Medieval Total War 2! - Page 2

Memnoch · 10-18-2006, 02:52 AM

Just thought I should let you guys know that the demo is out at Gamespot (www.gamespot.com, do a search for MTW2). It looks good but needs a lot of resources - my year old Pentium M 2Ghz with 1Gb RAM and Nvidia GeForce Go 6200 runs it fine as long as it's on medium. On the highest settings I get lag. But the game itself looks good!

Memnoch · 10-20-2006, 06:19 PM

Nobody's played this demo yet?

johnny · 11-13-2006, 12:11 PM

Better yet, i'm playing the full version.

I think i'm not overreacting when i say that this doesn't look like a completely new game at all, more like an RTW mod. The worldmap is an exact duplicate of the one in RTW, and so is AI movement and behaviour. The real difference comes to light on the battlemap, where of course there's completely different surroundings and cities, and of course units. Graphics look really good, but i'm not so sure about the accuracy regarding historically correctness and stuff, but i guess that's where the always happy to oblige modding community steps in.

Playing a campaign with England right now, and things are going pretty smooth, although those blasted Scots destroyed two of my armies before they seized to exist.

Most factions are locked until you manage to beat the CPU, which kinda sucks because really wanted to start off with the Turks. Ah well...i'll get there soon enough.

Memnoch · 11-13-2006, 04:15 PM

Quote:

Originally posted by johnny:
Better yet, i'm playing the full version.

I think i'm not overreacting when i say that this doesn't look like a completely new game at all, more like an RTW mod. The worldmap is an exact duplicate of the one in RTW, and so is AI movement and behaviour. The real difference comes to light on the battlemap, where of course there's completely different surroundings and cities, and of course units. Graphics look really good, but i'm not so sure about the accuracy regarding historically correctness and stuff, but i guess that's where the always happy to oblige modding community steps in.

Playing a campaign with England right now, and things are going pretty smooth, although those blasted Scots destroyed two of my armies before they seized to exist. Most factions are locked until you manage to beat the CPU, which kinda sucks because really wanted to start off with the Turks. Ah well...i'll get there soon enough.

Which game are you playing at the moment, J - MTW2 or NWN2?

johnny · 11-13-2006, 04:41 PM

Want me to make a list ?

I've played NWN2 for a somewhat a week, then things got really hard, and i kept running into opponents that were way too much for me to handle. So i started a new campaign, this time playing a Warlock. Maybe things will go better when i can both cast spells and handle a decent weapon. Anyway, since i started this new campaign, i'm not playing NWN constantly anymore, i now give myself time to focus on the other games i was working on, which are NBA Live 2007, Dark Messiah, Titan quest, Just Cause, Call of Duty 2, and now also MTW2. I'm a very busy man.

Memnoch · 11-13-2006, 09:27 PM

Mate, I barely have time to play a single game myself.

And I seem to be encountering more than my share of issues with NWN2, though maybe I'm doing things in testing/playing that not many average users would do...

Memnoch · 12-07-2006, 11:20 AM

Anyone else playing this? I'm planning to install it as soon as I finish NWN2.

Jorath Calar · 12-08-2006, 04:59 AM

I just got it, it's awesome although I wish more factions were available at first and that like in medieval 1 you could choose diffrent periods, some other features from the first medival I miss too.
I also noticed you only have certain number of turns in the main campaign to finish it, about 220 or so, which I think is very bad...
But other than that the game is just awesome, definatly the game of the year.... [img]smile.gif[/img]

johnny · 12-08-2006, 12:03 PM

Jorath, you can unlock all the other factions by making a small adjustment in the directory. If you Google for it, you'll find plenty of stuff on how to do that step by step.

