War is upon us

[Russ]

Total War infact.... Rome Stylee.

due for release 1/10, and it looks even better than last two!

http://www.totalwar.com/game/#

theres a demo out so downlaod it kids!

[steve threlfall]

I have done

Fantastic game

[TiG]

Russ you are a bit late

we've already had this played the demo and pre-ordered on play

The demo is flipping superb, all men like move and stuff - detail is superb and its as smooth as anything

Can't wait !!!!

TiG

[Russ]

i couldnt see the thread when i searched thats why i posted

[Russ]

bah just spotted it, god damn all my holidays

[RVF500]

Can't wait for the full version to come out. So far only been able to play the demo on my laptop and it struggles a bit but I can still see the excellent game underneath.Be able to play on my desktop when I get home after the weekend and try it out in all it's [demo] glory.

[steve threlfall]

I cant believe how well it plays on mine 1600x1200 max aa, and full options etc, great stuff

[Zak33]

I was no good at Shogun so I gave it away....to my friend in Rugby, who is now unbelievably good.

Truly superb game,..just couldn't do it. Medieval appealed the most but I was crap at that too

Last game like this I was good at was 3dfx only...

Myth, the Fallen Lords anyone?

[Russ]

you know you want this though mate.... ive pre-ordered from play so o_0

[Richdog]

I cant believe how well it plays on mine 1600x1200 max aa, and full options etc, great stuff

Do you get any major slowdown with all the max options at those settings? I get rates as low as 20fps on occasion at those settings, and my rig is "supposedly" friggen "uber".

Hmm maybe a reformat is needed, I have had an ATI card on before this Nvidia...

Buy anyways, the game is great and I can't wait for the full thing. Hmm I think it will be a toss up for this game and LOTR - Battle For Middle Earth as far as best RTS of 2005 goes.

[steve threlfall]

Well i havnt noticed major slowdown or anything. My spec is 2500mobile barton at 2.4, a gig of 3200 and a rad 9800pro and it seems perfectly playable to me

Am also looking forward to battle for middle earth

[Richdog]

Mmm it looks lovely, hehehe, look at all the lovely screens on this page, videos etc too. http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...ormiddleearth/

[steve threlfall]

and if it plays half as well as rome total war does ...

[RVF500]

What is THAT!?!?!?!? /\ gimme gimme gimme. We want's it we do.

Oh, pre-ordered RTW yesterday

I wonder if I'll be as crushingly effective as I was in the demo. Somehow I doubt it. Loved using the elephants to break up the cohesion of the attacking Romans even though the elephants routed the job was done. Then pinned with infantry, skirmishers to the flanks to keep the Roman skirmishers from settling and cavalry up the rear (gonna make yer eyes water that will). A serious shoeing was delivered to the legions of Rome

'OI Julius, don't start sumfin' yer can't finish!'

[Aaron]

The demo is way too short. I can hardly wait for the release.

Battle for Middle-Earth looks good. Apparently it uses PS3.0 too, so it should look stunning on the new nVidia cards.

[Spud1]

hmm well shogun and the 2nd one [was that medieval? cant remember] were both crap tbh but i'll give this one a chance since it seems to be a fair bit better from what I have been reading