metadigital Posted July 15, 2005 Author Posted July 15, 2005 They are the duck's nuts in Rome: Total War as well. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
alanschu Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 I should start playing that again. I got distracted by school so I haven't even really played it.
metadigital Posted July 16, 2005 Author Posted July 16, 2005 It's a pretty fair abstract of Civ, with the added bonus of RTS battles, should you want to zoom in. I got a little jacked off by the plague infestations in my big cities (with Super-Duper-Epic-City Walls and such); I think they are mainly caused by the opponents' spies, I subsequently read somewhere, though ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
alanschu Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Oh I know. I HAVE played the game. Apparently my current campaign has me moving into the France Area taking on those pesky Gauls. I've about made a border with those unforunate Britons.
Laozi Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Hoplites are cool, daddio. They're the dudes that the 300 Spartans are based on ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> ya i guess if you have enough victories eventually you'll recieve Leonidas, but I never played with them People laugh when I say that I think a jellyfish is one of the most beautiful things in the world. What they don't understand is, I mean a jellyfish with long, blond hair.
metadigital Posted July 16, 2005 Author Posted July 16, 2005 Hoplites are cool, daddio. They're the dudes that the 300 Spartans are based on ... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Ya, I guess if you have enough victories eventually you'll receive Leonidas, but I never played with them <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Civ4? Apparently there are heroes in it, if that's what you mean ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
213374U Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Hoplites are cool, daddio. They're the dudes that the 300 Spartans are based on ... On a slightly related note, Manfredi's The Spartan is a highly entertaining historical novel. Very recommendable. - When he is best, he is a little worse than a man, and when he is worst, he is little better than a beast.
metadigital Posted July 16, 2005 Author Posted July 16, 2005 Yeah, Hoplites would go into my cool book as well. Very handy defensive units early on. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They are the duck's nuts in Rome: Total War as well. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I especially like the VO for them. "Hoplites! ... Form Up!" :cool: OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
Calax Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 I got the Total Realsim mod and have been playing that. What I always do with my Hoplites is set them in a corner and let the opponent come to me, then he dies like nobody's business. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
Darth_Schmarth Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 Sounds like fun... ^Asinus asinorum in saecula saeculorum
Deraldin Posted July 16, 2005 Posted July 16, 2005 I got the Total Realsim mod and have been playing that. What I always do with my Hoplites is set them in a corner and let the opponent come to me, then he dies like nobody's business. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> A row of Spartan Hoplites with Cretian Archers behind them is so amazingly deadly it's not even funny. Well it is unless you are the ones that have to take them on. " My last campaign as the Greeks took me up into Thrace where I got some Thracian Mercenaries for the first time. Those guys are 1337!!!1 The one unit took out I think three units of Macedonian Pikemen by themselves with less than half casualties compared to total for the pikemen. After about 12 battles they were down to around 5 men but I kept them around anyway. By the time the finally were wiped out they had some 10,000+ kills for that one unit. I used the 5 man unit to chase down routing enemies and slaughter them all. I didn't like the Total Realism Mod. It eliminated a lot of the fun of the game for me. However I did like the SPQR mod. That one was fun.
Darkwaters Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 Hoplites are cool, daddio. They're the dudes that the 300 Spartans are based on ... On a slightly related note, Manfredi's The Spartan is a highly entertaining historical novel. Very recommendable. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I've never read that novel, but I have read Gates of Fire. That book is amazing. It tells the story of the Battle of Thermopylae as well. Except, this one doesn't make the Spartans look like little pussies like The 300 Spartans. It's an amazing novel. Actually, most West Point Cadets are required to read this novel to see how an officer should act.
metadigital Posted July 17, 2005 Author Posted July 17, 2005 I had a book (in another life in another country, now) called The Fifteen Greatest Battles in History" or similar, and it was written before the World Wars. Most of the battles were BCE. (Marathon was one of the latter ones. Boy, those Persians sure got their arses kicked a lot.) I remember there was a particular battle with the Greek states, where a single cohort turned the tide in a battle where they were outnumbered about ten to one (it was up on top of a cliff, or something) by simply hunkering down and "doing a hoplite thing". All the other routed friendlies started turning back, especially when some of the opposition started to flee ... OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
alanschu Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 Yeah, Hoplites would go into my cool book as well. Very handy defensive units early on. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> They are the duck's nuts in Rome: Total War as well. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I especially like the VO for them. "Hoplites! ... Form Up!" :cool: <{POST_SNAPBACK}> For some reason, I really like the one for Hastati (or whatever they're called) too!
Calax Posted July 17, 2005 Posted July 17, 2005 you got the spelling right Al. I just like hearing "TRIARII" when I click around, that or hearing myself called Imperitor. :"> Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
metadigital Posted July 17, 2005 Author Posted July 17, 2005 I must also confess that part of the pleasure I derive from Rome: Total War is in hearing the Latin spoken ... I really dig that. OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
metadigital Posted July 17, 2005 Author Posted July 17, 2005 Very droll. :Darque: OBSCVRVM PER OBSCVRIVS ET IGNOTVM PER IGNOTIVS OPVS ARTIFICEM PROBAT
EnderAndrew Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/civili...ew_6129411.html This is a damned fine article, and the most informative one I've seen on the game.
Guest Fishboot Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 The city specialization stuff reminds me of Colonization.
EnderAndrew Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 And apparently a Spearman can no longer defeat a tank. And a stack of 10 spearmen can't defeat a cannon either.
Calax Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 Me LIKE! Also I like the fact where there doesn't have to be a single winner. Victor of the 5 year fan fic competition! Kevin Butler will awesome your face off.
alanschu Posted August 2, 2005 Posted August 2, 2005 I like the tile improvements. Research techs and you can build windmills instead, and have pastures for cows and whatnot. More even distribution of the resources (except for the special food ones, which seem to have an effect on the health of your empire, and securing all 7 different types will promote diversity in the diet). I'm looking forward to this....as well as Spore which was pretty sweet after watching that video. Company of Heroes better release some information soon or it's going to lose its place from top anticipated game for me. I look forward to seeing the setbacks of building completely specialized nations tech wise
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