Rome: Total Realism

[Deepcrush]

I'm not so worried about this though I would like a Lord of the Rings version of this game.

[Sionnach Glic]

Google Third Age: Total War. It's a mod for M2:TW.

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Does it work?

[Sionnach Glic]

Yep. It's a bitch when Mordor starts throwing armoured trolls at you.

You need the M2:TW Kingdoms expansion, however, or it won't work.

[Deepcrush]

Yep. It's a bitch when Mordor starts throwing armoured trolls at you.

You need the M2:TW Kingdoms expansion, however, or it won't work.

Oh I have Kingdoms. Does it run as a seperate game or does it save over your game?

I want to play as Isengard or Gondor! They were always my fav's to read about.

[Sionnach Glic]

It saves over, IIRC (haven't played it in a good while). So back up your files!

[Deepcrush]

Damn, why can't they just make these things run as another app?

So umm... who here is good with computers? I'll just have you remote my laptop and set this crap up.

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Okay, I downloaded it and now I can't find it. Its not on my desktop.

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Okay, this mod is just pure awesome! You can get hooked for time just watching things and waiting for the shit to hit the fan.

Yep. It's a bitch when Mordor starts throwing armoured trolls at you.

No kidding. Whats worse is that they can move on the city walls. So unlike cav which has to wait for you. The trolls come charging after you. They are f***ing nasty!

[Deepcrush]

Okay, I've got a couple of games going.

High Elves - Archers aren't as good as I'd expect them to be. But they hold well even under melee so its hard for an enemy to rout them. So its good balance.

Dwarves - No cav but their heavy infantry is insane! They also have two ranged units, both which punch armor. If you like head on infantry battles then this is the army for you.

Isengard - This is the Space Marine army of the LotR mod. A pretty good mix of everything while being the best at nothing.

Gondor - These guys are great at the mass armored spear infantry. They have three units of heavy spear, all in full plate armor. Even their archers can have full plate. They are for the good guys what Isengard is for the bad guys.

Mordor - sub par infantry but open in mass numbers. Even their elite infantry is only equal to mid grade Gondor or Rohan. Forget taking on the Dwarves if you don't have trolls.

I played through one hundred turns each just to get a solid feel for these five factions. I'll get around to the other four or five factions next weekend.