I appreciate the gesture but nothing will help, imagine when stonehearth comes out you cant play it. That is what has happened to me
Iāve been excited for Rome II for awhile and now that its here Iām having trouble deciding what fraction I want to play first.
Iāll probably end up narrowing it down to 2 and flipping a coin.
Me and @ManOfRet gave it a whorl, but the multiplayer has desync issues running rampant right now.
played any of the single player content? whats the verdict? 
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My over opinion on the game so far is great. The sound quality, and details are very nice. Arrows literally have to have a physics strike to hit - which is change from all the other Total Wars (where buffs and calculations where used instead of this new method).
My rig is a decent grade, getting around 40 frames a second on āExtremeā so they really did well for it being optimized honestly. I turned it down a bit - didnāt notice much of a visual difference from the previous setting to High I think it wasā¦? My rig treats me ok so I try to do the same to my CPU and GPU 
There are a few rough edges, but its very well polished (for example using large latter siege towers - the low level first ones - often conflict with one anothers pathfinding if they get close and leads you to just leave the damn thing.)
I rarely play online unless its co-op Iāve always enjoyed this game more of a solo deal. You cry a little when someone important dies, and you tend to look after your men more.
Another really decent feature theyāve added is the fog of wars been worked on a good bit. You can get the element of surprise more, the AI doesnāt just āknowā your location and cheats to its advantage which was the case in the older ones. You can use hills and bushes more to your benefit and it helps to look 5 minutes into the future movement wise which is quiet fun.
Over all - the game looks really great, plays like Rome Total War (duhā¦) but it has more polished and slightly added features. Iāve yet to really explore the diplomacy or other aspects of the game honestly, because I got in and grabād Sparta right away, currently waiting for Persia to feel big so I can show them a thing or two.
I often donāt buy 60 dollar games any more, and tend to lean towards smaller teams, but honestly you cannot go wrong with Total War - you are always fighting the temptation to zoom down into the mix and just watch the epic fighting, or keeping the ball rolling and thats just fun. Just unlocked the real Spartan units (They better be half naked, with capes, and looonnnngggg spears) so I canāt wait to play tomorrow.
EDIT for aboveā¦ I didnāt mean for this last bit to sound like the wayā¦ it didā¦ but ā¦ I meanā¦ ā¦ ā¦ whatever.
ā¦ Ohhh godā¦ my games progress is going to suffer because of this oneā¦ ;(
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I would LOVE to play this game with you guysā¦ Would anyone here play a quick/custom battle?
@FinKone, yes, your verdict is rather accurate for me as well. I have only been playing for a little while, maybe a few hours, but it handles nicely. However, given that my PC is a little bit on the medium-end (if that makes sense), I can run High settings with a few little hiccups, but the game looks great and handles well. Iām more than happy to play with whoever wants to play. I will say this, though: single-player works better than multiplayer. They are having a few issues with desync at the moment, and turns arenāt taken simultaneously, a la Civ 5, so the game will likely take about twice as long (unless youāre me. In which case, it will probably take about the same time. I take forever to make my decisions, but hey, thatās a good habit for a n00b. :P) Anyway, yes, I highly recommend it, despite whatever you may have heard on the contrary (yes, Iām looking at you, Ars Technica).
just to be clear, my ālikeā was not for this part of your reviewā¦ i didnt like itā¦
i loved itā¦ 
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I loved to play Total War but unfortunately Iāve tooooooo many games to play right now and a lot more on my list this year
I think Iāll get Rome II next year if I donāt get lost in Stonehearth Beta 
Time for a new provider 
i got home from work and my house mate who watched me have the heartache of not been able to play had gone bought his own copy and was playing it as i walked through the door. I was greeted with a dude its totally awesomeā¦ then i had to go and install itā¦
needless to say we LANed it the nxt morning
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Argh, Iād better hold off on buying this, otherwise ALL of my free time will vanish and I have a lot of projects to get ready for the fall. Once those are done thoughā¦ THIS LAND IS ROMAN!!
-Will
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for those of you with the game, itās patch time!
Finally! Some of these bugs are just sad.
what you guys thinking about the new dlc and the future new hannibal dlc
I think the game is great now but i refuse to spend any money on dlcās, i preorderd it so i have spent enuff on it already.
I think it might be a FreeLC for the first few days
Then i will definetly get it but there is nothing on this planet that can get me to pay for e few units and skins.
and a new map completely syracuse with walls new factions rome in a pickle and carthage has a chance to win
Sound good, could be nice.
I forgot iberians and maybe the ardiei as playable factions the arrevaci