LOC Veteran Posted March 4, 2009 Veteran Share Posted March 4, 2009 I take it you guys haven't played Age of Conan (it's like 20 or 25 gigs) or some of the other newer games these days eh? Heh, 14 gigs isn't that bad considering. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted March 4, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted March 4, 2009 I take it you guys haven't played Age of Conan (it's like 20 or 25 gigs) or some of the other newer games these days eh? Heh, 14 gigs isn't that bad considering. An MMO is bigger most of the time then an RTS, and I have played each new game for the PC the last year, 14 is quite large. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted March 4, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 4, 2009 Now this is a LE ;) Sailing along with some awesome reviews also - http://www.metacritic.com/games/platforms/pc/empiretotalwar This game made me buy a 9800GTX+ to upgrade my 7600GT :laugh: My consoles give me some kick ass games, but they'll never even come close to the quality of strategy games on the PC. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
red. Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 I have to get this but i still have to play Sins of a Solar Empire. Damn all these strategy games. :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hupp Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 steam just finished installing it... cant wait Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krome Posted March 4, 2009 Share Posted March 4, 2009 It would be a waste of money if you don't have Quad core with 2.66 GHz and 8800 GTX with 4Gigs of RAM. The game requirements are too high for this game that don't even make full use of PhysX engine. After watching the video of the game play, I am convinced it's no where near "Astonishing". Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: Lyon :: Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Can we buy a legit cheaper CD key only somewhere and then use Steam to download the files? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pasty2k2 Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Can we buy a legit cheaper CD key only somewhere and then use Steam to download the files? Since when could you ever do that with any game? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:: Lyon :: Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 Eh.you're right. Unless if we can borrow a friend's retail CD to install and then use the legitimate key Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
9UnknownMen Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 you do realize its not 1995 and storage space isn't an issue right? and for how much is in this game 11 gigs seems like nothing to me. No I didn't get that memo. And do keep me updated on what else seems like nothing to you. I've always enjoed RTS on laptops and they're idiots if they thinking of turning that genre into high spec only. I hope Blizzard keeps that in mind for SC2. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Budious Posted March 6, 2009 Share Posted March 6, 2009 I've always enjoed RTS on laptops and they're idiots if they thinking of turning that genre into high spec only. So they're idiots now for making a great game, I guess you can never make some people happy. :rolleyes: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted March 12, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 12, 2009 This smoke mod is awesome - http://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?t=235386 Latest version found on last page - http://rapidshare.com/files/208537658/Batt...okeMod_V2_3.zip Only for land battles just now, he's working on Naval. Video: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 cant even get the demo to run on steam it just seems to hang on the Copyright splash screen any ideas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Audioboxer Subscriber² Posted March 13, 2009 Author Subscriber² Share Posted March 13, 2009 cant even get the demo to run on steam it just seems to hang on the Copyright splash screen any ideas That screen can take a while to move on. The recent patch cuts down load times a fair bit, but the demo will be vanilla 1.0 build. Leave it for a minute or two. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 wow, that long... shame there isnt a loading bar to tell people its loading, i get the custom curser then nothing.... i'll redownload the demo over night and try again in the morning, thankd A.B Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+longgonebn Subscriber² Posted March 13, 2009 Subscriber² Share Posted March 13, 2009 Yummy, that smoke mod is awesome! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 well, just gone to play the demo... again... and i wait 2 mins and follow intros but then i had flashing screens and when i finally got into the tut is hard locked my PC and i had to restart it, not fun :( Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sethos Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 I'd love to try the smoke mod but; "nice but its a major fps killer especially when using organ guns." Game is already a system eater, so I'll pass. Not that that game isn't running great on my system maxed out but no need to climb another step down the ladder. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Olemus Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Played a little bit of the demo earlier it was pretty fun but not really something I could see myself investing a lot of time into, shall be giving it another go later and having a think :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
duritz Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 man my graphics card would catch on fire from that game Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
frypiggy Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 Now this is a LE ;) They give you a flask and a compass? That has to be the two most useful items a videogame package has EVER included. Period. I doubt I'd want to be seen with an Empire: Total War flask, but still, cool items. A Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StealMySoda Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 They give you a flask and a compass? That has to be the two most useful items a videogame package has EVER included. Period. I doubt I'd want to be seen with an Empire: Total War flask, but still, cool items. A Would you want to be seen with a flask? Period? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelli Posted March 13, 2009 Share Posted March 13, 2009 well, just gone to play the demo... again... and i wait 2 mins and follow intros but then i had flashing screens and when i finally got into the tut is hard locked my PC and i had to restart it, not fun :( Try running it in Windowed Mode, I can't play the game in full screen it hard locks my PC and forces me to restart. Supposedly a bug with game code and the nVidia Drivers, think I read somewhere that if you run with 182.11 (think thats the correct driver version) it shouldn't hard lock, but I just play windowed instead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jelli Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 (edited) Just did a quick bit of research, it's driver version 181.20 that is recommended. EDIT Ok just reverted my graphic card drivers from 182.08 to 181.20 and I can now play full screen without it alt+tabbing constantly without me pressing alt+tab and also stopped the game hard locking my system. Driver Version: 181.20 Graphics Card: GeForce 8800GT 512MB Edited March 14, 2009 by jelli Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unimatrix Xero Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 right thanks Jelli i'll redownload the demo (3rd time) and try again :) EDIT: just looked in device manager to check my driver version and due to the new Win7 build im back on WDDM1.1 drivers, i didnt even know, what a crock, im downloading the new ones now Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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