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Old 12-12-2016, 20:20
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First Episode - BBC4 - at 9pm Tonight
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Old 12-12-2016, 20:28
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First Episode - BBC4 - at 9pm Tonight
Sky+ing the 1:30am repeat
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Old 12-12-2016, 21:14
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I know this is probably more for boys than girls but I like history so am interested in this, however Im findign it hard to see what is going on. In addition, are the teams both talking and planning in front of each other? If so, how does that work if they know each other's tactics
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Old 12-12-2016, 21:22
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theres a man dressed as a woman and its not Greg Wallace
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Old 12-12-2016, 21:52
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I'm detecting a class-system undertone here.
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Old 12-12-2016, 21:56
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First game 12/12 is Zama.
Up yours Hannibal. He was much better playing away
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Old 12-12-2016, 22:00
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Nonsense of course. But enjoyable nonsense.
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Old 12-12-2016, 22:10
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I really enjoyed that.

The Roman General (James ?) seemed to be a bit of a pompous tool but claimed the victory anyway.
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Old 12-12-2016, 22:16
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Entertaining enough but it should have been called a draw.

1) Scorpio gave orders after being killed

2) The remaining army couldn't have taken the city faced with a moderately determined joint force of sturdy washerwomen and ill-tempered ladies of the night.

Overall it was the worst blood bath since the fist time I refought Gettysburg and only one artillery unit survived.
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Old 12-12-2016, 23:47
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Why is it the graphics software seems to look and behave worse than that used in the last series all those years ago? I was expecting a massive improvement to compare with today's leading games.
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Old 13-12-2016, 00:08
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Why is it the graphics software seems to look and behave worse than that used in the last series all those years ago? I was expecting a massive improvement to compare with today's leading games.
They are using exactly the same game engine (Total War). So either your memory of the past series is hazier than you imagine or you need a new telly.
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Old 13-12-2016, 00:17
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Yeah Aryeh is now Lynette after a gender reassignment a few years back. Looks from the trailer that this series maybe based around Napoleon Total War, which is a good game and robust engine, but quite old now (2010).
Omg, really? Saw the trailer last week and was wondering who the tall butch American woman was.
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Old 13-12-2016, 00:41
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The graphics are far better (as expected) than the first time around. Quite good overall; felt like it would have been better suited to 45 minutes, and Wallace jumping around and shouting what the teams should do was somewhat unhelpful.

I quite liked James - "Because then more young men of Rome will die. Then I have to write the letters to their mothers, do I not?"

I might be wrong, but I'm fairly sure I've seen James' team on Only Connect/University Challenge.
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Old 13-12-2016, 01:02
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Entertaining enough but it should have been called a draw.

1) Scorpio gave orders after being killed

2) The remaining army couldn't have taken the city faced with a moderately determined joint force of sturdy washerwomen and ill-tempered ladies of the night.

Overall it was the worst blood bath since the fist time I refought Gettysburg and only one artillery unit survived.
That was my first thought at the end. The Carthaginians had lost the battle, but Rome no longer had a functioning army in North Africa (well, maybe something in other areas, but the immediate threat to Carthage was removed.)
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Old 13-12-2016, 01:22
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All I could think of was jabbing Wallace with a Gladius. Preferable in the voicebox and achilles so he couldn't shout and leap about.
Other than that I quite enjoed it.
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Old 13-12-2016, 09:49
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I have to be honest, I'm surprised at how much I enjoyed it. Greg Wallace's enthusiasm actually fits the style of the show quite well, a bit bombastic but it works here. I liked both the experts and the clips of intense weapon usage demonstrations.

True, there was a bit of confusion at times, but that resembles ancient warfare pretty well.

All in all, good stuff, I'll tune in for the rest of the series.
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Old 13-12-2016, 09:51
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Waterloo next which is a bit disappointing as personally I would prefer if the series featured battles that aren't so well known
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Old 13-12-2016, 09:57
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In addition, are the teams both talking and planning in front of each other? If so, how does that work if they know each other's tactics
In the actual competitive match, there's the big screen divider, which is probably enough to deaden most sound from the other side of the studio on its own, even if there's no noisy fans cooling it that don't get picked up by the players' mics.

Either that, or Gregg just shouts over them.
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Old 13-12-2016, 10:13
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Waterloo next which is a bit disappointing as personally I would prefer if the series featured battles that aren't so well known
It must be about 40 years since I saw that being re-fought on TV with wargaming figures and dice.

IIRC Wellington lost thus presumably causing all kinds of chaos in the resulting timeline.
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Old 13-12-2016, 10:23
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What was missing last night was the re-run of the battle as it actually happened in history which they used to do.
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Old 13-12-2016, 11:04
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Pretty good

Liked:

+ The Team V Team aspect is a better idea

+I also like those mini skirmishes before the battle as a kind of tutorial for the teams, its the starter before the 'main course'

+ Production Values seem better than the old series (even though this is BBC4 that was BBC 2)

+ Improved Graphics (as you'd expect years later)

Disliked:

- The demonstration team doing little cutaway pieces on how weapons worked. Good idea but done with awful fake banter and scripted phrases.

- 3 Episodes??? Seems small, they should have commissioned at least 5
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Old 13-12-2016, 11:18
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By the way the Time Commanders mini-page on the Total War website has a pic of

Rome 2 Total War: featured last night

Napoleon Total War: featured next week

and whilst week 3 hasn't between announced the last pic is of Attila Total War, so its safe to say week 3's battle will be set in the early Dark Ages.

Shame Shogun 2 isn't being used, so many interesting battles were fought in historic Japan, and it's a subject that doesn't get much attention on UK TV. Plus who doesn't like to see samurais!

https://www.totalwar.com/time-commanders/
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Old 13-12-2016, 12:00
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By the way the Time Commanders mini-page on the Total War website has a pic of

Rome 2 Total War: featured last night

Napoleon Total War: featured next week

and whilst week 3 hasn't between announced the last pic is of Attila Total War, so its safe to say week 3's battle will be set in the early Dark Ages.

Shame Shogun 2 isn't being used, so many interesting battles were fought in historic Japan, and it's a subject that doesn't get much attention on UK TV. Plus who doesn't like to see samurais!

https://www.totalwar.com/time-commanders/
It's also a shame it launched the week it did, Total War: Warhammer would have made for a great Christmas Special.
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Old 13-12-2016, 14:51
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I really enjoyed that.

The Roman General (James ?) seemed to be a bit of a pompous tool but claimed the victory anyway.
He did win, as did Nelson at Tralalger( when dead)

What was missing last night was the re-run of the battle as it actually happened in history which they used to do.
It was there but very verr briefly.
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Old 13-12-2016, 15:03
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What was missing last night was the re-run of the battle as it actually happened in history which they used to do.
Think you switched channels too early!
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