Rome Total War Demo 23rd aug.

[Dougy]

Im basicly a whore for this game.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/540/540135p1.html?fromint=1

"Oh my children the time is coming... Rome: Total War is quickly approaching store shelves. Let the cheers and throwing of panties begin! Sure, there's still a month in between us and total strategic satisfaction, but fear not, Activision and Creative Assembly have not forsaken us. They have, in fact, granted us a boon. Next Monday, a demo will be released for Rome: Total War."

Demo is:

Tutorial that sees you taking command of the Julii faction (one of the romans) ending in a battle.

then a real big battle with you as the carthaginians against the Romans at Trebia.

They will post their impressions of the demo on friday and the actual demo on the 23rd.

[Reaperman]

next week is the 23'rd of august, not september....

[Dougy]

damnit....

im way too excited please forgive me.

[SidewinderX]

edited the title for you. and it should be awsome :) (the history channel show about it is cool)

[InsaneCow]

This game is going to be awesome, cant wait!

[Varg|Hund]

So, is this like an expansion pack for Medieval: Total War, but with romans?

[Javert]

Oh my f***ing Goodness YESS!!!!!1

YEEHA! :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: :bounce:

COME TO PAPA NOW!

I love you all. (Strike One for wanted games, Three more to go).

[KidRock]

So, is this like an expansion pack for Medieval: Total War, but with romans?


lol yeah right...have u seen this game in action? it has only the coolest engine/game.

[DarkStar]

Sweet! Sweet! Sweeeeeet!

[InsaneCow]

what faction does everyone want to play the most when the full game comes out? I like the look of those Seluicids, and Carthage looks interesting too

[Raziaar]

Is this in fact CONFIRMED? There have been many false reports about demos and stuff and gameplay features in the past, that have been squashed by the developers on the official forums. I hope this is true, but if its not, don't be dissapointed. I personally have been anticipating Rome since it was first announced. I own all the games in the series, Shogun, Medieval, Viking Invasion and soon Rome.

http://p223.ezboard.com/fshoguntotalwarfrm7.showMessage?topicID=4401.topic



EDIT: Hmm. might be official. If so, that will be soooo SWEEEET

http://p223.ezboard.com/fshoguntotalwarfrm7.showMessage?topicID=6069.topic

[Sparta]

I've never played any of them, i'm not really into RTS but this looks kickass. Is it hard? Because i suck at these games.

[SidewinderX]

So, is this like an expansion pack for Medieval: Total War, but with romans?


and a full 3D engine that looks f**king amazing. And fix mechanics so dimplomicy has options.

[kungfucheez]

Dude are you serious! The 23rd of this month as in 4 days! This is so awesome, Shogun and Medieval are my two favorite RTS games. I cant wait for Rome:Total war :) Thanks for the news

[StardogChampion]

This is awesome news! So this means the full game will be out in a month?

[Varg|Hund]

Oh. So a bit more than "just an expansion pack then" :)
/me is t3h ignorant :p

[blahblahblah]

*The long lost prodigal son (read: me :p) finally returns to the RTS genre*

This is the first RTS I have wanted to play in a llllllooooonnnnngggg time.

[Some_God]

THis is awesome!

[nw909]

Goddamn this game looks awesome.

I can't wait.

[Immortal]

Wahoo cant wait, must..destroy..romans..change history..forever..
I loved time commanders, what ever happened to it?

[Raziaar]

I'm sure it just ran its course.

[Immortal]

Anyone know what time it will be available to download in the u.k? (GMT)

[kungfucheez]

Well they are realising it at 12:01am PST so that 3:01 ESt for me, someone said that in europe it would be realising at 8:00am for the U.K

[Mac]

I'm not much of an RTS gamer myself. But I must say I am impressed with what I've seen so far (history channel) and will probably be buying this game.

[lans]

This is what I'm talkin' about!

Can't wait for the 23rd. :D

[kungfucheez]

Well, all i know is im going to be staying up all night sunday waiting for the demo :)

[Ames]

/me twiddles thumbs...

I'm patient enough..:D

[Someone]

This is one of the reasons I can't get upset about HL2 not being out yet.

There's always a new game (or demo) coming sooner or later which will replace our interest for the time being. And this looks like one of the best ones for the year.

