Sunday, 3 May 2009

THIS IS SPARTA!

I bought the Total War Mega Pack this saturday off of steam, and I've played about 5 hours of Rome: Total War. It seems to be a good game, and everyone knows putting an army of 300 against an army of 1500 AND winning is good fun, but I've noticed a few things which are very bug-bearish.

The first thing I noticed about the game was the tax system. I never really know why I'm getting the tax I'm getting, I know how to change the tax rate from low to high, and I know how this changes the way the citizens of the city like you, but I never really know why I have to change it, it's not clearly explained in the tutorial, and because I got my version from Steam, I have to get the manual from the interwebz, and most of the games I've tried to get the tutorial off of the interwebz via Steam have not worked...

The Second thing I've noticed is the camera angle in the fights. It's very hard to manage 8+ groups when you cant see them all. I noticed this particularly when fighting on a hill, I have 2 groups of cavalry flanking the enemy, archers trying to pinpoint paticular enemy units, whilst the melee fighters finding the perfect time to attack and take over from the archers. You can't see them all and you can't control them all, it's very fustrating.

The game is fun, however, and I am waiting for Empire: Total War to finish downloading, considering it's the latest title, it should have these bugbears sorted out

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