Steam Weekend Deal: Empire:Total War and Special forces edition 50% off

[taiidanx]

Weekend Deal on steam looks pretty good, Empire: Total War for 50% off? Hell yeah!

http://store.steampowered.com/app/10500/

 

[darthballz]

I can't see myself not getting this. Damn you, Steam!!!

 

[carn311]

Anybody own this? How bad is the learning curve?

 

[kellehair]

The learning curve isn't that bad. A lot of elements from the previous games have been simplified.

 

[bigwoof]

are the loading times as horrid as shown in the demo? that and the horrid controls really through me off from a launch purchase

 

[spartan789]

yeah. i'm with you bigwoof. the demo is not very good. Doesn't seem that fun to me.

 

[VirgiltheChicken]

Are the six units in the Special Forces Edition actually worth $10 more than the normal version? HMS Victory is cool and all, but I really can't see these units adding very much, especially in single player.

 

[52club]

I feel dirty, I paid for the special edition even though it essentially a cheat pack in digital form.

 

[YourFace]

The battle controls are fine for me. What really does it for me is the turn-based portion has the one more turn addictiveness of Civilization. You can always just click auto resolve for a battle if you don't feel like bothering.

 

[BWS1982]

I read about this game being part turn based and part real time, depending on the aspect of battle, but I'm confused. I never could get into turn based games, whether it be RPG (which I like real time battles in) or strategy. Basically I like Red Alert and Zelda more than Civ or Final Fantasy, respectively, if that makes sense...

 

[maxim730]

also, patch 1.3 coming out on june 22

 

[Lord_Zath]

[quote name='BWS1982']I read about this game being part turn based and part real time, depending on the aspect of battle, but I'm confused. I never could get into turn based games, whether it be RPG (which I like real time battles in) or strategy. Basically I like Red Alert and Zelda more than Civ or Final Fantasy, respectively, if that makes sense...[/QUOTE]

Total War series has a strategic mode which is turn-based: Do everything you want in all your cities, etc. and end your turn. Actual combat is real-time. So it's kind of like a "best of both worlds" - once you get a large empire, you can't possibly manage everything in real-time. And turn-based combat can be rather bland.