What are you Playing Now? Volume XIX: The New Beginning of the End of the Middle

[Gorgon]

On 12/4/2025 at 11:54 PM, Wormerine said:

Finally a sequel to the best Total War game:

I try to not get too excited. To be frank, most of the time I spent in Medieval II was with mods (mostly Stainless Steel), and no other Total War experience managed to scratch an itch that heavily modded Rome and Medieval II could. I was hyped for Shogun2, but never managed to get into it, and none of later TW caught my attention - I tried Warhammer for a bit, but felt rather simplistic (I mean to give it another go now when I have a PC that could enjoy the looks better).

Anyway, classic Total Wars got GOG release. Picked up Medieval2 and might give it another go at some point. We will see if nostalgia googles hold up. 

edit. Oh, and Empire. I have a weak spot for it. Such a messy game, but also somewhat inspiring. I loved the setting, and innovation and I just wish it would be a more polished release. 

No gameplay footage, and CA have screwed up all recent attempts at historical total war.  Pretty lame so far, but hope springs eternal. 

[BruceVC]

I just completed the dragon fight with Delphine against Sahloknir in LoreRim

It was a good indication of what I need to do to win these types of battles and it was predictably hard

I used this strategy
 

• used potions to buff against his breath
• made sure my companions had good arrows, I dont use archery. They hurt Sahloknir in the beginning and then they were defeated but  they played an important part in initially hurting him 
• used summons to distract him
• I ran away a lot and used the stone pillars to shield myself from his breath
• I used my Wabbajack wand to finally kill him when he had less than 800 health, its a Daedric artifact I got from the Sheogorath quest and its very effective but unpredictable. Sometimes it does damage and sometimes it can change the enemy into an animal or even strip armour but that effect doesn't apply to a dragon

I ended up using loads of healing magic and healing potions so I need to stock up on those

But it was a good and difficult battle

I also had started a quest called Laid to Rest where the end monster was a Master Vampire trying to control the town of Morthal. I couldnt defeat the Master Vampire and I gave up after about 4-5 tries, I ended up wounding him when he chased me to the dungeon entrance but he teleported back to his area of the dungeon so I left. I will come back later to fight him but in LoreRim this quest also starts the Dawnguard DLC. So its a good indication if you ready to fight that level of Vampire and Im clearly not

I love how LoreRim has no level scaling and there are many enemies you simply cant defeat and you have to run away until later