Rnard Elder 最近的评测

I make this review because some of my buddies asked me how is the game for me. I should say first that i didn't play it a long time so i probably pass through good points, but here is what i feel about it:
The map is big, and doesn't seem to lag on my computer. So it's a good point.
The economic system seems to work well, but it's hard (at less for me) and that's a good point too.
You can't place buildings where you want or design castle like you want like in a Stronghold, it's more you choose the type of building like in a Total War, and the ai place it where it can. But i believe with the number of cities you can create/conquer and so manage, it may be necessary to do so.
The Battles. I believe it's due to the system (real time on a big map) but, even with the rock paper scissor system with the types of units, battles look like big melees, i hardly manage something, you don't have any siege engine, you make the siege of a city with a timer to get it, it's less good than a Stronghold battle, and so far away of a Total War battle feeling.
I don't regret to get this game, because i was waiting for it, but if you ask me because you are not sure, i don't recommend it. :/

I wish to show this little game that is a few expensive, even with the -13%. It's the last version of the Close Combat Series, and i think the first one on Steam. It's about World War 2, and if you pass through the 2D low graphics, it's a very, if not the best, realistic simulation of battles. When they are shot, men don't run: they hide and they get fear, when they are hit, they are wounded or directly killed. With the right click on an unit you can give several orders like fire, launch smoke, run, walk, sneak, defend and ambush, with very different effects on your men or on ennemies, also you have infantry, leaders, tanks, guns, machineguns, mortars, anti-tank support, flame-throwers as units and airplanes/mortars/guns as support. And there is a lot less, if not at all, "mouse skill" like still in total war, where fast clicking can help a lot. Here all is in position and orders (with still a random factor).

This Total War is a more classical Total War than Shogun 2 : you have no avatar conquest mode and no clans rivality, but you play as one of the numerous factions (the classic mode of Shogun 2) in ranked multi quick battles, in unranked solo/multi hosted battles, and in solo/multi campaigns. I still find that Rome faction need better general units and more auxiliairies or mercenaries, as this faction is maybe the hardest to play against the other ones. If you are a Total War fan (as me who is unconditionnal), you should like it i think. Have fun still :)

Rome has still its own personality among Total War series: its still nice to play it after the next ones of the series. Its main problem in my opinion is these powerful units with more than one "life point" like general units for example that make it unrealistic for this part and tough to counter. Another problem is the use of gamespy for multi battles, that sometimes show an error when you try to join a hosted game. Else the game in multi give to host more settings to manage than in next games since Empire, giving more the ability to have the battle the host wish without using rules among players, even if these rules are still used in some case, like clan war belt (cwb) rules.

Shogun2 is a total war with lot of "improvements" good or bad. Indeed you get an avatar that get experience, levels, points and armor pieces that allow you to get stronger units and bonus, but also less money for your army, but that mean you dont start with the same army than your opponents, in contrary to other total war games, and it seems creative assembly will keep these things for the next ones (not sure, due to some steam petitions from total war players - you can still play unranked classic battles). Except that, shogun2 offer nice siege battles, with tough fort and less money for defense, where empire and napoleon missed it : on these 2 games, defense is as strong as attack, but as forts are undefendable, then the game become a standard land battle. All works fine on shogun2, you get land, sea (less epic than in empire and napoleon) battles and solo, multi campaign. empire/napoleon and shogun2 have quite different atmosphere. Large battle due to artillery on empire/napoleon whereas large mellee on shogun2. The extension Fall of the samurais is playable inside the vanilla game, land battles should look like empire/napoleon battles, but have a different feeling and way of playing. Naval battles are epic at start, but lack in number of ship after a while.

Empire is the first total war with multiplayer campaign, however you will need to download the beta on the site, and so to register on the site, thing that it seems you can do again at this address:
http://www.totalwar.com/en_us/empire-multiplayer/
Between empire and napoleon, i prefer campaign on empire, because the periods of time show severals big factions by alliance (and not only france in one of them as in napoleon), and empire is ok for land, but not for sea, because naval gun range make little ships shooting farser than big ones. Prefer napoleon if you want the newest one, as it has less bugs and more improvements, is ok for both land and sea, and has multiplayer campaign this time available, but with problem of save. Sea battles on these games was epic.

Still nice medieval first/third person shooter with severals good mods as these ones:
cRPG and strategus : for leveling, own class, and campaign simulator on internet.
PW, persistent world : for roleplaying.
For napoleonic period, there is an extension:
Mount & Blade Warband - Napoleonic Wars : on some server, you can control an entire unit of men.

Spore is not a real game, but the most creative video thing from the last 10 years in my opinion. The concept is great and the motor that make your creations move is powerful and amazing. Spore: Galactic Adventures is less creative than Spore, but its still a good creative extension that allow you to share mini games with players, more than spore creations from players too. You may wish Spore: Creepy & Cute Parts Pack to access to creations of players who use it. Be warned, you can do a lot of things with the game and the web site as creations, but there is some glitches while playing, and some bugs while managing creations, that need to be mastered. It's still a nice creative thing to come back on it after leaving some times :)