Officiella Total War: Rome II -tråden

OnT: Spelet är ju inte helt designat för att ses på allt för nära håll. När de gör grafiken så skulle jag gissa mer på att de satsar på att få det snyggt i utzommat läge än väldigt nära(som jag har för mig att det var i trailern).

Tänkte bara klistra in lite om spelet som är bekräftat.

Ser fram emot några utav dessa!

Campaign:
-->* Campaign turns will be 1 year each
-->* Rome 2 will start around 275BC to 264BC and will be roughly 250-300 turns in length
Regions are now grouped into provinces. Each has a single administration center, into which the surrounding regions report. The goal is to reduce some of the area micromanagement that occurs in vast empires.
Another goal from this new system is to avoid the relentless siege battles of Shogun 2. It’s believed that players will attempt to take the smaller regions first, and tempt the opposing armies out of their castles to fight on the field.
Armies are ‘raised’ on the field, and recruitment occurs at the general of that army. They’re not grown as single units in towns. Again, the idea is to reduce some of the micromanagement (‘Caesar doesn’t give a hoot about an individual’ says Al) but also to create a stronger personality to your armies.
In diplomacy, you can now ask an ally to attack a specific town, at a specific time. (for better synchronization)
Armies have their own skill trees, with improvements earned through battle.
Armies have at least three possible stances that you can place them in during a turn. I’m not certain the mechanics of how they will play out in the campaign are quite fixed, but it was hinted that switching stances would take a turn. They are... normal, ambush (hidden from the enemy’s sight), forced march (quicker to move, but if caught on the hop, they’ll suffer diminished combat effectiveness), defensive (given a fort or palisade to defend from)
Mercenaries will make a return
When moving armies over water, you no longer need to load them into a separate navy. They will automatically enter transport ships. You will still require a navy to protect them.
The factions in the game are more clearly defined with starting bonuses and traits. There are ‘flavors’ of faction which should help organize your thoughts. For instance, Barbarians like the Gauls will have similar traits. In the barbarian’s case, that includes a +2 happiness in every settlement for every faction they’re fighting with.
Naval battles are now fought over naval ‘regions’, rather than having a completely fluid ocean. “This was decided because having a completely organic map wouldn’t be something that would work that well,” says lead Battle Designer Jamie Ferguson, “you needed to be able to actually think that “this is the area I’m trying to defend”. It’s using things we have already got in the game but at the same time bringing back things from the past.
Each nation will have their own UI decorators.
Dynamic reputation factors for diplomacy ...your deeds throughout the entire campaign are remembered: brutality towards one enemy will be factored in by the others you might face...
Around 700 different unit types
Diplomacy, to trade systems, how regions work to armies and families the Rome II campaign will play differently to any previous Total War game adding more gameplay and depth without increasing unnecessary micromanagement.
All voice overs in Rome II will be in English (or other localized language such as French etc.)
The playable factions in Rome II will largely mirror those available in the original game.
Slavery will have an effect on economies and civil order
Battle Engine is now responsible for handling of the campaign map.
Historical figures such as Julius Caesar, Cleopatra, Marius, Sulla or Scipio Africanus will show up in game as "characters".
Characters that might pose diplomacy challenges for the player to overcome in between battles. Example: “a troublesome senator back at Rome” that may have an effect on your plans in a positive or negative way, on a local or global scale. You can ignore them as they carry on being a nuisance, or you can bribe them... or attempt to kill them... but there will be consequences for succeeding or failing at any of these actions.
-->* Characters will gain experience faster than previous games since they will have a shorter time on the campaign map.
-->* Every general is affiliated with a ‘party’ within their faction, such as one of the major Roman or Carthaginian dynasties or the royal household of an Eastern kingdom and their court rivals: as these characters act around the campaign map or retire to the homeland to scheme, they contribute to their party’s overall influence within the faction, with repercussions that will carry on from one generation to the next.
-->* Military traditions established by armies and fleets over the years also persist beyond the lifespan of any one character or unit, a legacy handed down the generations by those who fought and died for the good of their people. This process will be slower than that of characters gaining ranks, but can span the entire length of a campaign: even if a military force is disbanded or destroyed utterly, it may be re-established once more, the past effects of its history and traditions intact.
-->* Forces effectively move in a state of battle-readiness but may be ordered into a ‘forced march’ (armies)or a ‘double-time’ (fleets) stance. Their movement extents are vastly increased, allowing them to assemble from afar in preparation for invasion or to support threatened possessions, albeit at the expense of their offensive and defensive capabilities: long-distance headshotting will not be a valid tactic.

Battles:
During battles, units will have true line of sight, the distance of which they can detect changes according to their role. Armies can therefore be hidden behind trees or in valleys, and will require the use of scouts to be spotted.
Armies that catch another in ambush will be able to place deployables like burning boulders, and place their forces all over the map. The army caught in the ambush won’t be placed at the other end of the battle map - they’ll arrive in a marching formation.
When Al charged a group of archers that were raining fire arrows on his infantry, a new dynamic appeared: the horse didn’t stop once they’d broken the line - they wheeled around as a unit and reformed for a second charge.
More importance to the depth, mass and formation of units so you will see a heavy unit pushing a lighter one back in combat for example.
Formations throw spears on the run
Order troops from the overhead tactical map
Baggage Trains
Multiple capture points on the battle map
Persistent terrain for battle maps
Ambushes
Manual firing of artillery (siege weapons)
Individual solider height will vary
Unit names will be their original names, but in English. I.e. Oathsworn, Naked Warriors, Painted Ones, Heroic Nobles, Sword Brothers, Thorax Swordsmen, etc.
The tactical map gives you a much more detailed view of the battle from above. We are currently only considering allowing movement orders to be given to units in this view. Orders related to Facings, unit depth and width, and special abilities will all take place in the normal game view. The tactical map can be accessed via a button on the HUD or via a hotkey. The transition to and from this view is swift and seamless.

-->* Uppdaterad information