Thorondor Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Smoke becomes fire and Total War: Rome II is official. Recently rumoured to be in the making, this Creative Assembly title is really out of the bag now and there's an early preview (or four) online to prove it.https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oKglskMfyWA It seems too that Caesar would be proud of the scale of this undertaking, as per the following excerpt from the Eurogamer piece: (...) the game's budget is their biggest yet - "about 40 per cent bigger" than anything they've made before. So is it fair to say this is Creative Assembly's most ambitious game to date? "In terms of budget, in terms of the variety of assets we need to produce, and the nature of Rome itself," he says. "It's a big step up." Do douse your expectations a little though as the game is currently still in pre-alpha stage and won't be invading our shores before the second half of 2013. In the meantime, and in breaking news, it appears there are a couple of video interviews at PC Gamer as well, so check them out here. Space Voyager 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
silencer_pl Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 Medieval 3 me wants Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted July 2, 2012 Report Share Posted July 2, 2012 NO WAY, they are really doing it!!! [stoneface]I mean, jolly good old chap. [/stoneface] Well, I was hoping for something new even more, like China: Total War, but this should be awesome just as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted August 22, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 22, 2012 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted August 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted August 28, 2012 TW: Rome II interview up at Strategy Informer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted August 30, 2012 Report Share Posted August 30, 2012 I absolutely adore what they are doing to "not care about individual units" system. This is the way I hoped SotS2 would take, but the chose the oposite. Grouping units, giving commands to groups... Coolest. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted September 26, 2012 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 :: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted September 26, 2012 Report Share Posted September 26, 2012 Breath taking. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted October 4, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2012 New screens now up at the official site's media section. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted October 5, 2012 Report Share Posted October 5, 2012 Sweet mother of god, this game will melt GPUs! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted October 19, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 19, 2012 GameSpot has some footage: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i24VGOeTAHs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted November 13, 2012 Author Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Have you seen the big picture? :: p.s.: click and drag to the left and right all the way to see the entire panorama. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted November 13, 2012 Report Share Posted November 13, 2012 Man, they better have a really good AI... There's a shitload of units! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted December 2, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 2, 2012 There's a preview online at PC Gamer where Lead designer James Russell goes over several aspects of the game. Excerpt: "We simulate things," Russell says. "For example, the projectile system – it's fully simulated, and that's a really big deal. From a professional perspective, people might think that we're crazy to do that. In a typical RTS, you might say that in a given situation there'll be a specific kill rate. (...) a detailed presentation of war is a crucial part of improving the game's tactical depth. (...) Everything from simple marching animations to choreographed 'matched combat' sequences between two or more fighters will be pulled from a vast pool of data, breaking up the monotony of the battle line and investing each combatant with their own personality. Then, as the dramatic actions of those individual troops propagate up through the simulation, Creative Assembly hope that the new level of detail they can achieve will pay dividends for the game as a whole. :: [Source] Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted December 5, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 5, 2012 https://farm9.staticflickr.com/8013/7496065410_ff58d65217.jpg :: SEGA's blog reveals what's to come and also discloses the first faction of the game. Wild guess? Yep, Rome. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted December 14, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 14, 2012 https://images.vg247.com/current//2012/12/total-war-rome-2-carthage.jpg :: Time for another faction reveal: Carthage. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted December 18, 2012 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2012 More goodies. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-m4IJ0wEtt4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gfLvp-uczkY Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted December 19, 2012 Report Share Posted December 19, 2012 As an interesting fact; Jack Lusted started as a M2TW modder at TWC, created a great mod called Lands to Conquer. Now he's a game designer! Well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted January 4, 2013 Report Share Posted January 4, 2013 I think this is a vid that Thor already posted but is inaccessible. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxGPuNiWlvQ&list=UUKB5-tnnUYxP8PJOubsc4mA&index=34 https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=w7eCgmRaiKg Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted January 18, 2013 Author Report Share Posted January 18, 2013 https://wiki.totalwar.com/images/thumb/8/83/Macedon_Shield_Bearers.png/700px-Macedon_Shield_Bearers.png :: The Macedonians make an entrance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted February 1, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 1, 2013 https://wiki.totalwar.com/images/thumb/9/9b/PaintedOnes.jpg/700px-PaintedOnes.jpg :: Meet the Iceni. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Space Voyager Posted February 2, 2013 Report Share Posted February 2, 2013 Damn, when I remember these guys in RTW and look at them now... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted February 8, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2013 https://wiki.totalwar.com/images/thumb/1/14/Arverni_OathSworn.jpg/700px-Arverni_OathSworn.jpg :: Now the Gauls charge in... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted February 14, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 14, 2013 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorondor Posted February 17, 2013 Author Report Share Posted February 17, 2013 https://wiki.totalwar.com/images/thumb/d/d7/Suebi_berserkers_TWR2.png/700px-Suebi_berserkers_TWR2.png :: The howling Suebi show up. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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