I've played about halfway through the original campaign so far. Really enjoying many aspects of the game - art direction, quests, magic, storyline & environment, etc. Have to say though the battles have been disappointing - while I didn't expect the full detail and AI of the Total War series, the lack of flanking, individual unit morale, persistent corpses, etc, really make them feel kind of lifeless.
Problem is, there are *a lot* of them! And the auto-battle function is nearly unusable as it hits you with FAR more losses than you'd take normally, even if you just mindlessly rushed the enemy (at least in TW the auto losses were reasonable). So I'm forced to play out each tedious battle - once in a while this is fine, as when you're fighting against long odds at a climactic point in the campaign, but when it's just taking villages and castles from numerous Saxon armies it gets rather boring.
Guess my question is, does this improve later in the game? Any suggestions for making things more enjoyable?
Also is there any hidden setting to keep army casualities from disappearing every 10 seconds or so?
I want to love this game, I really do, but am considering shelving it rather than spend hours more on the strangely uninspiring battles.
Problem is, there are *a lot* of them! And the auto-battle function is nearly unusable as it hits you with FAR more losses than you'd take normally, even if you just mindlessly rushed the enemy (at least in TW the auto losses were reasonable). So I'm forced to play out each tedious battle - once in a while this is fine, as when you're fighting against long odds at a climactic point in the campaign, but when it's just taking villages and castles from numerous Saxon armies it gets rather boring.
Guess my question is, does this improve later in the game? Any suggestions for making things more enjoyable?
Also is there any hidden setting to keep army casualities from disappearing every 10 seconds or so?
I want to love this game, I really do, but am considering shelving it rather than spend hours more on the strangely uninspiring battles.
