Total War Megathread V.2: "All of Christendom Will be Awed by this Megathread!" - Games

I'm pretty sure that big collosseums, amphitheatres and temples were very common in the hellenistic time period. Rome was just one succesful empire among many other big empires and kingdoms.

Seleucid empire was my favourite faction in Rome1

When I get my new graphics card I will try to run about a 30k troop battle. How? All pikemen in Darthmod, they add up to 375.

[QUOTE=Stalk;38744126]I'm pretty sure that big collosseums, amphitheatres and temples were very common in the hellenistic time period. Rome was just one succesful empire among many other big empires and kingdoms.[/QUOTE] Yeah there were other ampitheathres but none of them that big or iconic.

[QUOTE=noneshallpass;38746062]Seleucid empire was my favourite faction in Rome1[/QUOTE] Carthage was mine. I literally built up an army consisting of 5 generals and 15 groups of armored war elephants and went on a rampage through egypt.

I hope they dont make it so that you can only recruit 1 unit per city per turn. I started the series with Med 2 and it spoiled me :c

[QUOTE=Stalk;38744126]I'm pretty sure that big collosseums, amphitheatres and temples were very common in the hellenistic time period. Rome was just one succesful empire among many other big empires and kingdoms.[/QUOTE] This is just a petty thing, but please never say Colosseum[i]s[/i]. There was only ONE Colosseum ever: the Flavian amphitheatre, which was called the Colosseum because Emperor Vespasian wrecked Nero's Colossus which depicted him as a God, and built the Flavian amphitheatre on top of the place where the colossus stood, to wipe away the trace of this tyrant. The name "Colosseum" stuck, though. But there was only one. Calling all amphitheatres Colosseums is like calling all towers Big Bens. That said, theatres (half-circles for art and literature) and amphitheatres (full circles for circus games and gladiator games) were indeed extremely popular all over the Mediterranean world.

[QUOTE=deltasquid;38750225] The name "Colosseum" stuck, though. But there was only one. Calling all amphitheatres Colosseums is like calling all towers Big Bens. [/QUOTE] Err, that comparrison is incorrect, as the tower isn't called Big Ben, it's just called Elizabeth Tower. The bell itself is Big Ben. To call all ampitheatres Colosseums would be like calling all bells Big Ben.

[QUOTE=Terminutter;38750343]Err, that comparrison is incorrect, as the tower isn't called Big Ben, it's just called Elizabeth Tower. The bell itself is Big Ben. To call all ampitheatres Colosseums would be like calling all bells Big Ben.[/QUOTE] I know, I actually picked that as a comparison just so British people know how I feel about this :v:

Did you know you can hold alt and make your archers go into melee combat? Because I didn't. No more will my archers sit just outside a battle where their numbers would mean the difference and do nothing.

[QUOTE=DaysBefore;38792622]Did you know you can hold alt and make your archers go into melee combat? Because I didn't. No more will my archers sit just outside a battle where their numbers would mean the difference and do nothing.[/QUOTE] Its good when your Hastati are being charged in Rome so you can get them to counter charge instead of standing around getting slaughtered because they're trying to throw their pila.

this is an amazing discovery

Sadly, I do not own Rome Total War. I own two games of the series. I played the fuck out of medieval total war yesterday and today, about 10 hours for two days.

Shogun 2: FOTS Play Emperor side, win with traditional army. Look at historical battles, see that Shogun army is coined with being more traditional. Feel historically inaccurate.

[QUOTE=CMB Unit 01;38792707]Its good when your Hastati are being charged in Rome so you can get them to counter charge instead of standing around getting slaughtered because they're trying to throw their pila.[/QUOTE] It would have been good to know that ages ago.

[QUOTE=G3rman;38799293]Shogun 2: FOTS Play Emperor side, win with traditional army. Look at historical battles, see that Shogun army is coined with being more traditional. Feel historically inaccurate.[/QUOTE] As if historical inaccuracy is something new in Total War. :v:

Darthmod and all pikemen is alot of fucking troops. [img_thumb]http://i.imgur.com/3rpIL.jpg[/IMG_thumb]

[QUOTE=Freakie;38800048]As if historical inaccuracy is something new in Total War. :v:[/QUOTE] I remember that one time Russia conquered all of north America and the Indies.

I love playing Sweden in Empires. Reinstalled and got into my first faction I ever played in the game which was Sweden and it's just like Shogun. You have no allies and everybody just hates you as you and your legions of viking soldiers curbstomp everyone So far I captured all of the British Isles and facilitated independence of the US in 1714 and conquered Moscow the following year. Then France declares war and now I have to deal with them and perhaps the rest of Europe.

Prepare to face mighty [url='http://wiki.totalwar.com/w/Total_War:_Rome_II_-_Carthaginian_Faction']Carthage[/url]. [img_thumb]http://wiki.totalwar.com/images/f/f2/Carthage_sacredband.jpg[/img_thumb]

[thumb]http://wiki.totalwar.com/images/e/ef/Carthage_parade.jpg[/thumb]

I wanna see the massive hoplites of Greece and Macedonia

[QUOTE=VOSK;38829831]I wanna see the massive hoplites of Greece and Macedonia[/QUOTE] I wanna see the naked barbarians of Gauls and Germans

[QUOTE=Careld;38830739]I wanna see the naked barbarians of Gauls and Germans[/QUOTE] Didn't some of the clans also decorate trees with the entrails of defeated enemies, or was that just Roman propaganda? (Romans dished out a load of propaganda about their enemies)

Hmm. I think that each state will have multiple factions. It said the Romans had it, and so did the Carthaginians. In the Carthage one, it specified more on it, with one having more military, other diplomatic, etc.

[QUOTE=Careld;38830739]I wanna see the naked barbarians of Gauls and Germans[/QUOTE] notgay but that would be cool as fuck

And then total war's modding community turns into the nexus

[QUOTE=MountainWatcher;38841244]And then total war's modding community turns into the nexus[/QUOTE] I will create legions full of waifus.

Weapon upgrades make their dicks longer.

[QUOTE=Paul McCartney;38835884]Hmm. I think that each state will have multiple factions. It said the Romans had it, and so did the Carthaginians. In the Carthage one, it specified more on it, with one having more military, other diplomatic, etc.[/QUOTE] In that case Greece would probably be Athens, Sparta, and Corinth. So I'm playing EB and it says the Aedui are the most advanced faction. [IMG]http://www.europabarbarorum.com/p/Aedui01.jpg[/IMG] These shirtless men are apparently more advanced than Rome, Egypt, Carthage, Makedonia, and the Persians. Advanced my ass, their fucking coinage inst even round! [IMG]http://wildwinds.com/coins/celtic/gaul/aedui/CCCBM_284ff.jpg[/IMG]