Totally Roman Scenes Of Warmongering
They’re justified and ancient. Ice-cream van notably absent.
The Total War series has gained an enthusiastic following, with its fine historical nuances and thoughtful RTS gameplay. Ancient Rome is the chosen setting for Creative Assembly’s latest effort, and the graphics engine that drives it is almost as powerful as Hannibal’s favourite elephant. The ability to animate over 10,000 on screen legionnaires at one time should certainly convey the epic scale of the historical battles CA hope to emulate.
The scope for such rich visual detailing has already earned Rome: Total War a few hours on our screens. Time Commanders (BBC2) employed a team of bespectacled strategists to ‘act out’ various historical scenarios using the preliminary graphics engine, and the History Channel will be following suit with an RTW-powered documentary-type affair later this year.
With solid guarantees for illustrative prowess and deep tactical gameplay, both students and professors of Total War should be fully sated by the finished product when it arrives this autumn.
The scope for such rich visual detailing has already earned Rome: Total War a few hours on our screens. Time Commanders (BBC2) employed a team of bespectacled strategists to ‘act out’ various historical scenarios using the preliminary graphics engine, and the History Channel will be following suit with an RTW-powered documentary-type affair later this year.
With solid guarantees for illustrative prowess and deep tactical gameplay, both students and professors of Total War should be fully sated by the finished product when it arrives this autumn.
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Joji 20 May 2004 19:09
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I'd like to see a game like this based on Sharpe tv series. Get the kings blessing to kick Napoleon's french ass. No offence intended.
Hold on, there is game like that on the way. It's called Imperial something. Very similar to Total War but with other cool stuff like ship to ship battles, aswell as land battles. It may have been at E3. If anyone knows the name let us know. The game looks groovy.
Hold on, there is game like that on the way. It's called Imperial something. Very similar to Total War but with other cool stuff like ship to ship battles, aswell as land battles. It may have been at E3. If anyone knows the name let us know. The game looks groovy.