The announcement - epic battles coming to PS2, PSP and PC!

*Lava* · Post by ***Lava*** » Tue Feb 13, 2007 6:56 pm

adherbal wrote:you people are way too polite. I would've given him no reply and a complete ban right away.

Totally agree,

His name alone is highly offensive.

Is there not anyway you can change that Iain?

Ray (aka Lava)

antipasta · Post by **antipasta** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:33 pm

I am a lttle confused about what exactly this game is ...

"Re-Live over 100 of the most famous battles from Roman history." suggest that each battle is fought in isolation i.e. no campaign

but

"Customize the look of every unit and assign over 100 skills" assigning skills suggests a campaign approach where experience in one battle allow you to upgrade your units ready for the next: such is the approach in Legion Arena. Or ARE all the scenarios separate battles, but you are allowed to select the skills appropriate for the ensuing conflict?

I would prefer the former - re-enacting many major battles of history with the LA engine would be a sure winner IMHO.

Regards

anguille · Post by **anguille** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 1:46 pm

I actually agree...having 10-20 major battles to chose from without having to go though the campaign would be great:

1. the normal scenarios.
2. 10-20 Famous battles to fight
3. Random battle generator

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:27 pm

Sigh. Please, nobody feed the troll! It just distracts from the usual constructive tone of the forum...

Cheers

Pip

Post by **pipfromslitherine** » Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:30 pm

The 'Campaign' style is the same as Legion Arena. You have an army which you get to keep and upgrade through the sequence of battles.

Cheers

Pip

tora_tora_tora · Post by **tora_tora_tora** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 1:02 am

May I ask question?
Are there any new unit types, for exsample roman marines?

And I really hope slitherine make historic based feudal Japan's era war strategy games.

http://www.4gamer.net/news/history/2007 ... etail.html

Redpossum · Post by **Redpossum** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 4:15 am

Oh my, this thread gave me my first good laugh all day

Grats on hooking up with the History Channel, lads! My best and most sincere wishes for serious commercial success with this one

stalins_organ · Post by **stalins_organ** » Thu Feb 15, 2007 11:47 pm

Aww...please can we feed the troll? They make for so much more lively and interesting threads!!

anguille · Post by **anguille** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 7:17 am

Besides...the troll must be fat and strong when we fight him in Arcane Legions

antipasta · Post by **antipasta** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:50 am

pipfromslitherine wrote:The 'Campaign' style is the same as Legion Arena. You have an army which you get to keep and upgrade through the sequence of battles.

Cheers

Pip

But are the scenarios all the same as in LA or are they all new ones, and do you have new troop types to choose from?

Thanks

hgt · Post by **hgt** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 8:09 pm

You'll have a campaign against samnites(new),a campaign against carthage(new) and a campaign against celtics in brittania(new).The whole game is new!

Redpossum · Post by **Redpossum** » Fri Feb 16, 2007 10:22 pm

Celtics in Britannia?

Umm...no, surely not

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 12:48 am

The campaigns are the same but there are some new features such as ambushing, scouts, a new UI system, loads of new music and the superb new movies

hgt · Post by **hgt** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 3:08 pm

who's composing the music?

Redpossum · Post by **Redpossum** » Sat Feb 17, 2007 9:37 pm

iainmcneil wrote:The campaigns are the same but there are some new features such as ambushing, scouts, a new UI system, loads of new music and the superb new movies

/me's ears perk up

Will it be moddable like Legion Arena? Will the mod interface be any more user friendly?

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 9:12 am

Music is great - same composer Mike Rubino, but a lot more of it. Each of the 29 movies has a track written for it, plus 4 battle tracks, 2 UI tracks, and more.

Modding wise its will be the same as LA.

kleinemann · Post by **kleinemann** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:16 pm

I'm new here & I'd like to say a few things...

1. If you'd make a cauple of more games with the Legion Arena setup featuring the events of greek city states & such, have a few more unit choices than in LA and make it available for mac (I've got a mac) you'd get my buy.

2. And isnt this game pretty much alike LA? Or is it perhaps just some new & upgraded version of the game?

3. If you check alittle about Gallic history & stuff you will probably see that most of the gallic warriors fought naked, almost only the nobility wore clothes, so you might want to consider making some more kinds of "naked fanatic" groups. Oh, and in the Mac version of LA the pilum, javelins & the arrows look pretty much the same.

4. Alittle more blood in your games would perhaps make it alittle more realistic.

5.A few more factions (and scenarios) might make this game alittle more interesting, you could make a scenario for Carthage, The Germans & even the Greek city states! (If your budget allows, that is...)

6.Your games are great! If you'd just program a cauple of them for mac it would also be great

(There are few enough games for mac as it is)

kleinemann · Post by **kleinemann** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 4:22 pm

Fucktard, why are you becoming a member of this website just to mock the computergames this website's company creates?

adherbal · Post by **adherbal** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:52 pm

3.If you check alittle about Gallic history & stuff you will probably see that most of the gallic warriors fought naked, almost only the nobility wore clothes, so you might want to consider making some more kinds of "naked fanatic" groups. Oh, and in the Mac version of LA the pilum, javelins & the arrows look pretty much the same.

I am quite certain that is entirely incorrect.

Post by **IainMcNeil** » Mon Feb 19, 2007 7:54 pm

Just so you know - the vast majority of the work is on the PS2 and PSP versions. The PC versions is not where the focus of the effort is going so we're not going to be adding any more new features, but the PC is getting some upgrades for free as part of the console development (movies, music and other features mentioned). I don't want you guys to expect too much from the PC