Same, got burned on Empire, skipped Napoleon. Don't think it's nescesarily a matter of age. ;)

Yeah, I'm going to wait and see as well. The original Shogun is a gaming classic, so the sequel has a lot to live up to.

I personally don't particularly mind era preferences - I can enjoy a game set in any period, provided the game itself is a good historical and mechanical representation.

Shogun is definitely a classic - a flawed classic to be sure, and I don't think the AI or gameplay-vs-realism design decisions there are worth idolizing by any means, but... it got things mostly right, and it was a bloody good game. For me personally, the original M:TW was a high point in the series, although R:TW with mods far outshines it. It's definitely been a bit downhill since then...

Unless a big outpouring of praise comes from the community about this title in the next little while, I will definitely be waiting a while before picking it up.

I shall wait as well!

...

Because I can't fit a better CPU in this MOBO (LGA775)... :dead:

If only Win-DRM-dows didn't require re-installation after a MOBO upgrade... but I'm not re-installing everything because of one game. I'll wait until there's two, or three, or maybe five good games requiring a better CPU. And then I'll build a new PC from scratch, because I'm still not re-installing stuff on this one! Too much stuff, too much hassle. This silicon dude is destined to remain where it is for the foreseeable future. And he'll be there for me, always, even though he didn't made into Toystory 3.

Really, I can upgrade anything: monitor, add an HDD, swap the RAM, play juggling with video cards, change the CD/DVD/DoomsdayLaser drives, add USB, remove USB, but to change a motherboard? OOOOOOOOOOOhhh nooooo, sir, no, no, no, no, no, don't even go there: motherboard is TABOOOOOO! YOU SHALL NOT TOUCH A MOTHERBOARD! TREAT YOUR MOTHER RIGHT! TREAT HER RIGHT!
:woot:

Meanwhile, back to Minecraft, men, back to Dwarf Fortress, and let's get those cities in motion! And spam the forum! :arrgh!:

On topic: it seems Shogun 2 might be the best of the newer Total War games, but from the Rock, Paper, Shotgun hands-on it appears sieges still suck and feel unnatural and finnicky. Empire destroyed sieges, and it seems Creative Assembly hasn't yet recovered.

Sieges were best in R:TW and M2:TW. They weren't excellent by any means, but it worked.

And in some good news. There's a demo out Feb 22 before its March 15 release.
http://www.kotaku.com.au/2011/02/try...efore-you-buy/

Good news indeed! Now I can base my opinion on my own massive brain. :)

I don't like the look of the Siege battles. Apparently troops can scale the walls at any point, so it seems that defending a certain area is pointless, and looks like the attacks will always win. Although I'll have to be sure and try it out myself first.


In another note, I'm clearing room on my HDD for NTW, since I didn't ever really play it(not as much as ETW).

I'm also installing RTW because I just saw "The Eagle" (great movie, if I say so myself) and it's put me in the mood to lead some legionnaires.

If you desire to lead legionnaires you definitely should get Roma Surrectum 2

Shogun demo? Excellent :up:

They released a trailer showcasing the MP options: http://www.rockpapershotgun.com/2011...ons-footaging/

Does anyone know if there's any changes to how unit detection / LOS works in battles?

I've always been disappointed that units are always visible to the enemy (player or AI) as long as they are moving, no matter what obstacles (buildings, hills, etc) should hide them.

I don't know, but there's a demo out later today, so you can see for yourself. ;)

5pm GMT to be exact.

My demo just completed downloading. Time to test her out.

My review: meh.

Care to elaborate?