Total War Mobile

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by Skybird

I bought Rome Remastered a couple of days ago, in a sale, and once I am done with my current match of Medieval 2 will try that one. Its said to have healed several of the strategic map play issues of the older title, repaired some of the broken game mechanics.

Once you do it's worth checking out this mod for it :




it's still 0.5.2 last time I checked but the added content is substantial and plays like a different game imo.

BTW, I still have the memory and impression that the most differentiated tactical play was to be had in the very first game of the series, Shogun 1, and also Medieval 1. Just the bitmap graphics keep me from playing them today. Flanking, height differences, obedience to orders I gave, in my memory at least were superior to what later games offered. Much more tactical moving-forth-and-back to win a battle while also keeping losses low.

Not forget the strategic play in the original Shogun (can't comment on the original Medieval since I never managed to obtain that game).


The economy was the harvest which you gained income from 1 every 4 turns (4 seasons of the year) this added so much planning in your spending which added a lot which the later games lacked imo and I agree with the tactical play you mentioned...it felt having more of an impact depending on the troops composition you brought and the landscape.

[Skybird]

Originally Posted by HunterICX

Once you do it's worth checking out this mod for it :




it's still 0.5.2 last time I checked but the added content is substantial and plays like a different game imo.

Thanks for the heads-up, I put that on my list with radar contacts. First I will however try default RR, of course.

Do you know how thee mod handles save games? Must there be a relaunch from scratch (year 1) every time a new version is installed? I fear so, which could be a problem if one, like I usually do, play long term matches over severla months (when I play a couple of days, and then not again for some weeks, and then again log in a weekend or a week andn then pause again).

In general I do not play that fanatically and intensely anymore like I did years ago.

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by Skybird

Thanks for the heads-up, I put that on my list with radar contacts. First I will however try default RR, of course.

It's what I did first, play it like I remembered it when I had the first time and could barely run it on my PC back then.

Do you know how thee mod handles save games? Must there be a relaunch from scratch (year 1) every time a new version is installed? I fear so, which could be a problem if one, like I usually do, play long term matches over severla months (when I play a couple of days, and then not again for some weeks, and then again log in a weekend or a week andn then pause again).

I believe small updates should be compatible but I'd say large updates to the mod may come with a warning that it's not save game compatible if you happen to be running a campaign already.


I usually don't seriously invest much time running a campaign with mods untill it reaches 1.0 , usually after that the updates are small, savegame compatible and large updates are far in between allowing me to play a lot of the campaign.

In general I do not play that fanatically and intensely anymore like I did years ago.

Same here, how time flies by and things change. I may just be getting older

[Threadfin]

I skipped the remaster. Rome 1 was a great game in its day, and I'm sure the remaster made improvements, but the release was troubled, they rather botched it, and then went back to the drawing board and I suspect its better now. Mods muddle the equation and can overcome the worst parts and make it a better game.

But it's still ancient Rome, and I like Rome 2.

Having played Warhammer 3 now for about 80 hours I have to say CA has laid out a great foundation. The much-derided Realm of Chaos campaign put me off for a while. Once Immortal Empires was released I bought it. That campaign is unbelievably ambitious, battle royale, Total War style. 276 factions on turn 1! I finished one of those as Cathay, and now am doing a Kislev run in RoC. Whatever complaints there were at release have either been smoothed over or I just don't agree, because I think this campaign is a blast.

Having a great time with it, and I'd insert WH3 in second place, just below Warhammer 2. As good as the foundation is, WH3 isn't nearly so robust. But it it follows the same trajectory as WH2 did, there will be a steady stream of DLC, patches and improvement and I suspect Warhammer 3 will occupy top spot before too long. There are so many improvements, to the mechanics, factions, UI, and well, everything, that I think it will soon be the best Total War title, if it isn't already.

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by Threadfin

I skipped the remaster. Rome 1 was a great game in its day, and I'm sure the remaster made improvements, but the release was troubled, they rather botched it, and then went back to the drawing board and I suspect its better now. Mods muddle the equation and can overcome the worst parts and make it a better game.

But it's still ancient Rome, and I like Rome 2.

Having played it lots at release I can't recall it being botched.
outside the claims it was botched because any Windows version before Wind 10 wasn't being supported.
They didn't go back on that one and Win10 is still a requirement.


the UI got some complaints but that's a "personal" things I'd find. I'm indifferent about that. Doesn't look better or worse then the original..but again that's a personal opinion.


It made improvements and also made those improvements optional if you wish to play it like it was with the original.


For me the upgrade to remaster was just 10€ because I already owned the original on Steam. A fair price to get the game to run properly again.

[Threadfin]

Maybe so, and as someone who did not buy the remaster I can only go from what I've read, and a couple friends who did purchase it. On release the instability was a major issue, but they patched it and maybe it no longer is?

One friend called the UI the "most amazingly unintuitive mess of a UI that was ever made worse through conscious decision".

Another friend said the agent play was intentionally made worse than it was in 2004 or whenever Rome 1 released.

The devs seemed to think that clicking over here which would bring up a window over there, which you then needed to click away to return to the UI over here. As if the devs think that moving your mouse across the screen is compelling gameplay, and it wouldn't be my first complaint with this sort of thing in the series, so maybe not exclusive to the remaster.

Whatever the actual state of the release, and whether it affected everyone, or not, I just remain unconvinced by this release and no worries there. If folks enjoy the game that's great. For me though it was the remaster we didn't need, and one which failed to offer enough compelling improvement to warrant a purchase.

Perhaps the best thing that might come out of it is similar treatment for Medieval 2. CA filed for a copyright for Medieval 3, which doesn't guarantee a game, but it's at least an indication they are looking in this direction. With that in mind a remaster is probably not in the cards, but you never know.

[HunterICX]

Originally Posted by Threadfin

Maybe so, and as someone who did not buy the remaster I can only go from what I've read, and a couple friends who did purchase it. On release the instability was a major issue, but they patched it and maybe it no longer is?

Instabillity was never an mayor issue, I played 60+ hours and never had a crash happen (without mods). Other I know that played the game have the same experience.

One friend called the UI the "most amazingly unintuitive mess of a UI that was ever made worse through conscious decision".

Perhaps my experience with worse UI's made me not hate it or like it when I played the Remaster. I believe the UI's design is brought over from the Mobile port it originally came from.

Another friend said the agent play was intentionally made worse than it was in 2004 or whenever Rome 1 released.

The Agent playing was never compelling and this goes personally for all total war games. All I really used where spies&assasins since they had a purpose to give you intel and with a bit of luck kill of a general. So my experience in the Remaster is the same as the Original so mainly just "Meh".

The devs seemed to think that clicking over here which would bring up a window over there, which you then needed to click away to return to the UI over here. As if the devs think that moving your mouse across the screen is compelling gameplay, and it wouldn't be my first complaint with this sort of thing in the series, so maybe not exclusive to the remaster.

I agree with you there and yes I do personally find the UI's in the TW series a hit & miss.

Whatever the actual state of the release, and whether it affected everyone, or not, I just remain unconvinced by this release and no worries there. If folks enjoy the game that's great. For me though it was the remaster we didn't need, and one which failed to offer enough compelling improvement to warrant a purchase.

I'm just glad I can fully enjoy the game, I had luck with the original up to 10 years ago where it ran smooth and didn't crash. After that best it could do is to run choppy, low FPS and crash a lot. The Remaster fixed that and I can again fully enjoy one of my personal favorites in the TW series.