[theGreenBunny]

Well, all i know is im going to be staying up all night sunday waiting for the demo :)

For once I'm glad I'm in GMT+1, it should be released just when I wake up :E

[nw909]

Oh my god, this demo is awesome.

I just played it like 5 minutes ago, yes I know it's sunday.

I guess that's just the good thing about being a member on somethingawful.com

[KidRock]

iv been playing it since saturday morning..i got it with my pre-order at gamestop

[Sparta]

Where can i download the demo?

[FoxDie]

What is the History Channel show about it called? I usually keep close tabs on what's playing on the History Channel, but it must have slipped by me :(

[Dux]

http://www.totalwarcenter.com/downloads/db/?mod=15

Make sure that you follow the instructions at the bottom of the page so that you can download the file. (162mb) Nice speed too!

[Raxxman]

Noo sites unavalible!! :(

[simmo]

Dammit, they must of removed the link :|...well its Monday the 23rd now so...:D

[Dux]

Should still be woroking, sure you're doing it right?

http://www.legiontotalwar.com/zonelord11x/RTWUSDemo.zip

[simmo]

"Service Temporarily Unavailable" ;(

[DigiQ8]

w00t the demo is on Fileplanet !!
http://www.fileplanet.com/files/140000/144640.shtml

w00t im a subscriber !!

[Dux]

Downloading at a solid 30.6kb/sec for me :/ 17mins to go. I'll post some screens if it doesn't own mah PC. ;D

I am downloading a load of torrents as well so would probably be faster. ;D

[simmo]

Thxs for that DigiQ8!! :D

Downloading pr0n eh Dux ? ;)

[Dux]

Cant get enough of that Midget Pr0n.

[Raxxman]

Meh, its probally overloaded with wannabe Ceasers grabbing at it.

I'm the only Wannabe Ceaser worthy let me at it!!! ;)

[simmo]

pffft 11min wait for me....I cant wait that long! :(

[Dux]

/strokes his fast, still working link.

[theGreenBunny]

Heh, I started my download (from fileplanet btw) right when it got posted, after refreshing the page every second for 10 mins. The fileplanet Europe server was quite slow (30KBs), so I switched to a US one right away and got 100-170KBs.

Anyway, I'm off to play now :p

wooooooooooooo!

[simmo]

Downloading! \o/
I cant wait :D

[Dux]

[edit] Rofl forget that. Was opening the wrong file. ;D

[Sparta]

Place in line, 105/122 :(

[Raxxman]

meh I'm at work for another 11 hours, then I have to go home and start the download. Cruel Cruel life.

[Immortal]

Its great, i love the elephants, this is going to be a great game!

[DarkStar]

Very fun demo.....but did anyone else think it was a little easy? I mean, I completely crushed the Roman army and only lost like 50 guys.

[Dux]

Woo just crushed the Roman Army with my Heffalumps. ;D

But god damn, all those units on screen completely and utterly owned my pc. Was getting around 15fps on average I think. :/

[^Ben]

Downloading :D

Now for the real test to my system :D

[theGreenBunny]

I was surprised by how well it ran. Another surprise was how easily elephants are scared off and sent trampling through your own ranks ;( I still won though, with about 100 men lost. Not bad for a first try if I can say it myself.

[simmo]

whoa :O, this was worth the wait.

The battles really get your adrenaline rushing because they are so huge :), and those elephants where awsome, all you see, is roman bodies flying everywhere :P

Demo gets 9/10 :thumbs:

[^Ben]

20 minutes wooo wooo!

[Raxxman]

9 hrs 30 mins till home time :(

[Dedalus]

ohhh downloading! :D

does it have MP?

[simmo]

ohhh downloading! :D

does it have MP?

The demo ?...sadly no ;(

[DigiQ8]

What a great game !!
Worth the wait ;)

[Raxxman]

Meh going home early.

However early is still 4 hours 15 mins away

[Dedalus]

that was just what i expected :)

quality stuff. can't wait to get stuck into a proper campaign.

[Sparta]

That's pretty cool. Alot better then most RTS games i've played. The elephants were cool too, it was quite easy though, but still it was fun

[Dux]

What Detail levels are you guys running it on?

[^Ben]

Man im crap compared to you guys i lost close too 200 guys lol :P

I left it to late to charge with my stuff behind the trees gonna try it again soon.

