Ubik Valis
Croatian Viking
Oh my god, this game looks so damn epic, any RTS lover should get this when it comes out in late September:
ROME: TOTAL WAR
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/rometotalwar/preview_6105481-2.html
the screenshots look like something from Troy or LOTR
. .....check this out:
While you can adapt to the challenges presented by the terrain, the biggest challenge during battle is simply that of the oldest maxim in warfare: no plan survives first contact with the enemy. An example of this is when we were in a battle in which our legions were spread out in a long line and horse archers suddenly appeared and attacked. We quickly ordered our troops into the famous testudo, or turtle, formation, so that they interlocked their shields to form a giant metal shell to protect them from arrows. While our cavalry was dispatched to chase down the horse archers, we didn't notice that the enemy cavalry saw that our legions were extremely vulnerable. That's because while their shields are interlocked, our troops can't fix their spears at the enemy. Before we realized it, several cavalry charges literally carved apart our infantry, and the morale of the remaining troops quickly shattered and they began to run, which is never a good idea against cavalry. The enemy cavalry simply ran our troops down, and only a handful of Romans survived the battle. We had to replay the battle a second time and pay careful attention to the disposition of enemy cavalry; the moment they began to charge, we hurriedly got the troops out of testudo formation and into a line formation that could withstand the onslaught of the charging cavalry.
ROME: TOTAL WAR
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/rometotalwar/preview_6105481-2.html
the screenshots look like something from Troy or LOTR
. .....check this out:While you can adapt to the challenges presented by the terrain, the biggest challenge during battle is simply that of the oldest maxim in warfare: no plan survives first contact with the enemy. An example of this is when we were in a battle in which our legions were spread out in a long line and horse archers suddenly appeared and attacked. We quickly ordered our troops into the famous testudo, or turtle, formation, so that they interlocked their shields to form a giant metal shell to protect them from arrows. While our cavalry was dispatched to chase down the horse archers, we didn't notice that the enemy cavalry saw that our legions were extremely vulnerable. That's because while their shields are interlocked, our troops can't fix their spears at the enemy. Before we realized it, several cavalry charges literally carved apart our infantry, and the morale of the remaining troops quickly shattered and they began to run, which is never a good idea against cavalry. The enemy cavalry simply ran our troops down, and only a handful of Romans survived the battle. We had to replay the battle a second time and pay careful attention to the disposition of enemy cavalry; the moment they began to charge, we hurriedly got the troops out of testudo formation and into a line formation that could withstand the onslaught of the charging cavalry.
....but R:TW looks to be so damn good, we can forget all about the previous Total War games...
