02-05-2003, 02:40 PM
Salvete!<br>
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Quote:</em></strong><hr>the total war series has never been very accurate in weapons and unit structure... the shogun series was full of units that never existed and weapons that were never used in real life.. the newer versions of medieval tw have followed the same path...historical accuracy has been traded for gameplay. <hr><br>
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I know this argument, but it doesn't work!<br>
Let's take WarCraft III as an example: it's a real great game, great graphics, tactics, gameplay, story - and it's fantasy! So there is no right or wrong, because right is simply everything, the developer decides to be called right.<br>
But if the developer decides (and nobody forces him to do this!!) to take a historic scenario, there suddenly is a definite right and wrong! So if he prints ROME on the box, he has to be honest and put Rome in the box.<br>
And the game would never be less entertaining or less appealing to the mass-market, if there would stand correct auxiliaries in stead of wrong centuriones...<br>
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Michael<br>
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Quote:</em></strong><hr>the total war series has never been very accurate in weapons and unit structure... the shogun series was full of units that never existed and weapons that were never used in real life.. the newer versions of medieval tw have followed the same path...historical accuracy has been traded for gameplay. <hr><br>
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I know this argument, but it doesn't work!<br>
Let's take WarCraft III as an example: it's a real great game, great graphics, tactics, gameplay, story - and it's fantasy! So there is no right or wrong, because right is simply everything, the developer decides to be called right.<br>
But if the developer decides (and nobody forces him to do this!!) to take a historic scenario, there suddenly is a definite right and wrong! So if he prints ROME on the box, he has to be honest and put Rome in the box.<br>
And the game would never be less entertaining or less appealing to the mass-market, if there would stand correct auxiliaries in stead of wrong centuriones...<br>
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Michael<br>
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