I never got bit by the 'Rome: Total War' bug. It seems I'd often get lost in the 3D battle screen trying to pan, zoom, maneuver, etc.
How does 'Empire: Total War' improve upon the UI, etc?
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Empire: Total War v. Rome: Total War
Started by dojoboy, Sep 13 2012 10:16 AM
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 10:16 AM
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 10:44 AM
dojoboy, on 13 September 2012 - 10:16 AM, said:
I never got bit by the 'Rome: Total War' bug.
I'm never speaking to you again.
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 11:11 AM
Well,... . ::shrug::
I'll play it tonight....
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I'll play it tonight....
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 11:20 AM
I was reluctant to speak to dojoboy again as well until he said he was going to play it tonight. ;-)
On another note does anybody know what the differences between the Mac App Store version and any other versions will be? It looks like Feral has something cool planned that involves multiplayer and Game Center support but I don't know if that's relegated to the Mac App Store version only? I was looking at this game being my first real excuse to use Game Center on the Mac. I would much rather purchase it from the Mac Game Store today though (using the spiffy new client!).
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On another note does anybody know what the differences between the Mac App Store version and any other versions will be? It looks like Feral has something cool planned that involves multiplayer and Game Center support but I don't know if that's relegated to the Mac App Store version only? I was looking at this game being my first real excuse to use Game Center on the Mac. I would much rather purchase it from the Mac Game Store today though (using the spiffy new client!).
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 11:29 AM
Tacohead, on 13 September 2012 - 11:20 AM, said:
It looks like Feral has something cool planned that involves multiplayer and Game Center support but I don't know if that's relegated to the Mac App Store version only?
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 12:16 PM
Janichsan, on 13 September 2012 - 11:29 AM, said:
Well, if there is Game Center support, it will only be in the MAS version. It's a prerequisite for an app to use the Game Center.
That's kind of what I figured. Now I just need to know what exactly Game Center support will offer that the ones without it won't.
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 12:37 PM
Does this mean only the Mac App store has online multiplayer?
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 01:08 PM
Yes, only the MAS one will have online multiplayer. That they´ll implement in a patch eventually.
The other versions will have LAN support though
The other versions will have LAN support though
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 01:25 PM
Hmm I think this is the first time I have to say 'that sucks' about a Feral project. I'm sure the game will be wonderful but I would like the chance to play online so I'll hold fire for the moment. Will the online be Mac to Mac only then via the Game Centre ?
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 01:30 PM
I´d assume that it´ll only be Mac to Mac, its entirely Apple´s fault though as they are the ones who said that only apps on the MAS will be able to support the Game Centre.
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 01:54 PM
I'm definitely going to still get it but I'm going to wait and see what exactly these Game Center features will be before deciding which version I'll be getting.
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 02:19 PM
I agree with Tacohead. The price is right though, for this game's goodinesss.
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Posted 13 September 2012 - 04:27 PM
Hello Gang,
Been a long time since I have posted anything.
I understand from Feral’s Facebook page that Empire Total War can be played on Gameranger for those who wish to play online – The Gameranger list has not been updated to reflect this though. My experience with playing games on GR is that one can expect a lot of dropped sessions (I played a lot of Homeworld 2 and Rome Total War on GR).
I have to say though that I am getting bummed out with the Mac ports of PC games. Company of Heroes on the Mac seems like a total waste of time and money. Fifty bucks for a game that can never go online and you can’t even play LAN games with? Yikes! You can still pick up the gold version of CoH for $ 10-15 on the PC.
Empire Total War seems like a bit of a lost cause too as it does not appear that Apple will allow people who did not buy it from their App store to play in the game center.
Also there is no Steam version. I mean come on!
So too me running boot camp and Win 7 is looking more and more like the way to go for gaming.
I would be curious to know though if ETW does indeed work on Gameranger.
All the best!
Been a long time since I have posted anything.
I understand from Feral’s Facebook page that Empire Total War can be played on Gameranger for those who wish to play online – The Gameranger list has not been updated to reflect this though. My experience with playing games on GR is that one can expect a lot of dropped sessions (I played a lot of Homeworld 2 and Rome Total War on GR).
I have to say though that I am getting bummed out with the Mac ports of PC games. Company of Heroes on the Mac seems like a total waste of time and money. Fifty bucks for a game that can never go online and you can’t even play LAN games with? Yikes! You can still pick up the gold version of CoH for $ 10-15 on the PC.
Empire Total War seems like a bit of a lost cause too as it does not appear that Apple will allow people who did not buy it from their App store to play in the game center.
Also there is no Steam version. I mean come on!
So too me running boot camp and Win 7 is looking more and more like the way to go for gaming.
I would be curious to know though if ETW does indeed work on Gameranger.
All the best!
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 07:14 AM
Tacohead, on 13 September 2012 - 11:20 AM, said:
I was reluctant to speak to dojoboy again as well until he said he was going to play it tonight. ;-)
We made up. I sent flowers and some donuts and all is forgiven.
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 07:48 AM
DaveyJJ, on 14 September 2012 - 07:14 AM, said:
We made up. I sent flowers and some donuts and all is forgiven.
Hah! Works for me!
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 07:52 AM
:-D
About the OP, is anyone going to answer his question? There was a question, you know.
About the OP, is anyone going to answer his question? There was a question, you know.
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 09:45 AM
dojoboy, on 14 September 2012 - 07:52 AM, said:
:-D
About the OP, is anyone going to answer his question? There was a question, you know.
About the OP, is anyone going to answer his question? There was a question, you know.
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Anyone interested in trying out multiplayer?
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 11:32 AM
dojoboy, on 13 September 2012 - 10:16 AM, said:
I never got bit by the 'Rome: Total War' bug. It seems I'd often get lost in the 3D battle screen trying to pan, zoom, maneuver, etc.
How does 'Empire: Total War' improve upon the UI, etc?
How does 'Empire: Total War' improve upon the UI, etc?
dojoboy, on 14 September 2012 - 07:52 AM, said:
:-D
About the OP, is anyone going to answer his question? There was a question, you know.
About the OP, is anyone going to answer his question? There was a question, you know.
It's a really good question, but I don't off hand know the answer. Little time for games right now with the work I'm doing helping get the reprint of the wargame Up Front published after being nearly 30 years out of print.
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Posted 14 September 2012 - 12:04 PM
I played the PC version of Empire and can say that the UI is much the same as Rome. It is a bit better as you can see the field of fire of various units - which is great. You can see the UI in this vid. Hope that helps. Can someone confirm if you can infact play Empire on Gameranger?