[nw909]

Playing as the Romans in Trebia is fun.

[InsaneCow]

Pretty awesome demo, the full release is going to be awesome!

[Immortal]

Man im crap compared to you guys i lost close too 200 guys lol :P

I lost 57 men, after some practice.

[spookymooky]

My best is 164 men killed on hard. I found it really helps to have your calvary run to the river, and have them charge from the rear just as the enemy reaches your lines. Also have your elephants charge first, with infrantry just behind them. You should have the elephants charge the back rank, that way they rush through as many enemy as possible.

[Some_God]

Dammit... the demo is unavailable... too many people are downloading it. :O

[Foxtrot]

Playing as the Romans in Trebia is fun.
Howz0r?

[Gorgon]

why roman total war is great ? Could somebody tell me why Strategy is awsome ?

[Farrowlesparrow]

47 minutes to go...Finaly though, I can get my hands on this game. I've been waiting so long :)

[Gorgon]

47 minutes to go...Finaly though, I can get my hands on this game. I've been waiting so long :)

Direct link:
http://www.hardwired.hu/
Could you tell me why I should love startegy games ? thanks

[Dedalus]

Direct link:
http://www.hardwired.hu/
Could you tell me why I should love startegy games ? thanks


you don't have to like em. up to you.

if you're the kind of person who played with toy soldiers as a kid and always wanted to see destruction and carnage on a large scale, an RTS would appeal to you.

[Tinneth]

Spent an hour downloading it..
Took me 10 minutes to complete the demo..

Good fun :burp:

[Gorgon]

you don't have to like em. up to you.

if you're the kind of person who played with toy soldiers as a kid and always wanted to see destruction and carnage on a large scale, an RTS would appeal to you.

I see.

Alot of gamers like to play these type of games, I don't know why its just me :sniper: dislike strategy.

[Murray_H]

The camera pissed me off, it was ok but i'm not a big fan of RTS games

[Feath]

I wish the demo was longer. That battle is rather short because it's all set up for you.

[Dedalus]

yeah, and i miss how effective archers were from Medieval ;(

i remember battles where i had about 500 longbowmen and 300 odd infantry and cavalry...the enemy would get cut down even before they reached my lines :E

alas no more :( does seem to take out a huge part of the strategy, although i'm definitely looking forward to siege warfare!

[Farrowlesparrow]

Hmmm...The way formations are done is certainly...Different.

Having teh battle set up like that was fun to wathc, but we didn't really get to do anything. Also, not seeing the campaign map is annoying, but I suppose I can live with that.


I know what you mean about the archers as well, I loved longbowmen. I guess there is still something of that in the game, but not to such a degree.

[CptStern]

havent played a RTS since war Warcraft 2, but I'll try the demo out, from what some of you have posted it looks awesome

[AmishSlayer]

I liked the demo, but it was a bit short and all set up for you. I think it would've been nicer if they made you set up the whole trap scheme yourself.

[mortiz]

Does anyone elses computer just randomly restart when playing this demo?? Mine's done it twice...

[Tinneth]

I liked the demo, but it was a bit short and all set up for you. I think it would've been nicer if they made you set up the whole trap scheme yourself.

I agree. They practically told you what to do and how to win it. For example, using the horses to ambush the enemy etc.

[theGreenBunny]

Perhaps archers just weren't that important back in the roman times. I'm pretty certain the romans themselves didn't really use them as a main force.

I agree the demo was short. Would have been nice if you could do a skirmish-like setup like in Medieval:TW where you pic the units for both armies. They could have restricted it to only the romans and cartha...hannibals, and limit the number of different unit types. Oh well.

I have high hopes for the siege combat. I always thought that was the lamest part of M:TW and Shogun, with castles etc being not much more than a wall. Now we get to attack entire cities.

Hmm, I think I'll replay the demo battle some more. Need to figure out how to use my elephino's better, they always seem to turn around and hit my own ranks after trampling only one enemy rank. I suppose I should order them to charge the last rank instead of the first...

[Farrowlesparrow]

Yeah archers were generally auxillaries, recruited from those outside Rome. That isnt to say they didn't use them to great effect, or have their own though. They just weren't as refined back then really. At least, in western/central Europe. Further east, I think they were much better even then.

