Phillips Savvy.
Rome: Total War.
Beef Monster Munch.
Who?
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Nov 2012, 15:33, 2 replies, latest was 13 years ago)

Medieval 2 is better.

(Bazongaloid, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 15:35, Reply)

HERESY!

( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Nov 2012, 15:47, Reply)

But it is!
It fixes the silly distance from your capital bug and is pretty much perfect as those games go.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 15:51, Reply)

I don't even know what that means.
If you play Rome Total War the right way EVERY family member of your faction can be an unhinged loon.
Which makes for fucking EXCELLENT pre-battle speeches.
:D
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:09, Reply)

Medieval 2 does that too.
Soz. It's the better game.
( Kroney, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:12, Reply)

I never actually fight the battles
it takes too long and I'm shit so I always lose even when I have overwhelming forces.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:13, Reply)

This thread contains a lot of :( for me.
I am disappointed in all of you.
( Kroney, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:39, Reply)

Do you actually do the fights?
I don't know how to make them win, you tell your men to kill the other men and they just stand there and then die. It's rubbish.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:40, Reply)

You need to attack from the sides.

(PsychoChomp, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:41, Reply)

Yes, I do the fights.
I actually don't know how to get the effect you're describing.
( Kroney, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:44, Reply)

Gaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay.
That way you will NEVER know the thrill of routing a metric FUCKTON of German spearmen units backed by several wailing women units and two barbarian warlord cavalry units with only a Roman general, one unit of principes and one unit of Roman archers.
Look, the trick with ANY battle in RTW is to have ALL your infantry in one block, archers in a block behind them ALWAYS using fire arrows, and ALL your cavalry on one flank.
Use your archers to target one enemy infantry unit at a time, your cavalry to charge the enemy flank and either roll them up or disengage and chase down fleeing units to stop them regrouping, and ALWAYS send your infantry straight up the middle. That way the enemy general will almost always charge your infantry and you can hack him to pieces by trapping him between your infantry and cavalry, all the while raining firey arrowy death down on him.
:D
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:44, Reply)

This advice obviously is primarily aimed at the girliest game in the franchise.
With all the skirts and the doggies.
( Kroney, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:45, Reply)

What do you do when you have endless platoons of heavy knights waiting to sate their bloodlust on the enemy?

(Bazongaloid, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:48, Reply)

THIS IS SOOO BORING AND SHIT AND BORING

( Naked Ape call me Caitlyn, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:49, Reply)

War dogs? War dogs are BITEY FUCKING AWESOMNESS.
In the early stages you can slaughter a rebel army with just a single unit of hastati and one unit of war dogs.
I've gained many a family member by adopting a man of the hour that way.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:51, Reply)

Oh, that sounds kind of straight forward
I just can't get my head around how slow the troops react to your orders.
(Bazongaloid, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:45, Reply)

No.
Because ROMANS.
And BRITON CHARIOTS.
And WAR ELEPHANTS.
( stuj (^(^;;^)^) GO TEAM SPIDERS!(^(^;;^)^), Tue 13 Nov 2012, 16:33, Reply)

Two votes for the Philips Savvy now - I declare a winner.

( tangledupinblue hairy badge with moving eyes, Tue 13 Nov 2012, 15:35, Reply)