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Akvod on 29 December 2009
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Phrancheyez said:
Akvod said:
Phrancheyez said:
I think that game is the worst pc war game ever made. Every iteration of it ever. My instructor at ITT loved that game, so we played it from time to time after class (usually and mostly Call of Duty), and I hated it. I honestly could not see what anyone would like in that game..it was soooooo slow, and on top of that, after spending 30 minutes getting within range, half your damn army runs away. Improved? Maybe..but what's an improvement on shit? Fertilizer? I dunno man..

/rant

Can you be more specific about your complaints about Total War? I've only played Medieval I and Rome Total War extensively, and only played a few dozzen hours for Medieval II (College doesn't allow you to play all nighters, which this game is meant for). I suck at online.

If you're playing single player, you could just fast forward, and the enemy only spawns really far away if they're completely fucked anyway (in which case you could have just done auto resolve). If you're talking about online, you should have set some basic rules, and I'm sure it wouldn't take 30 minutes literally. A major part of the strategy is advancing, especially if you have Macedonian Phalanx units (with the tiny shields) that are weak against arrows, and constantly shifting your lines and calvary. It's sorta like Football and its setups.

If half your army ran away, you must have made your units reallly vulnerable... which means that you didn't properly advance and set up your formations.

 

Well, it was only local multiplayer, and what you described may very well be the case.  It didn't help that I never got any tips on how to play, they just said 'This is what we're playing!' I naturally sucked, most likely, because of that and the fact that the game seems to be pretty complicated with the varying units, formations, movement patterns and such.  It's not a game that's easy to just 'pick up and play', and because of that probably isn't a game you should ever pick up and for the first time, play against a bunch of other people (of varying skill level, some as bad as me, some quite skilled like my instructor).  In that instance, you can't really 'fast forward' or 'resolve' and it seemed to take forever.

It seems like the guy you were playing with was a douche. He should have given you basic tips and went easy on you.

I can't play online, because while traditional tactics work Offline, you have to get creative against real players, and also be good at micro managing (pure skill).

It kinda sucks, being happy at beating the stupid AI, but I just can't compete against real players.

But single player campaign is still really fun, especially if you pick a bad faction and you're constantly setting up forts and taking command for battles which are against your odds.

I kinda cheat and constantly quick save. Maybe I'll get better at Medieval II, challenge myself to a higher difficulty, and only use Quick save if I do an unintentional mistake.