Ok, recently made the mistake of purchasing this game.. lol.
The Battles are ALOT more tactical.. they don't have a lot of excitement to them except when you see a few hundred red coats marching and shooting towards some frogs.
The Sea battles are pretty good at first too, and the grand campaign map is bloody MASSIVE. ON the other hand though... the campaign map itself is pretty shoddy even on good graphics and my laptop, its looks very.... cartoony.
The settlement management is a bit more awkward, but a little more detailed, does not pay off really though.
The battles get boring pretty quickly, they don't have the rush/excitement the MEDII Close Combat battles had.
Finally the user interface is pretty bland and the game setup when you are installing is ridiculously stupid, as too is how you play it from there on out (you have to use a completely separate system called steam.. *eye roll*). Last good point is you CAN play is online against other people.
All in all.. a great disappointment so far. I wouldn't waste my money on it again.. but I will play it a bit more and see if my opinion changes. So far, any Total War fan's out there, I would say stick with Rome TW and Med II TW, much better games.
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Re: Empire: Total War
Which I seen this thread sooner...
I'm having trouble with the installation on steam...whatever
I think I will stick to the other games in the TW series
I'm having trouble with the installation on steam...whatever
I think I will stick to the other games in the TW series
bleedingblue wrote:they're RICOS! the name explains it all. RICO'S (this is the important part right here) WAAAAARLOOOORDS!!! they mass stuff, its what they do. you dont question why a lion hunts a gazelle do you?! lol!
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Re: Empire: Total War
game is having tons of problem for people getting it installed and tons of bugs. iv had it since it first came out and still cant beat road to independence because never says i actually win. i am one of the few who can actually play the game, lol. at first i couldnt see any text because im on a chipset but then figured out a way so i could. my laptop sucks too bad to play the battles so i just play the campaign which is fun but laggy.
kbye
john
kbye
john
