Neue Rezensionen von Vlady the Impaler

So far so good!
I played this game so much when it first released that the music and beautiful design are incrusted in my brain !
So, what about the remaster ? Well it is glorious, the game feel exactly the same and even surpasses expectations and memories!

The models and texture are true to their original low-poly design, but the resolution gain makes it look extremely polished, so much so that those egyptian infantry have never looked so attractive!! I get the urge to play just by the graphics x)
The cinematics have been enhanced by Deep Learning interpolation I think, and the abstract effect it sometimes have turns those into amazingly artistic movie-paintings ! I love the 1st mission look so much!
It also plays a bit smoother I think.

The areas needing improvement are few, I miss the old menu with its grandiose marbles & stuff but ;
what lacks is:
- Game modes! Because skirmish can get a little repetitive, maybe a Kill the King ; Siege maps ; Victory Points ?
- High Rez ground textures / everything looks slick but the ground, & there's a lot of ground... being an rts!
- Right click to select PREVIOUS color/team in the skirmish lobby !

What would be amazingly unlikely is a visual/physical upgrade and make it play like a Total War Battle RTS, in the likes of Arena:TW, THAT would be amazing... for a Praetorian II ! :°

Californium is very immersive, with its unusual design and eerie soundtrack. A good indie atmospheric game, easy and quick to play. It's worth playing once, especially if you are a fan of the Philip K. ♥♥♥♥ worlds.

Une évaluation ? Après avoir joué à CoH 1 comme aucun autre jeu vidéo pendant mes 5 années pre-lycée ? Un jeu qui m'a rendu difficile de jouer à n'importe quel autre RTS sans avoir l'impression de revenir 10 ans en arrière ?

Relic nous a délivré un CoH 2 dans la ligné de son grand frère, avec un moteur graphique beaucoup plus souple et naturel, un gameplay parfait, une bande son qui tue, et peu importe les dlcs à foisons ou autre, ce jeu est le seul rts auquel je joue sans arrêt et sans fatigue !

Gosh how long did I wait for a game like this one to come out ! And it even is better than a rail shooting 'call of duty' like !
A few hours in on hard difficulty, and the story keeps me going, it's quiet engaging and excites me a lot with a load of background stuff about the FUTURE WAR I've always wanted developped in the films.
BIG PLUS: The atmoshpere / music. The sound design and melancholic music deppens the feeling of aftermath and it really face you with the hard truth of the nuclear hollocaust !

The enemies gave me some good jump scares at times, by the way since it's an open world with a lite loot system and character-defining dialogue choices, I can only praise the flexibility of it and how it flows well for now.
Also this not a top notch narrative/directed game expect some cheesy stuffs, but the sense of dread and badassery fighting the machine overcomes it easily.
Graphics are good enough not to put me out, but aren't outstanding, they nevertheless render the night time future war scenes of the Cameron movies very very well and beautifully, and you even get a taint of Salvation with standard bullet weapon and day time exploration.

So go get it, this game is a miracle for just existing ! So much better than any call of duty re-hash-forever, but it's just my fed up of AAA-game opinion there ;P

Totally worth it, just a shame there is no multiplayer, even just a coop campaign would be cool !

The last two DLC's have been puting some serious content in the Rome II pool, ading the best DLC ever to Rome II, where the first batch from release lacked some appeal or real new content. Empire Divided brought part of Attila's style&assets in this game but with a much more mature art direction, adding a real freshness and a way more story driven experience (there's bits of narrative storytelling along the pass from your own faction leader).

The latter (Rise of the Republic), brings an era less different than the Grand Campaign, but brings all new assets (bronze swords, new helmet & character design & +), new factions with their own & never before seen style & roster, it almost feels like playing the real ROME I legacy with awesome art direction, bold unit playstyle & real variety!
Just by the glance, RotR faction roster & units all look awesomely detailed & fun balance wise, the design is just tremendous !
I hated the original Rome II art direction overall because of the lack of texture quality & some bad modeling/color choices, but the new designs really bringing Rome II back to great standards.

