Biff Hardbody
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Talk about a game you can lose yourself in. I swung out real quick today while the turkey was cooking so I could find a place that was open and selling Rome: Total War. I knew it was on sale at EB tomorrow for Black Friday at 29.99, but I wanted the game today so I could play it all day and night. I managed to find a store that had one copy left, and man...this game is perfect for a lazy cold thanksgiving day with a relatives over and you can just chill.
I don't know how long I've played it for, maybe 6 hours. If it wasn't for HL2, I'd say it was pc GOTY...as it stands I don't think I played HL2 this much the first day. There's so much stuff you can do. The battles are only half of it, allot of the fun is strengthening your cities and dealing with the political side.
The battles are so much fun...to plan and to strategize. I can't say enough about it. It allows me to live all my Braveheart/Gladiator fantasies.
Oh yes...the intro is one of the best intro's ever! The War Elephants...oh man. People who weren't even interested in video games had to stop and look when they saw the epic intro and those monsters.
I know this thread will most likely die a cold, hard death. But, for the few out there who are interested in this game...go get it. You won't regret it. There's so much to do, and so much to play. I feel like I've barely scratched the surface. I guess I have, because the biggest battles I have had aren't even a 1000 men total...and from the looks of it you can have battles in the tens of thousands. Amazing...I''m going back.
I don't know how long I've played it for, maybe 6 hours. If it wasn't for HL2, I'd say it was pc GOTY...as it stands I don't think I played HL2 this much the first day. There's so much stuff you can do. The battles are only half of it, allot of the fun is strengthening your cities and dealing with the political side.
The battles are so much fun...to plan and to strategize. I can't say enough about it. It allows me to live all my Braveheart/Gladiator fantasies.
Oh yes...the intro is one of the best intro's ever! The War Elephants...oh man. People who weren't even interested in video games had to stop and look when they saw the epic intro and those monsters.
I know this thread will most likely die a cold, hard death. But, for the few out there who are interested in this game...go get it. You won't regret it. There's so much to do, and so much to play. I feel like I've barely scratched the surface. I guess I have, because the biggest battles I have had aren't even a 1000 men total...and from the looks of it you can have battles in the tens of thousands. Amazing...I''m going back.