Total War: Rome 2 Announced For 2013

[Gahars]

The Creative Assembly confirmed today that they are developing Total War: Rome II. The game will be exclusive to the PC and should arrive sometime in 2013.

Strategy Informer

For those interested, PC Gamer offers a more in-depth preview of the game and what fans should expect from this new entry.

 

[Qtis]

This is one genre I couldn't see on a console with today's control methods. Thank god for exclusivity for the PC (wouldn't mind OS X, if it's Windows 7/8 only). Can't seem to remember how many times I've played Shogun: Total War, so this could be a nice addition

 

[Tom Bombadildo]

I like the concept behind turn-based strategy games like this, but I just can't seem to get into them with all of the micromanaging you need to do. Hopefully this one will change some of that.

 

[Satangel]

Heard many great things about this one, been called the best RTS game of all time several times IIRC, but I never really gave it a try. Seen it play, played it for some hours, but just didn't feel well/comfortable.

Still, this announcement will make many gamers very happy.

 

[Qtis]

Heard many great things about this one, been called the best RTS game of all time several times IIRC, but I never really gave it a try. Seen it play, played it for some hours, but just didn't feel well/comfortable.

That's the main problem with Total War games in general: If the timeline isn't interesting, the game can suffer quite a bit. The gameplay mechanics are quite similar in the games, but the units, events, areas, etc can give a new reason to keep going. I loved Shogun: Total War, but Medieval: Total War was kinda meh. Not a bad game, but I didn't keep playing it like Shogun (a game I still keep installed on my virtual machine)

Edit: fixed a typo..

 

[shakirmoledina]

i felt quite tired after some time on total war. strategy was quite interesting but i couldnt figure it out although i've finished aoe2 campaign on hard. oh well its an interesting big army game.