Siege combat is deffinately something I'm waiting for...

The way the campaign map is also something of interest, because its 3d and you can zoom down to any point apparently.

[Feath]

Yeah archers were generally auxillaries, recruited from those outside Rome. That isnt to say they didn't use them to great effect, or have their own though. They just weren't as refined back then really. At least, in western/central Europe. Further east, I think they were much better even then.

Siege combat is deffinately something I'm waiting for...

The way the campaign map is also something of interest, because its 3d and you can zoom down to any point apparently.

And I think I've read (and the tutorial strongly implied) that where ever you put the UNits on the campain map is where they end up in the battle. And they look the same, like if you see a hill on the campaign map then you get the same hill in the battle.

[Raxxman]

Personally I wish they'd of included all the time commanders maps. How cool would that of been.

For the none brits time commanders was a tv show were 4 people were tasked with playing Rome total war (hard I know). They either had to pull a victory were their was defeat or win a historical battle. However the show was a good laugh and I'd of loved to of showed them how to do it :)

Only problem with the show for me was the obsesion of players with hills. We're on a hill its okay... but theirs 40,000 of them and only 6 of us. Don't worry as long as we don't move from the hill all will be hunky dory... Needless to say they lost more often than not :)

[KidRock]

Its so funny. All the BFME sites are bashing RTW saying "BFME will be uber 1337 it has so much strategy!!!111" its so funny.

[Farrowlesparrow]

BFME? What is that?

[Dedalus]

BFME? What is that?


Battle For Middle Earth.

and frankly i doubt it has more strategy elements than Rome, or Medieval, or Shogun.

[Shakermaker]

Well, I'm prolly not a very keen strategist. I lost the first battle flatout, mainly coz i let the elephants rampage my own troops. The second one went a bit better: I won but just nearly (lost over half my troops). Loved every second of it tho.

I am very much looking forward to the campaign. Can't wait to send out mercenaries to kill my enemies, strike deals with other factions and then slaughter them when they feel safe. I is teh Nero!

[Letters]

After hearing all the good things about this game... I was expecting something fun... but it sucked... :hmph: Age of Empires is better... even in the graphics area (yes I turned Total War's settings all the way up and 1400x1050 resolution)...

[SubKamran]

Omg yes! I'm downloading it! :bounce:

[MultiVaC]

The game mechanics seem great, but the demo was disappointing. They practically set it up so you can't lose.

[Fletch]

BFME? What is that?

Battle for middle earth :)

Thanks for the heads up - i enjoyed the demo.

[Harryz]

The demo is great, but I think I'm going to wait for Battle for Middle-Earth, where you can have more of any army on a screen at one time.

p.s. How do you play as Romans?

[StardogChampion]

Battle For Middle Earth.

and frankly i doubt it has more strategy elements than Rome, or Medieval, or Shogun.

I've still yet to play even a half-decent LOTR game, BFME is bound to suck also...

[theGreenBunny]

I've still yet to play even a half-decent LOTR game, BFME is bound to suck also...

BFME looks like a dumbed down R:TW, without flanking or fatigue and such. I thought it had some things R:TW would lack, like units cheering after a win, but in the demo I noticed that's in R:TW too. The list of reasons to get BFME is getting shorter and shorter with R:TW around the corner, with the main point on the list being "It's lotr".

I'll read the BFME reviews and decide when it's out.

Hope I'm not going too offtopic, but I think most has been said about the demo here anyway.

[DarkStar]

I think BFME looks really cool actually.

[Varsity]

LOTR R:TW mod > BFME > regular R:TW.

[theGreenBunny]

Matter of taste I suppose. Just read the hands-on on gamespot (http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/battleformiddleearth/preview_6102813.html), and it contains a lot of the word "streamlined". It's usually the buzzword for simplifying in order to reach a larger audience. I'm sure Deus Ex: IW was 'streamlined' a lot as well for example.

I'm not trying to bash BFME, I'm sure it will be a fun game that's easier to get into than R:TW. But as it seems to lack some of the depth R:TW has, I'm not sure it will hold my attention after I've played all the epic LOTR battles that make up a large part of the cool factor.

A LOTR mod for R:TW would be pretty much ideal, if it doesn't get shut down by EA or some other party.

