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John Noory

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Dec 31, 2003, 8:20:59 PM12/31/03
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I've been eyeing Praetorians and Pax Romana. Is either game worth buying
and/or reasonably believable in terms of realism, events and gameplay?

Thanks,

John Noory


James Cobb

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Dec 31, 2003, 8:46:06 PM12/31/03
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Praetorians is tactical fun. Wait for the nest patch on Pax.
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Jeff Vitous

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Jan 1, 2004, 3:17:18 AM1/1/04
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> I've been eyeing Praetorians and Pax Romana. Is either game worth buying
> and/or reasonably believable in terms of realism, events and gameplay?

Praetorians is a RTS, not very realistic at all.

Pax Romana, from what I hear, is one of the most bug-infested games of the
year. Nobody seems to be able to get past this to determine if it will be a
good game someday, but it is supposed to have some real events in the game,
dispite its bizarre name (Pax Romana was the period beginning with Augustus
and covering the first 200 years of Empire, the game essentially covers the
Republic and ends with Augustus).

Rome Total War will be here in just about a year. I'm indulging in other
topics until then.

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Morgan Ohlson

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Jan 3, 2004, 10:47:21 AM1/3/04
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"John Noory" <jno...@cox.net> skrev i meddelandet
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What about CaesarIII, should be in bargain bins, or bundled together whith
Farao.


Morgan O.


Nightwing

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Jan 13, 2004, 9:18:05 PM1/13/04
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Predeatorians is ok, but vert difficult. Its a good budget game.

But I would wait until total war Rome comes out

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Nightwing

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Predeatorians is ok, but vert difficult. Its a good budget game.

But I would wait until total war Rome comes out

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Christian Schröder

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Feb 19, 2004, 11:43:10 AM2/19/04
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John Noory schrieb:

> I've been eyeing Praetorians and Pax Romana. Is either game worth buying
> and/or reasonably believable in terms of realism, events and gameplay?
>
> Thanks,

Dunno Pax Romana, but i got a budget version of Praetorians and i like
it very much. RealTimeStrategie, but w/o resourcing all the time.

Not to complicated, but not to easy either.
More real than C&C Generals.
Some Units can't cross water or deep wood.
Units get exhausted if you send them Running across the map.
(Bad Idea ayway)

Nightwing

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Feb 20, 2004, 1:27:49 AM2/20/04
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Wait until Total War: Rome.

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