OttomanScribe
Member
Argh. Start the game. Pick a faction, start a campaign. Click on enemy army to get a look at its makeup.
CTD
Wtf man. Do I look like a beta tester?
CTD
Wtf man. Do I look like a beta tester?
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Shogun 2 |OT| This is Total War
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PaleRider11235
Neo Member
So it looks like I'm gonna have to wait till 9 AM Eastern Standard to play the game I own legitimately, in hand.
This must be one of the first time when a game advertised as releasing on the 15th on Steam has actually come out on the 15th in the country.
Speaking of the 15th, I spent all day reading about old Nobunaga, Ieyasu and Hideyoshi, who has a delightful name. Seems that a decent degree of Nobunaga's success was due to ill health on behalf of his foes.
So I think it's only fair to try and poison everyone I meet.
Speaking of the 15th, I spent all day reading about old Nobunaga, Ieyasu and Hideyoshi, who has a delightful name. Seems that a decent degree of Nobunaga's success was due to ill health on behalf of his foes.
So I think it's only fair to try and poison everyone I meet.
Lonewolf_92
Member
Aon said:
Well, there was the Battle of Okehazama, that was a brilliant piece of work (and more than a little lucky).
Alex Connolly
Member
Nice to see folks getting behind the Shimazu. Brilliant clan.
Cannot wait for this to drop into my post box! Haven't touched a Total War game since Shogun, so a fine return to the series.
Cannot wait for this to drop into my post box! Haven't touched a Total War game since Shogun, so a fine return to the series.
fizzelopeguss
Banned
Sinatar said:
It's exodus, look at his tag.
Slackbladder
Member
CTD's? In a Total War game? Who's heard of such a thing?OttomanScribe said:
I used to get them all the time in Empire, particularly when trying to merge fleets together. Please don't have the same problem in Shogun 2?DurielBlack
Member
Sethos said:I hate when you have a slow ass connection and no patience :|
Fuck you. Is it really a 1gb launch day patch?
On steam downloads the best download speed I get is 30kps, the best I can get on any other download is about 60kps average.
Also I have to babysit steam and pause/restart the download every hour or so, because it eventually drops down to 1-5kps for no reason. Steam is a load of shit and I hate it.
Speculator
BioWare Austin
Yeah D2D is nice alternative to get it as there's a 20% off sale, so it'll end up being $39.99. Alternatively, amazon has it for digital download for $39.99 as well. Still wish these digital distributors had the limited edition version though :\.
Cow Mengde
Banned
Sethos said:I hate when you have a slow ass connection and no patience :|
Oh sure, brag about your super fast connection... It would take me about 16 hours to download all 16 GB. This is why I don't use steam. Even a 3/4 GB file takes a few hours. I could have walked to the store and back in 40 minutes and be playing. Actually, my walking speed is faster than your internet connection to, so HA!
Speculator
BioWare Austin
D2D is (purchased one of my copies there). Amazon...not so sure
Anti aliasing greyed out on the final game. I forced it through NVidia Inspector but the jaggies are still visible mainly on the flag poles. Minor inconvenience (for me at least) as the game is still gorgeous. The surround sound audio is also godly. From what I could find through search it seems that AA will be latter patched in along with DX11 support. Just a caveat that I read this on steam forums, not from an official source... so... yeah...
Sigh, the store had a problem with the distributor and they didn't have the game today and buying the normal edition somewhere else didn't sound good enough.
I'll have to wait a few more days to play the game it seems, hopefully I'll be able to grab a Limited edition when they get it.
At least I'll have the time to see if the game is too buggy right now.
I'll have to wait a few more days to play the game it seems, hopefully I'll be able to grab a Limited edition when they get it.
At least I'll have the time to see if the game is too buggy right now.
For those with retail copies, there is a 569MB patch to download and install (via Steam obviously) after you've gone through the 2 disc installation. Or at least it was for me.
The limited edition stuff unlocks via a code. It seems as though the limited stuff is included with the base game install as no other download/installers kicked in after I registered the limited edition key code.
The limited edition stuff unlocks via a code. It seems as though the limited stuff is included with the base game install as no other download/installers kicked in after I registered the limited edition key code.
depths20XX
Member
Tempted to get this but not if the AI is ass like in Empire.
