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August 31, 2004
Rome: Total War
"I think the slain care little if they sleep or rise again."
- Aeschylus
With steely will and much filling in of registration forms I managed to download the demo for Rome: Total War. The tutorial offers useful pointers on the interface for people not familiar with the medieval Japanese or European variants of the game while the demo Battle of Trebia (218 B.C.) hints at greater unit and battlefield detail. Cavalry movement, for example, is vastly improved as are unit sound effects and tactical battlefield map. Game designers have played it safe with a conventional bottom bar (unlike the promised interface for Battle for Middle Earth). The main attraction for me are the range of playable factions... I want to conquer the world from Britannia, naturally. And there is nothing like breaking up Roman infantry with a war elephant charge!
Posted by Ghost of a flea at August 31, 2004 08:33 AM
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Just d/l it on your recommendation.... Not bad; the game engine is no Combat Mission, but the graphics are quite good. I esp. like the "pause" feature: I'm far too old, drunk and silly to engage in 'twitch' games anymore.
I was a bit uncomfortable playing the Carthaginians, though. All that Punic Baal worship and all....
Posted by: Clayton Barnett at August 31, 2004 04:00 PM
Breaking Roman infantry with a war elephant charge? You might try fast forward to 202BC and check out the Battle of Zama.
Cheers
JMH
Posted by: J.M. Heinrichs at September 1, 2004 10:36 PM