[Game] Rome: Total War - Free

[Manstein]

EB is designed for RTW 1.5 without BI, though it can work with it

 

[Pharnakes]

Plenty mods benifit from BI/Alex, but only a few acctualy require them.

 

[dogbadger]

Plenty mods benifit from BI/Alex, but only a few acctualy require them.

i didn't want to keep hijacking the shogun 2 thread and fortunately this is exactly what i wanted to find out - the necessity of purchasing BI for RTW.

i understand from the above mods don't need BI, but how do they benefit? To they use the extra units?
does BI ad greatly to vanilla Rome?
would most multiplayer matches require it?
and what about alexander?

i am going to get stuck into ROME as a decent and straightforward intro to the series and was wondering if i should get BI with it.

 

[PNV]

Anyone correct me if I'm wrong, but since Europa Barbarorum completely revamps the factions, units, and campaign, it doesn't use anything from Barbarian Invasion. With Europa Barbarorum, the game is 50x more accurate than vanilla will ever be, leaving no reason to own BI or Alexander, unless you're a complete Total War fan. Of course you won't be able to play BI multiplayer matches, but I doubt I'd ever play vanilla multiplayer ever again.

Edit: However, if you're new to Rome, you should probably play vanilla for a little bit. The EB campaign can be pretty difficult at times. The multiplayer takes some time to master as well.

 

[Tomcat_ha]

actually i found the BI campaign fairly fun

 

[EvilAmericanMan]

Wait this thread is 2 years old? I bought RTW off D2D 2 years ago...damn!!!

 

[PNV]

Wait this thread is 2 years old? I bought RTW off D2D 2 years ago...damn!!!

Wow, I didn't even notice.