magerette
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Typing of The Dead is coming to Gametap Oct 11th, Sammy! Can't remember if you said you already had it or not.
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woah, JDR, have you seen World in Conflict
I need to get that demo tonight. Check out the video review, it looks pretty sweet
Typing of The Dead is coming to Gametap Oct 11th, Sammy! Can't remember if you said you already had it or not.
Also, in the expansion KINGDOMS, there are other events that trigger based on how the campaign develops - On the Teutonic campaign, capturing certain territories may lead to the development of the "Union of Kalmar," a pact between Norway and Denmark that makes them much more powerful, with access to more unique units. There's also the Hanseatic league, which forms when you bring certain settlements under your control and gives you huge trade bonuses. In the Americas campaign, if you are playing as the Apaches, you will be exposed to new "technology," once you fight the Spainards - meaning new units able to use horses and such, whereas before your army was completely afoot.
Diplomacy is for certain more complex than it was in Rome. When one of your proposals is accepted or rejected, you can now see the degree of acceptance or rejection the other faction is feeling. Meaning, if you really piss them off with a stupid offer it will be harder to get them to commit in the future. Still, it's not that complicated, and sometimes nations previously allied with you will still betray you for no apparent reason.
I also spend most of my time on the campaign map, as I am a micromanager. I'm dissappointed that they took away the feature where you can view your cities in real-time (without fighting) like you could in Rome. For those who play the total war games mainly for empire building, this may be a turn-off since the campaign map isn't too detailed - as far as cities go you only see a standard icon depending on its size, clicking on it simply shows more mini pictures of the type of buildings it contains. Still, the real-time battles are unsurpassed by any other game. They are glorious rendered at full detail, and great fun.