Maxed out completely, it stuttered at a good 10-20fps. When I lowered the settings a bit, I was getting 30-60fps, but the crazy input lag remained. When I drew a selection box, the box would form itself fractions of a second after I drew it. Quite annoying.Cow Mengde said:
And no, there's nothing wrong with my system.
I can test it some more tonight. Maybe it's some vsync folly.
More than likely though, the game doesn't support hardware mouse. Unless there's a checkbox I missed somewhere.
I am really enjoying this game. I set the difficulty to hard and lost my first battle. Something that almost never happened to me in the previous Total Wars unless the enemy had me completely out numbered.
From what little I have played so far the enemy AI seems better already in one battle it managed to flank me with its cavalry. Luckily I was able to catch it at almost the last second or it really would of messed up my archers.
Though for full disclosure i have to mention that I am a pretty average player when it comes to the battles so your experience may very.
From what little I have played so far the enemy AI seems better already in one battle it managed to flank me with its cavalry. Luckily I was able to catch it at almost the last second or it really would of messed up my archers.
Though for full disclosure i have to mention that I am a pretty average player when it comes to the battles so your experience may very.
BotoxAgent
Member
54-46! said:
what's the specs on your PC?
BotoxAgent
Member
54-46! said:
cool, this should run well on my PC then. Installing this game tonight! \m/
DurielBlack
Member
gotee12 said:
Just picked up my copy, I might actually get to play this game for an hour or so tonight then after the patch.
Hari Seldon
Member
I'm waiting for the three move's ahead guys to talk about this. I bought Napoleon and maybe put like 3-4 hours into it.
TriniTrin
war of titties grampa
Almighty said:
Nice, I suck at Total War games in the RTS battle modes. Its weird, I love total war games for the Campaign gameplay (turn based). I almost always sim battles and just run the game from the map screen. Is there anyway to just watch the AI fight on your behalf?
ACESandEIGHTS
Member
Now this man gets it.Tenks said:
SnakeswithLasers
Member
I like this series for the campaign map, not for the RTS; however, I have both Empire and Napoleon and neither run well at ALL for me on the campaign map screen. Tons of loading between turns. This is despite the fact that my computer exceeds the recommended reqs on that "test your computer performance for internet video games" website.
Anyone have any feedback on how the city management performance is (specifically map performance and AI turn length) compared to Empire/Napoleon?
Anyone have any feedback on how the city management performance is (specifically map performance and AI turn length) compared to Empire/Napoleon?
DurielBlack
Member
I hope the AI is a lot more aggressive in battles too.
I hated it in Empire when the AI would attack ME, I would put my guys in a defensive position..then the AI would just sit there and do nothing. YOU attacked ME for fuck's sake...
Also I hope the maps are better. I've stopped using canons entirely in Empire because EVERY single map would either have a stupid-ass town in between me and the enemy, tons of trees in the way, or just enough of an uphill slop my canons would only shoot the ground. Money is better spend on line infantry and cavalry.
Technology also took way the hell too long to research, another reason I skipped canons because by the time I could get mobile horse artillery the game was pretty much decided by then.
I put over 100 hours in Empire though, and probably more into Medieval 2.
I hated it in Empire when the AI would attack ME, I would put my guys in a defensive position..then the AI would just sit there and do nothing. YOU attacked ME for fuck's sake...
Also I hope the maps are better. I've stopped using canons entirely in Empire because EVERY single map would either have a stupid-ass town in between me and the enemy, tons of trees in the way, or just enough of an uphill slop my canons would only shoot the ground. Money is better spend on line infantry and cavalry.
Technology also took way the hell too long to research, another reason I skipped canons because by the time I could get mobile horse artillery the game was pretty much decided by then.
I put over 100 hours in Empire though, and probably more into Medieval 2.
I don't think there is, but I am not 100% sure on that.Trin3785 said:
SnakeswithLasers said:
From what I have played it is much better then Empire/Napoleon was. Though I am still pretty early in the game and most of the map is still the 2d map. So there is still that chance it might change as i reveal more of the map.
For reference my PC specs are:
CPU: Core 2 Duo E8500 3.2Ghz
GPU: GTX 260
Ram: 4GB
OS: Windows 7 64bit
SnakeswithLasers
Member
Hmm... Ok, thanks. That's a bit encouraging.Almighty said: