Rome Total Realism 6.0

Ashes Emberblade · 08-03-2005, 03:07 AM

Was just released today, and it's very good. It definitely lives up to the hype and was worth the delay. http://www.rometotalrealism.com Any RTW fan should get it.

AngryGerbil · 08-03-2005, 06:34 AM

So what exactly does the realism thing do? I remember cavalry being pretty dominant in that game, to a rather unrealistic degree. I think my biggest gripe with RTW was with phalanxes and how totally cumbersome it was to control them.

Ashes Emberblade · 08-03-2005, 06:57 AM

The world map is larger and more historically accurate. The factions are more accurate. The units (mercenary and faction specific) are totally changed. The roman senate + 3 factions in vanilla are now one faction. This latest patch added an area of recruitment feature, which pretty much means certain regions provide certain troops. No more training roman units anywhere, instead you train roman auxiliary units outside of Italy.

I think you'll enjoy the rebalancing of / new units. Cavalry are no longer extremely overpowered, instead you'll want a diverse army.

Kallian · 08-03-2005, 08:47 AM

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Originally Posted by AngryGerbil

So what exactly does the realism thing do? I remember cavalry being pretty dominant in that game, to a rather unrealistic degree. I think my biggest gripe with RTW was with phalanxes and how totally cumbersome it was to control them.

I had a damn good History teacher when I learned about these types of battles... cavalry were the shit in the real thing, no? So they should be badass, no? Or were they just WAY too powerful (in game)?

AngryGerbil · 08-03-2005, 09:30 AM

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Originally Posted by Kallian

I had a damn good History teacher when I learned about these types of battles... cavalry were the shit in the real thing, no? So they should be badass, no? Or were they just WAY too powerful (in game)?

Way too powerful. They moved too fast to be realistic. They could stop and start on a dime and accelerated too fast (like 10ft to get from 0 to full charge speed). They basically zipped all over the battlefield like woah.

Cybsled · 08-03-2005, 09:22 PM

Calvary would own in Rome:TW if you could maneuver it like Ghengis Khan.

08-03-2005, 03:07 AM	#1 (permalink)
Ashes Emberblade I Do It For The Negs Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NOLA Posts: 1,809 -83 Internets	Rome Total Realism 6.0 Was just released today, and it's very good. It definitely lives up to the hype and was worth the delay. http://www.rometotalrealism.com Any RTW fan should get it.

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AngryGerbil a little girl giggling at a hippopotamus Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: St. Louis, MO Posts: 3,883 +13 Internets	So what exactly does the realism thing do? I remember cavalry being pretty dominant in that game, to a rather unrealistic degree. I think my biggest gripe with RTW was with phalanxes and how totally cumbersome it was to control them. __________________ Doesn't speak the language. Holds no currency.

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Cybsled Registered User Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 10,283 +49 Internets	Calvary would own in Rome:TW if you could maneuver it like Ghengis Khan. __________________ Training the citizens of Norrath from 1999-2003!

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08-03-2005, 06:57 AM	#3 (permalink)
Ashes Emberblade I Do It For The Negs Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: NOLA Posts: 1,809 -83 Internets	The world map is larger and more historically accurate. The factions are more accurate. The units (mercenary and faction specific) are totally changed. The roman senate + 3 factions in vanilla are now one faction. This latest patch added an area of recruitment feature, which pretty much means certain regions provide certain troops. No more training roman units anywhere, instead you train roman auxiliary units outside of Italy. I think you'll enjoy the rebalancing of / new units. Cavalry are no longer extremely overpowered, instead you'll want a diverse army.