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Post by zerps on Mar 27, 2021 18:48:04 GMT
I recently started playing Shogun 2 again, what a game. For me it’s the best of the total war games. I’m also a fan of civilisation.
Are there any others I need to get? I bought the Britannia game a couple of years ago but couldn’t get in to it.
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Post by santy on Mar 27, 2021 19:38:00 GMT
The warhammer ones are good because it goes completely against the normal military tropes and offers a different experience as a result.
I completely expected to hate it, but got it cheap in a sale and found there's a great diversity. You can't really criticise most of the total war games for things like cavalry being most effective in a lot of situations because that's just the reality of it.
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Post by mattador78 on Mar 27, 2021 20:19:30 GMT
Try steel panthers I posted a link on the free games thread
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Post by hcstokie on Mar 27, 2021 21:30:10 GMT
The warhammer ones are good as has been said already.
I’d love them to remake Empire though, that was a fantastic game. Think they’re about to release the original Rome one so not sure how that would compare against Rome 2.
I can’t wait for Manor Lords to be released. Early access should be this year at some point. Looks like a medieval city builder with total war style battles.
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Post by hcstokie on Mar 27, 2021 21:33:28 GMT
I also got Troy Total War for free on Epic. It’s one of the sagas and I enjoyed it more than Britannia.
Have you tried Three Kingdoms? I found the unit style similar to shogun 2 but obviously a lot better graphics. Also thought the diplomacy and intrigue is a lot better too.
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Post by mattador78 on Mar 28, 2021 8:07:12 GMT
I recently started playing Shogun 2 again, what a game. For me it’s the best of the total war games. I’m also a fan of civilisation. Are there any others I need to get? I bought the Britannia game a couple of years ago but couldn’t get in to it. That steel panthers is turn based but really enjoyable and deep. Trying to reverse some of the big military battles in the Second World War is good fun. |
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Post by mtrstudent on Apr 3, 2021 16:33:17 GMT
This Steel Panther game isn't anything to do with the band behind classics like "gloryhole" or "it won't suck itself"?
The Total War games are cracking, I think Rome was one of the best because there's so much variety between factions. Shogun & Medieval are fun too but the units are pretty similar.
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Post by Clem Fandango on May 1, 2021 15:32:02 GMT
Total War is a fantastic series of games. Spent countless hours on them. Quite liked Empire and the Medieval versions but Rome is my all time favourite. Couldn't quite get into Civilisation.
In terms of strategy games in general its not quite the same but Sim City remains one of my favourite games such a shame they ballsed it up a bit.
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Post by mtrstudent on May 4, 2021 5:09:28 GMT
Total War is a fantastic series of games. Spent countless hours on them. Quite liked Empire and the Medieval versions but Rome is my all time favourite. Couldn't quite get into Civilisation. In terms of strategy games in general its not quite the same but Sim City remains one of my favourite games such a shame they ballsed it up a bit. You can download Civilisation 2 for free nowadays too, I grabbed it and had a go and while it's really ugly and simple by today's standards, it's also just easier to understand what's going on. Some of the later ones just got too complex so I couldn't follow what all the stats were doing. I found some old save games from when I was about 11 and luckily I got better at it since then. |
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Post by rivival on Apr 12, 2022 1:32:20 GMT
I've played Medieval from its release and still do . I started with Shogun Total War but even though I own Rome and others including Shogun 2 total War I just can't get into them . It's the UI on the campaign maps. why did they change it I'll never know.
After 15 years I've stopped playing WOW. I cleared all instances as a prot tank first time around except for Nax and now we did that so doing TBC onward again seems pointless. But I am playing Diablo 2 Resurrected and I still love my Race07 (heavily modded) for my Racing Sim.
Steel Panthers just wont run on my triple screen. I played a lot of World of Tanks and World of Warships but Gold Ammo is Gold Ammo no matter what name you give it.
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Post by hcstokie on Apr 13, 2022 5:57:50 GMT
I recently played Ultimate General Civil War and really enjoyed it. It’s a few years old now so can be picked up cheaply. Similar battle style to total war without the campaign maps, just the battles. You manage your units in between battles though from picking commanders, spending XP, supplying weapons and ammo, etc. They’ve released one more recently called Ultimate Admiral Age of Sail which combines land and sea battles which I may have a look at but I’ve never gotten along with sea battles as they’re usually quite slow paced and a bit boring.
Mount and Blade Bannerlord is good if you like combining the tactical side of battles with getting stuck into the action yourself.
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