Rome 2: Opinions/Rating

[Tibe]

Unfortunately true dat.

[Adamar]

People like Nightmare798 are the reason Dragon age has been turning into a button mashing franchise.

[Molly]

DA:O was an epic role-playing game cuz it was actually a full classic role-playing game. It was what RPG used to stand for: epic story with proper storytelling, party-based combat which can be fine-tuned with the settings (not to mention the tactics options) and nice graphics and music.
You didn't like it? Fine. Nobody cares. Overrated? Surely not. Underrated? Probably neither...

I like Rome2 with the new patch better.

[Nightmare798]

People like Nightmare798 are the reason Dragon age has been turning into a button mashing franchise.

as opposed to click that and watch it die franchise eh?

[pingpong]

This game is streamlined pile of poo, CA devs were like: hey lets remove every feature that added depth to the game because we thinks its just BOORING and NOT NECESSARY because its hip to be so chic and MINIMALISTIC so STREAMLINE EVERYTHING, and lets make battles last 5min because this game is TOTALLY NOT about battles that took effort, time and planning to win, not cap some gay ass flag, also the game runs like my 89yr. old grandpa with a heart defect. -1/10

 

[Overdriven]

Started an MP campaign yesterday. So far turn times are really fast and no connection issues at all. A bit of lag on some battles but usually only massive cluster fuck peasant army ones. Will see how slow turns are in 100 turns but for now it seems fine.

[Adamar]

as opposed to click that and watch it die franchise eh?

No, as opposed to strategic thinking and unit combination, that you dont do when you're too busy clicking on the enemy.

[Nightmare798]

No, as opposed to strategic thinking and unit combination, that you dont do when you're too busy clicking on the enemy.

there is no real strategy in combat of dragon age origins.

mage: spam aoe spells as much as possible.
warrior: spam shield bash and similar skills as much as possible.
rogue: spam dirty fighting as much as possible.

traps are useless because enemy rarely goes out and attacks you.

so it boils down to this:

send warrior to tank and use rouge to either: backstab, or stand back and spam ranged skills.
keep mage back and use all your spells and chug on mana potions.

rinse and repeat.

THATS COMPLETE STRATEGY GUIDE! CONGRATS! YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY WON THE GAME!

[Overdriven]

enemy rarely goes out and attacks you.

so it boils down to this:

send warrior to tank and use rouge to either: backstab, or stand back and spam ranged skills.
keep mage back and use all your spells and chug on mana potions.

rinse and repeat.

THATS COMPLETE STRATEGY GUIDE! CONGRATS! YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY WON THE GAME!

Not sure what game you were playing. Enemy always came and attacked me.

Also not sure how this differs from most games. Even warband is an element of this. Maybe go play some 10 hour fps games more?

[Bulzur]

Could you please stop posting unrelevant things Nightmare798... this is a Rome2 topic, in case you haven't noticed.

There's something called private messages (PM) for your discussions with Adamar. And don't bring the "he started it", even if it's true, it's childish.



Back to Rome 2 :

- The launch was unfitting of any awaited game : 3/10
- The few patches they brought relatively quickly made it back to a decent level : 7/10

Still taking a few points back for the obvious unpolished game (unit cards forming two lines, where one is incomplete at max stack, unit cards being just ugly, with an hp bar instead of remaining units/total units,...), and a lot of things being just dumbed down.

With some good mod support, i believe it can reach a solid 9/10.
I don't regret having pre-ordered this game at only 15% reduction.

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And i'm eagerly waiting for Rome : Arena, to see the MP.

[Nightmare798]

Not sure what game you were playing. Enemy always came and attacked me.

Also not sure how this differs from most games. Even warband is an element of this. Maybe go play some 10 hour fps games more?

sure, i dont enjoy poorly made rpg combat system, so i must be the call off duty/battlefield fan with attention span of a dog, right? RIGHT???

you know combat in this game reminds me of mmos. i would go as far as to say they just copied wow combat, gave you a party, and cut the skill tree pretty short.

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Could you please stop posting unrelevant things Nightmare798... this is a Rome2 topic, in case you haven't noticed.

There's something called private messages (PM) for your discussions with Adamar. And don't bring the "he started it", even if it's true, it's childish.

very well, i will heed this for i agree i am sorta thread jacking. as for who started it, i believe it is me who started the discussion about combat in dragon age origins, just to clarify it.

[Adamar]

there is no real strategy in combat of dragon age origins.

mage: spam aoe spells as much as possible.
warrior: spam shield bash and similar skills as much as possible.
rogue: spam dirty fighting as much as possible.

traps are useless because enemy rarely goes out and attacks you.

so it boils down to this:

send warrior to tank and use rouge to either: backstab, or stand back and spam ranged skills.
keep mage back and use all your spells and chug on mana potions.

rinse and repeat.

THATS COMPLETE STRATEGY GUIDE! CONGRATS! YOU HAVE SUCCESSFULLY WON THE GAME!

That's true in DA2. In origins you had way more builds and troop combinations to try than that, unless you didn't bother playing outside the box. It was your choice what type of armor and weapons your warriors, rogues, and mages used, with the right build you didn't need warriors at all, but you had to adapt your strategy, tie up the enemy in a great many ways and learn how to control the fight with what you had at your disposal. DA 2 was the simplistic bullshit you described, where sadly it all comes down to how much damage you inflict on the enemy before your party dies.

[Lt_Anders]

Ok, well You know, I think I should make a poll now that the game has been out for a bit.

Also, take your Dragon Age shit to a different topic. We don't care, we want to praise or Bash Rome...

[Ninja_Khorin]

Just had a friendly game of co-op with a fellow ninja. This is what happened in a few hours worth of gameplay.

1. Overall shitty performance. My Napoleon and Shogun 2 battles run way better.
2. AI doing the classic "rush the flag through the defenders line"-tactic.
3. AI doing the classic "stand still and turn your back to the enemy  while being shot at"-tactic
4. AI doing the classic "abandon our last city, otherwise we might lose our army"-tactic, resulting in nothing at all.
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6. Syracuse with the world's largest moshpit, and their allies doing the largest congo line.

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Needless to say we declared war on everyone out of boredom, because there was no challenge still. We played on very hard. The we just quit because even that didn't make it any more interesting.

It's still bad pretty bad compared to previous titles. 6/10.

[Lizard_man]

Dead game...