Rome: Total War

[Cyclotron]

Originally posted by Proteus_MST
Their Javwelins are especially good against Elephants and AFAIK also chariots (well, that also applies to the javelins hurled by the roman legions).
2 units of javelin hurling troops can quickly decimate an elephant unit

True, but I rarely face elephants in the field, and flaming arrows+phalanxes are more useful in my opinion. At least you can set arrows on fire; not so much with javelins.

I find that chariots are best stopped by massed foot archers. They aren't that scary against infantry; get some reasonably tough spearmen and a decent number of archers and chariots will go down pretty fast. Horse archers can also do well against chariots, but only if they're protected behind your lines, because chariots melee really well against cavalry.

[Rufus T. Firefly]

Originally posted by Geronimo
Rufus are you just looking for all of the playing elements of civ2 but in a different package that will run on a PC no better than what you use for civing?

It would help a lot to know just how underpowered that rig is.

It's not that underpowered. It's a low-level Dell model from 2004 (I'm at work right now and can't remember what model); it's got a gig of RAM (after a recent upgrade) and a processor that's at least 1.8, maybe even faster.

Jon Miller - Paradox games look very cool, and I think I'd probably like them, but they look like they have a steeper learning curve that she's willing to invest in. She likes games she can start playing right away, then learn the ins and outs over time. Her two favorite games, Civ2 and SimCity 2000, were both like that: quite complex, but easy to get started with nevertheless.

Arrian - Interesting choices, and I know I've seen Pharaoh in bargain bins in Singapore. I'll check 'em out!

[Geronimo]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly


It's not that underpowered. It's a low-level Dell model from 2004 (I'm at work right now and can't remember what model); it's got a gig of RAM (after a recent upgrade) and a processor that's at least 1.8, maybe even faster.

Jon Miller - Paradox games look very cool, and I think I'd probably like them, but they look like they have a steeper learning curve that she's willing to invest in. She likes games she can start playing right away, then learn the ins and outs over time. Her two favorite games, Civ2 and SimCity 2000, were both like that: quite complex, but easy to get started with nevertheless.

Arrian - Interesting choices, and I know I've seen Pharaoh in bargain bins in Singapore. I'll check 'em out!

might just as well go for civ4+bts. It wont have any problems with that system.

[Chemical Ollie]

I played Medieval 2 TW a lot until I recently rediscovered CIV4.

One of my funniest achievements was to recruit mercenary war elephants in Baghdad and bring them all the way to Mexico to smash the Aztecs. Indian elephants, so to speak.

[VetLegion]

I must try Medieval, graphics seem great.

[LordShiva]

Originally posted by Rufus T. Firefly


It's not that underpowered. It's a low-level Dell model from 2004 (I'm at work right now and can't remember what model); it's got a gig of RAM (after a recent upgrade) and a processor that's at least 1.8, maybe even faster.

Jon Miller - Paradox games look very cool, and I think I'd probably like them, but they look like they have a steeper learning curve that she's willing to invest in. She likes games she can start playing right away, then learn the ins and outs over time. Her two favorite games, Civ2 and SimCity 2000, were both like that: quite complex, but easy to get started with nevertheless.

Arrian - Interesting choices, and I know I've seen Pharaoh in bargain bins in Singapore. I'll check 'em out!

Pharaoh pwns