GRC: Rome: Total War

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"So why not I post something that's useful right? I looooooooveee computer games. Some people said that computer games just for relaxing, some choose shoot-em-up style to release anger inside, and some don't like to buy at all, afraid it's not good. Hahaha.. Me?

I'm crazy about games. Don't care at all good or bad. I'll try 'em all if I had the money. No, really. But one thing for sure, sometimes, I got problems searching through the net looking for game cheats. Plus, for guy that afraid that this or that game may not be good, you can consider my review.

Plus, I give cheats that I used so it would be the most useful. I think. WARNING: cheats can make your game becoming extreeeeemeeellllyyy boring as I had encounter few times before. I just can't wait to get to the finish line.. Hahaha..

So, for the first GameReviewandCheat (GRC): Rome : Total War.

Total War is a brand name for some games produced by Sega but developed by Creative Assembly. This brand pick up from previously successful tycoon type of games like Sid Meier's Civilization. In those game you control how are you going to run your country, but total war include warfare as well. It's so cool!

Rome, like all total war game, is a turn-based strategy game plus a real time strategy game. If you're not familiar with gaming terms, turn-based strategy games is games that you make all the decision you need, taking all the time in the world that you need, and then click a button where it says End Turn and the a.i will do the same (except the taking all the time in the world part).

This is only the campaign part where you create army, build buildings, move your army and naval ships, as well as create diplomatic connection with others or sending your spy to spy or assassin to kill someone. If your army meets a.i army, or you're attacking their settlement, there will be a battle page. You can automatically resolve the situation, which most of the time quite accurate. Or, you can play the battle yourself. In battle, the games play through a real time mode. So you have to move your units in the army at the battlefield while the ai doing the same thing. You not need to be fast, though. There's always the pause button where you still command your units in the mode. They'll moved as soon as you unpause them.

This is a good game, though not the best of total war game, but it does not tarnish the good name of the brand. My rating for the game is as follows.
Animation:
Gameplay: 8 - My kind of game. Completely in control of everything. Almost if not for the unfair Senate.
Music: 10 - In my opinion, the best yet in Total War game. LOTR kinda music.
Control: 7 - Could be improved, especially to control unit in a a battlefield.
Continuity: 8 - The mission have a 300 turn but in few years popup of history come out like Archimedes achieve this and that. The filler is kinda nice too, unlike most game.

The cheat I think best is the combination of file editing and in-game cheat. In the data folder of the game folder, there are two type of file that can be edited to great effects. the first one is the export_descr_unit.txt listing all units in the game and their complete details. Change it carefully after creating backup.For example, as I'm playing House Julii, I go to samnite gladiators who are very powerful attacker and increase their number per unit to 60. and then i increase their cost incredibly and put turns required to build them to 90 turns as to avoid a.i create them as well. and then i change their defense to ultimately invulnerable to anything anyone can put on earth. And then I go to the game, and create them using the command "create_unit "settlement name or character name" "roman samnite gladiator (this part follow the type in the file above)" 5 9 3 3. this will create 5 units of the gladiator where I wanted with 9 experience and gold attack and armour immediately and free of charge. Cool right? You also can edit export_descr_character_traits.txt for what it says on the bin."