallow. As long as they keep the numerous buildings and options in the empire management department, I will prefer Rome 1.

[zombiewarrior07]

Yes, opinion on Rome 1 vs Rome 2 seems to be quite polarised. Most peeps like one OR the other, but only a few like both, I guess. This is a totally unsubstantiated claim, of course.

[Martok]

Personally, I've always hated Rome 1 with the fire of a thousand suns. It is unquestionably my least favorite game in the franchise, and that's including Empire. I honestly wish RTW had never been made -- or rather, I wish it had taken a different form than it did.

I get that a lot of folks love Rome 1 for the nostalgia factor, and/or because it was their introduction to the series. Unless they *seriously* fuck it up, a remaster is going to be a slam-dunk, and make a lot of money.


However, for those who've never played Rome 1, and already own Rome II, they're not missing anything. There's no reason for them to go back and play the older game (even remastered).

[WollieG]

They should have given it free to owners of the original, in fact they could have done that if you, lets say, own 5 or more of the Total War games. Seriously, its the SAME game. They just GREEDY again. Rehashing old games for a QUICK buck. I used to be a big supporter of Total War, but not anymore because of their GREED. Same with paradox. So SEGA and Creative Assembly can go F a duck with their GREED.

[zombiewarrior07]

A game I would really like to see "remastered" (what does that even mean?) is Command and Conquer Generals, and Zero Hour. Nostalgia + + +

[Siddha]

Rome 1 set the pattern for Total War games and is still one of my favorite games. Has some really great mods too; and the modding scene is still active. Rome 1 is more easily modded than Rome 2; and the campaign map can be modded which is not possible in Rome 2. I expect many of the best mods will be updated for the remaster. I hope they will follow this with a Medieval 2 remaster. So long as they do a decent job on the remaster (and so far it is looking good) I will be more than happy to pay €15.

[Anguille]

Seems fairly expensive to me for such an old game (even if updated). I do have the original game on steam so should get that one for free (as far as i know this is the plan).

[zombiewarrior07]

Originally posted by Anguille:

Seems fairly expensive to me for such an old game (even if updated). I do have the original game on steam so should get that one for free (as far as i know this is the plan).

Agreed, does seem quite expensive.

[BATTLEMODE]

I liked the original Rome but I have no desire to play it again, it's not even that good a game mechanically, IMO. It was an improvement over Medieval and Shogun but the more recent historical games are a lot better.

[BATTLEMODE]

Originally posted by zombiewarrior07:

A game I would really like to see "remastered" (what does that even mean?) is Command and Conquer Generals, and Zero Hour. Nostalgia + + +

I'd love this too but we all know it won't happen, for exactly the same reason Colonization will never get a remake.