Rise of the Republic has made Rome II the greatest historical Total War game ever, infinite replayability, way too much content to even think being done with the game in 6 years without being a complete cave troll x)

In short: Felt meh with Rome II, or just bored ? Get this DLC + Empire Divided & you'll have 3 games in one !
Not forgetting Wrath of Sparta, with is a must. All focused campaign are so much fun, RotR is Italy, WoS is greece, too bad The gallic wars were badly served but maybe the new battle AI -which is actually now smart, can make the romans a realy force to be reckoned with !

Last & first of the total war to bring the warscape engine to a masterful visual & brutal storytelling experience !

This game looks like a movie, shines like a Kurosawa, hits like The Last Samurai, and breathe with the consistency I've rarely seen in the new Total War. Just go for it ! You'll remember each moments in this simple&efficient game !

One those awesome campaign which offers an anthentic feeling and a very enjoyable depth of immersion in a smaller area of TOTAL WAR !

As a whole, my prefered DLC are the one with smaller maps, and this one is a killer must have ! Especially modded with HELLENIKA from a french team, which makes it a whole other game entirely, in a never-seen ahtentic & beautifully & personal design ! <3

Not as advanced as Three Kingdoms, but a major step forward in teh series and from it's now-not-that-good littlebrother Warhammer Total War the First....
... And such an gameplay & artistic mindfk that it's baffling what Creative Assembly even achieved giving it life! Someone must be quiet crazy to bypass this title and not subconsciously regret it!

Warhammer has an immensely rich universe, super strong archetypes and a visual style unequalled in fantasy --aside the Lord of the Rings Trilogy! This game is a gem, and it shows. The DLC policy is the best ever, with each one comes the heavy Free LC lifter which revitalizes the game in drastic manner, going as far as modifying the very campaign map & overhauling some factions to fit new stuff in.

Now I said enough, I was a Total War first hour player, and this game brought the elden chills of crazy excitement back! And good for us!

Le jeu profite vraiment des derniers DLC, les MàJ(freeLC) gratuite qui les accompagnes (introduction de l'arbre généalogique, amélioration de l'IA de bataille, interfaces d'intrigue politiques et gestions diplomatiques/régionale, gain économique après une bataille victoirieuse, généraux féminins et j'en passes) !
Et je dois dire que l'inclusion des femmes dans le système politique et la possibilité d'en faire des reines au pouvoir ou des généraux dans certaines factions dont la culture le permet, mais surtout de leur permettre d'avoir un vrai impacte dans le système politique ou de jouer le machiste et d'assassiner sa cousine pour que le mec soit au pouvoir, ben ça s'est fait languir pendant longtemps de mon côté ! xD

Je précise: les DLC s'accompagne toujours d'ne màj gratuite approtant les nouvelles fonctionnalités développée, financés par les DLC. Une politique très honnête de la part de CA, qui malgré tout développe des DLC, que les autres enrage, on s'en fou puisque ya just à choisir... Serieusement, ROME II en terme de contenu vaut envirron 10x Rome I et Barbarian Invasion. Il y a en gros de quoi jouer 10 ans non-stop pour finir tout le jeu avec toutes les factions en legendary...

Sans compter les innombrables modes à disposition et le fait de pouvoir retro-grader sur d'ancienne version du jeu pour pouvoir continuer à jouer avec ces mods si ils ne sont pas mis à jour!

ROME II est le total war le plus complexe et le plus important jamais fais. Certes il y a des défauts, et l'IA de campagnes mértiterait encore u peu de travail mais l'expérience général est énorme avec des mods comme AAA (les généraux et politiques vieillissent, s'habillent en hiver avec des manteaux/fourures, gagnent un équipement plus classe en montant de niveau) !

Excellent game, simple, beautiful. Wonderfully executed & one of those rare artistic gem video games can produce !