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Word from The Creative Assembly about Rome II:

 

(...) the first update to the game will drop this Friday, with the intention to update the game on a weekly basis in the immediate future.

 

Full patch notes will be available on Friday, but the update will address known instances of crashes due to hardware conflicts alongside several other performance fixes.

 

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People encountering problems with the game should go to their dedicated support forum.

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Frankly I give credit to anyone that has the guts to call a TW game crap. Mostly because they would be dead wrong about many of the TW games, but also because SEGA/CA have such a PR machinery at work that your voice may seem retarded in the chorus of "best game ever" professional singers. Very few really honest reviewers remain, the ones who give the game the time needed to really see it for what it is.

 

 

I just hope CA takes the time and makes this game worthy of the promises made. Half will be forgiven.

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Is nothing worth waiting for any more?!

 

Well, yes, it might be worth waiting for things to get patched, most definitely, as is being clearly demonstrated here. tongue.png

 

Still, you are quite right, SV, this speaks volumes about how powerful a AAA publisher-dictated release date is - to the point that an evidently unfinished game proves to be of no detriment to going ahead and shipping it regardless.

 

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The result? Very negative PR for them and many dissatisfied loyal customers, who deserve better, and may think better before buying next time.

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Oh, OH, that hurts, below the waist! ;) Yes, waiting for patches will hopefully be worth the wait, though experience with Empire tells it may not lead to the desired result. Empire: TW was left in a hardly playable state. Its final "patch" was called Napoleon:TW, with a price of a full game.

 

The products only get better when the customers evaluate them before buying. With games, this would equal reading several reviews. Sadly, even this can backfire, as big review houses obviously have no guts to call a donkey donkey, not a horse. This is why I was so eager to point out reviews who do have those guts and are not afraid that next time they will not be given exclusive donkey shit before the donkey is in the stable.

 

My apologies to donkeys, they did play a big role in building civilizations.

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https://freecomputerworld.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/08/Rome-2-Total-War.jpg

 

It's time to get patching again with the release of Patch 5 for Rome II, as noted in the game's Wiki.

 

A particular, free-of-charge, highlight:

 

The Seleucid Empire is now a playable faction in single-player campaign and multiplayer games (...)

 

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Additional patches are already reportedly in the works.

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