07-08-2003, 04:07 PM
Have you seen the in-play screenshots on the TW website? I particularly like the one where the elephant is tossing the two legionaries in the air!<br>
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Goody, let's make a list of comments about the units in the hope that someone from Creative Assembly is lurking with pen in hand... (Fat chance? Could I win the Lotto instead?)<br>
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BEEF #1. If I'm reading correctly, it appears that R:TW will stop at the advent of the Empire, is that correct? If so, why why <em>why</em> are they depicting soldiers in Imperial era armor?<br>
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BEEF #2. Imperial legionaries with crests, with... <em>breastplates</em> --- WAAAAH!!!!! OK, crests, maybe on parade. But in battle? Is there any evidence for this? And breastplates for an entire unit??? The horror, the horror!<br>
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BEEF #3. Ummm, Spartan hoplites in a Roman game? I thought they went out before Alexander; so is he in this too???<br>
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BEEF #4. Cavalrymen in lorica segmentata. In all periods, should be chainmail, or nothing. And no crests, dammit!!!<br>
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BEEF #5. Where are the auxiliaries??? They comprised at least half the army's nominal strength and came in many interesting varieties, regular and irregular grade.<br>
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Does anyone else have filet mignon?<br>
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On the plus side, the graphics rendering looks to die for. If those really are in-game screenshots then I just hope my computer can handle it as I max the settings!<br>
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Also, I was surprised to see allusions in website text to what look like proper sources. Blurbs about the "Marian reforms," etc. That's nice and shows the right research efforts have been made, if somewhat inconsistently applied by the graphics artists.<br>
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Cheers<br>
Jenny <p></p><i></i>
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Goody, let's make a list of comments about the units in the hope that someone from Creative Assembly is lurking with pen in hand... (Fat chance? Could I win the Lotto instead?)<br>
<br>
BEEF #1. If I'm reading correctly, it appears that R:TW will stop at the advent of the Empire, is that correct? If so, why why <em>why</em> are they depicting soldiers in Imperial era armor?<br>
<br>
BEEF #2. Imperial legionaries with crests, with... <em>breastplates</em> --- WAAAAH!!!!! OK, crests, maybe on parade. But in battle? Is there any evidence for this? And breastplates for an entire unit??? The horror, the horror!<br>
<br>
BEEF #3. Ummm, Spartan hoplites in a Roman game? I thought they went out before Alexander; so is he in this too???<br>
<br>
BEEF #4. Cavalrymen in lorica segmentata. In all periods, should be chainmail, or nothing. And no crests, dammit!!!<br>
<br>
BEEF #5. Where are the auxiliaries??? They comprised at least half the army's nominal strength and came in many interesting varieties, regular and irregular grade.<br>
<br>
Does anyone else have filet mignon?<br>
<br>
On the plus side, the graphics rendering looks to die for. If those really are in-game screenshots then I just hope my computer can handle it as I max the settings!<br>
<br>
Also, I was surprised to see allusions in website text to what look like proper sources. Blurbs about the "Marian reforms," etc. That's nice and shows the right research efforts have been made, if somewhat inconsistently applied by the graphics artists.<br>
<br>
Cheers<br>
Jenny <p></p><i></i>
Cheers,
Jenny
Founder, Roman Army Talk and RomanArmy.com
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
Jenny
Founder, Roman Army Talk and RomanArmy.com
We are all travelers in the wilderness of this world, and the best we can find in our travels is an honest friend.
-- Robert Louis Stevenson