I hope they'll release a demo for BFME too. Will give me a chance to see if I'm wrong and it plays as great as it looks, or if it suffers from the "Dungeon Siege"/over-streamlining syndrome (great graphics, plays like a screensaver).

[Varsity]

Oh thank God: one of the screens in the flash html page has on option for 'arcade battles'. It must be checked on for the demo. Time to get back to wanting this game.

[Raxxman]

BFME seems to becoming more and more like RTW, while RTW stays true to its kickassness. BFME going RTW wards is good.

[Milo 7]

the game is pretty cool.

but the units are so damn small from far away, when ur zoomed in it looks pretty cool though.

but i usually have no clue what im doing with so many dudes, first i always try to be eeeh "strategic" but then choas starts and i just select them all and click on the enemy :)
im not so much into stratagy games i always play it really relaxed

it runs really good though at 1600x1200 high AA on a 9700pro
i didnt expect it to run so smooth with so many dudes on screen.

i dunno if im gonna get this game, im problably gonna get the LOTR game though

[PvtRyan]

Sorry to bumb this old thread up again, but it's a useful bump!

I think it's a great demo, but the mod in my attachments makes it much much better, it allows you to create custom battles on the existing two maps. You can choose factions, attacker/defender role and units.

Just put it in the root RTW folder and run it.

(the zip file is safe)

[Seppo]

Sorry to bumb this old thread up again, but it's a useful bump!

I think it's a great demo, but the mod in my attachments makes it much much better, it allows you to create custom battles on the existing two maps. You can choose factions, attacker/defender role and units.

Just put it in the root RTW folder and run it.


That sounds very nice. I'm going to do a battle with like 5000 elephants versus 50,000 archers! Hahaha, poor bastards! Mwhaha!! Uh...

[PvtRyan]

That sounds very nice. I'm going to do a battle with like 5000 elephants versus 50,000 archers! Hahaha, poor bastards! Mwhaha!! Uh...

Heh, that's a bit beyond the mod/engine, but I just did my army of 2000 vs the barbarian army of 2000 men :D (they were crushed with 1600 casualties vs 300 on my side)

The feel of this game is incredible, you can really feel it when lines of a few hundred men slam into eachother, with the heavy sound of their footsteps and their battlecries (although they are a bit repetitive). Also great is to line up a lot of archers and then watch the rain of arrows.

[Seppo]

Yeah, it's awesome. But the arrows aren't as effective as I would've hoped. Usually one rain of arrows only kills like five or so men. But it's cool how they try to block the arrows by raising their shields.

[Varg|Hund]

I've downloaded and tried it now. A bit late, I know :P
Great demo. Is there any way to play as the Romans too? *me is t3h newb*

[PvtRyan]

I've downloaded and tried it now. A bit late, I know :P
Great demo. Is there any way to play as the Romans too? *me is t3h newb*

Download the mod in my other posts, works great :)

Yeah, it's awesome. But the arrows aren't as effective as I would've hoped. Usually one rain of arrows only kills like five or so men. But it's cool how they try to block the arrows by raising their shields.

Yeah, too bad they're not very effective. Most effective against infantry is cavalary, I killed more than 300 of 'em without losing a single horse.

[SidewinderX]

I absolutley love the demo. I can't wait to try that new mod thing, but I tried the one that gets rid of the movie and starts the romans across the river.

The real-time battles are awsome, but the core of the game is the turn-based mode, which, if it's even minorly better than MTW, will be fricking awsome.

[dawdler]

The real-time battles are awsome, but the core of the game is the turn-based mode, which, if it's even minorly better than MTW, will be fricking awsome.
Have you seen the screenshots of the world mode? Indeed it looks fricking awesome!!! I was actually thinking it would just be a rehash of Medieval 2D map... But it looked really wicked when I saw it for the first time today.

[Shakermaker]

The real-time battles are awsome, but the core of the game is the turn-based mode, which, if it's even minorly better than MTW, will be fricking awsome.

I agree. I love to send out mercenaries to kill garrison leaders or negotiate alliances. I hope the tbs part is very political.

[AmishSlayer]

Of course I see this tweak 1 day after I delete the demo. Time to d/l again...

[SidewinderX]

as soon as we all get a handle on RTW, we'll definitly need to set up an hl2.net bracket