Comments on: Rome: Total War (2004)

By: Troy

Troy — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:20:29 +0000

You’re better off asking on the Total War forums. I have no idea.

By: Jesper

Jesper — Thu, 23 Oct 2008 14:18:25 +0000

Can anyone tell me how I can change the playingtime in Rome – Total War? I know the place where i can change start date and end date! But can you change the count, so its only takes 1/4 of a year instead of 1/2?

By: Marketing 101

Marketing 101 — Mon, 26 May 2008 17:44:54 +0000

[...] was the same way. As I noted in my over long essay about the game, Creative Assembly did a great job marketing the game with television programs and [...]

By: DESIGNER NOTES » Blog Archive » Ancient Strategy Games

DESIGNER NOTES » Blog Archive » Ancient Strategy Games — Mon, 05 May 2008 08:56:52 +0000

[...] era. The scope is great as it extends all the way from Chris Crawford’s Legionnaire (1982) to Creative Assembly’s Rome: Total War (2004). (It’s telling, of course, that the first title belongs to a person and the last tile to a [...]

By: Xerxes

Xerxes — Sat, 03 May 2008 12:01:13 +0000

I have conquered the map with all Roman families and am just finishing the same with the Parthians.

There is no greater joy than bunching up 20 units of Parthian Horse Archers on open terrain and letting them loose on anything in their way. Completely incongruous, but what fun!

Am about to try the Carthaginians on the hardest level…

By: Hoo

Hoo — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 15:04:42 +0000

Love the early to mid game of RTW. Hate the later stages as it bogs down. I also love killing Romans in any game I play so playing the Gauls and Carthage was much more fun than playing the Romans.

But after a while, the AI just becomes painful to play against. How many times can you see an enemy army retreat across the battlefield without engaging you and letting your cavalry massacre them as they obliging march in single file? OTOH, it’s fun when you’re holding onto a city against hordes of legions or other folks.