Jorath Calar · 12-09-2006, 06:10 AM

o0key I'll try that,although playingas the Holy Roman empire nowand having ablast... [img]smile.gif[/img]

Oh one thing I noticed and do believe is thesignof thearmageddon... this game comes og TWO!!! DVD!!!!'s, thats something I find just incredible [img]smile.gif[/img]
Also it says ontheback thatitneeds 11 GB's of harddisk space but whenI looked it was onlyusing 7... quiet enough thank you but a relief that it's not as bloated as it wants to be [img]smile.gif[/img]

[ 12-09-2006, 06:10 AM: Message edited by: Jorath Calar ]

10-18-2006, 02:52 AM	#11
Memnoch Ironworks Moderator Join Date: February 28, 2001 Location: Boston/Sydney Posts: 11,771	Just thought I should let you guys know that the demo is out at Gamespot (www.gamespot.com, do a search for MTW2). It looks good but needs a lot of resources - my year old Pentium M 2Ghz with 1Gb RAM and Nvidia GeForce Go 6200 runs it fine as long as it's on medium. On the highest settings I get lag. But the game itself looks good! __________________

10-20-2006, 06:19 PM	#12
Memnoch Ironworks Moderator Join Date: February 28, 2001 Location: Boston/Sydney Posts: 11,771	Nobody's played this demo yet? __________________

11-13-2006, 12:11 PM	#13
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 59 Posts: 16,981	Better yet, i'm playing the full version. I think i'm not overreacting when i say that this doesn't look like a completely new game at all, more like an RTW mod. The worldmap is an exact duplicate of the one in RTW, and so is AI movement and behaviour. The real difference comes to light on the battlemap, where of course there's completely different surroundings and cities, and of course units. Graphics look really good, but i'm not so sure about the accuracy regarding historically correctness and stuff, but i guess that's where the always happy to oblige modding community steps in. Playing a campaign with England right now, and things are going pretty smooth, although those blasted Scots destroyed two of my armies before they seized to exist. Most factions are locked until you manage to beat the CPU, which kinda sucks because really wanted to start off with the Turks. Ah well...i'll get there soon enough. __________________

11-13-2006, 04:41 PM	#15
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 59 Posts: 16,981	Want me to make a list ? I've played NWN2 for a somewhat a week, then things got really hard, and i kept running into opponents that were way too much for me to handle. So i started a new campaign, this time playing a Warlock. Maybe things will go better when i can both cast spells and handle a decent weapon. Anyway, since i started this new campaign, i'm not playing NWN constantly anymore, i now give myself time to focus on the other games i was working on, which are NBA Live 2007, Dark Messiah, Titan quest, Just Cause, Call of Duty 2, and now also MTW2. I'm a very busy man. __________________

11-13-2006, 09:27 PM	#16
Memnoch Ironworks Moderator Join Date: February 28, 2001 Location: Boston/Sydney Posts: 11,771	Mate, I barely have time to play a single game myself. And I seem to be encountering more than my share of issues with NWN2, though maybe I'm doing things in testing/playing that not many average users would do... __________________

12-07-2006, 11:20 AM	#17
Memnoch Ironworks Moderator Join Date: February 28, 2001 Location: Boston/Sydney Posts: 11,771	Anyone else playing this? I'm planning to install it as soon as I finish NWN2. __________________

12-08-2006, 04:59 AM	#18
Jorath Calar Harper Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: Iceland Posts: 4,706	I just got it, it's awesome although I wish more factions were available at first and that like in medieval 1 you could choose diffrent periods, some other features from the first medival I miss too. I also noticed you only have certain number of turns in the main campaign to finish it, about 220 or so, which I think is very bad... But other than that the game is just awesome, definatly the game of the year.... [img]smile.gif[/img]

12-08-2006, 12:03 PM	#19
johnny 40th Level Warrior Join Date: April 15, 2002 Location: Utrecht The Netherlands Age: 59 Posts: 16,981	Jorath, you can unlock all the other factions by making a small adjustment in the directory. If you Google for it, you'll find plenty of stuff on how to do that step by step. __________________

12-09-2006, 06:10 AM	#20
Jorath Calar Harper Join Date: October 6, 2001 Location: Iceland Posts: 4,706	o0key I'll try that,although playingas the Holy Roman empire nowand having ablast... [img]smile.gif[/img] Oh one thing I noticed and do believe is thesignof thearmageddon... this game comes og TWO!!! DVD!!!!'s, thats something I find just incredible [img]smile.gif[/img] Also it says ontheback thatitneeds 11 GB's of harddisk space but whenI looked it was onlyusing 7... quiet enough thank you but a relief that it's not as bloated as it wants to be [img]smile.gif[/img] [ 12-09-2006, 06:10 AM: Message edited by: Jorath Calar ]

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