As long as we get to pure Zenos and heretic, this is going to be my most hyped game of the year.

Let's not get excited about it until we actually know that it's that. It could be MLP TW.

I remember a while ago CA said they would be interested in a Warhammer Fantasy game, did they get the rights to that as well?

http://www.creative-assembly.com/total-war-arena-new-free-to-play-game-in-development-at-creative-assembly/

Awww man, cant help but be disappointed

Slightly disappointing.

Was just fighting a battle in Empire. A card of Indian cavalry charged my lines, ran through a hail of cannon fire and attacked my general's bodyguard. I wasn't too worried, since only one man survived the artillery barrage. He would quickly die or rout, I though. Wrong! Not only did he kill my general and his entire bodyguard, he single-handedly wiped out an entire card of line infantry. The game [censored] cheats.

Does anyone know the specs one would need to run this TW?

...Use Darthmod.

I've found it to be nearly essential in order to play Empire, since it makes it so much better in every way. I absolutely love it.

http://www.pcgamer.com/2013/03/29/gdc-2013-total-war-rome-2-will-feature-over-100-factions/

OVER 100 FACTION!?!?!?!?!

From what I heard, if you can run Shogun 2 fairly well, you should be able to run Rome 2 on at least low to medium settings.

I think anyway.

Hopefully each faction is actually different enough from each other in a way that matters. It better not be a quantity over quality thing.

So, I stumbled upon Empire at Wal-Mart, and since I've been wanting to get into this franchise, I picked it up. I'm more interested in the timeline featured in Empire as opposed to the others, so that helps. I've never been a fan of turn based games, but I'm really enjoying it so far. The quick battles are nice, and I like the large scale of the game as a whole. I think it's safe to say I'll be checking out the other titles.

If you loved Empire, I recommend Napelon.

I very much encourage anyone who plays Empire to check out Darthmod Empire. It makes the game so much more awesome.

W-what...

Bear in mind that there will only be, at most, eight playable factions. Remember all the minor clans in Shogun 2 that weren't playable? I'm guessing its going to be like that. In Rome for example, the Macedonians face off against a few rebel towns and the entirety of the 'Greek City States' for control of Greece. In Rome 2, I imagine Macedon, Thebes, Athens, Sparta, Epirus, Syracuse and all the others will be their own factions, rather than get lumped together as 'The Greek City States'.

The +100 faction figure also likely includes emergent factions that appear through revolt.

Edit: I really like the idea of having lots of minor tribes and kingdoms, it makes power struggles far more interesting. Its also fairly amusing to see a once tiny tribe rise up and compete with on of the bigger factions. In my current Shogun 2 campaign, both the Shimazu and Otomo have been wiped out by a minor clan called the Ito.

I had it bookmarked when I posted. I'm about to download it and install.

The Iceni better have headhurlers

Oh God, I hope not.

Ha, why ever not? They could throw them before charging, like pila.

I don't understand why Celts would just throw their prized trophies like that. Sure, some did to demoralize the enemy but not several at once.

Not to mention that a thrown head doing more damage than actual weapons is completely [censored].

It is mentioned that the heads are coated with quicklime which can blind a man and make breathing difficult. That's not to say I think its reasonable for it to kill armoured soldiers but its more than just a head.

Also I never said they had historical or practical value, I just think they're an entertaining unit.

Also this is somewhat old news (and completely unrelated) but some people are really bitter that the Iceni (an arguably insignificant tribe) are being included when some other fan favourites are not, even going so far to say they're only in because of British nationalism at Creative Assembly.

The Iceni tribe is the only specific Celtic (not sure if the Vandals, Goths, Visigoths etc. are Celtic) tribe I've heard of, although my knowledge on ancient tribes is quite terrible. Even then the only reason I've heard of the Iceni is because in year 4 I learned about Boudicca.


I'm mostly looking forward to playing as Sparta, I always loved using phalanx units in the original Rome. Hopefully you can play as all the factions straight away instead of having to complete a Roman campaign to unlock them all.