Rome : Total War

[XabbaRus]

Ok after cleaning out my system I reinstalled Rome : Total War again. I started it but got way layed with other stuff.

Now I have the Rome Tatal War Total Realism patch.

Should I play Rome Total War in vanilla mode or should I go with the mod straight away?

I know the basics of how to play RTW but I do like historical accuracy.

Thing is I went to the RTW TR site and links are missing, bits unavailable. The last time I went after Christmas there was a lot more news available and they were talking about expanding the mod for Barbarian Invasion addon. Thing is there is nothing on the site about that and the forums are gone.

Any advice. I really want to give it a crack. so a fully patched Rome : Total War or patch RTW to the patch require for the Total Realism mod and play with that?

RTW TR requries only to patch up to 1.2