Let the anger rise as the armies of Rome bug and glitch to oblivion! See how Total War: Rome II forces the hand of Angry Joe. This truly is a war between the bigger websites' reviewers and fans of the series. Where do you stand?
Total War: Rome II launched 10 years ago today, and remains a staple in the grand strategy genre in PC gaming.
From underrated Xbox One launch titles to absolute emperors of the strategy genre, history heads will love these games based around Ancient Rome.
Ryse was awesome, i have no idea why it wasnt recieved well and why we havnt seen another, Rome conquered so much, you could take the action anywhere, and it looked great when xbox one came out, now would be even better.
Bárbara writes: "History-inspired games have been around for a while and I’m pretty sure every gamer has come across one or two in their lifetime. And while they can be incredibly fun to play, their historical accuracy is often pretty shaky. Don’t get me wrong, in recent years developers have started to work harder to get facts right, but we’re still far from reality. Today we will explore 4 big games that butchered the chapters of history they are based on."
EA tried to market Battlefield 1 as an epic WW1 period piece. It was really just a hybrid of stripped down Battlefield 4 and Star Wars Battlefront (2015) disguised as WW1 shooter.
I'm not sure what it was you played but it certainly weren't BF1. The campaign showing the different periods of the war through the eyes of different soldiers was a good way to show the harsh reality of a WW. Was it groundbreaking? No, but it was a good effort.
It also played nothing like SW and added a whole heap of things to the BF formula to simply be called a reskin.
The “harsh reality” of WW1 was not shown by BF1. There is mission where the player is wearing tank-like armour that is repeatedly stated as being near impervious to damage. Metal armour existed in WW1, but was quickly abandoned as it wasn’t effective against bullets or explosives. Or the other reality breaking mission we’re you play as a man with superhuman speed....
BF1 streamed down the guns mechanics making all weapons easier to use. Classes were marginalized and team-play was stripped down. BF1 focused on chaotic gameplay with no emphasis on strategy, just like Battlefront. Reduced gun skill , again just like Battlefront.
So you you are telling me historically you cant jump off a ten story building into hay and live.
Indeed. Ezio actually died in ACII when he jumped off that tall building in Florence. If I recall correctly, that one was actually a cart with a pile of flower petals. Everything that happened after that was him in the afterlife envisioning where life would have taken him had he lived. Clearly the guy had a grim view on his future...
I should of read this before I juuuuummmppee................. ............................... .....
I normally like Joe's reviews a lot, besides when he goes total fanboy like with Guild Wars 2, but this one is simply off target.
If you have to begin your review by telling how honest and unbiased you are, you know that your position is weak to begin with.
The game has problems. It's definitely not worthy of a high score, but a 5? No. Not in this world.
In this case it seems to me that joe allowed the difference between your expectations and reality get the better of him, which is a very bad standpoint to have when reviewing a game.
I find him annoying most of the time...but entertaining!
EDIT:
I think he has a shitty PC! I so far haven't come across those issues. But still patched it anyways for future hiccups. So far very smooth.
Only gripe...WHY NOT ADD ANIMATIONS?!
A 5?! Look, I know that the game is extremely bugged but a 5?! Rome 2 doesn't deserve that score. Just wait for some patches that will fix those problems then voila! It will be the Total War game everyone asked for... I hope at least.
Im currently loving Rome 2 yeh sure Bugs and this was defo not optimised right textures still not been sorted resolution toto help that. Also i found funny formations clash general dies quickly And frame rate is horrid with traps it can run when waiting for turns 1-20fps sometimes in battle very slow.
There the things ive noticed But havin stopped me loving the game they've taken ideas from civilization witch i love huge scale made things more clear to understand for certain people.
The on going patches will help im sure i wont lie they shud at least got the core bugs fixed first but hey they keeping us informed with weekly updates thats better than a slap in a face.
Btw. I just love the ship battles way my men jump on the other he he.
If you think my setup not good enough its not that.
Im running sandy bridge 4.7ghz. With 7970
5 is to high for the release build to be honest. The game doesn't work people.