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Total War: Rome II is a strategy game developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega. It was released on 3 September 2013 for Microsoft Windows^[5] and is the eighth standalone game in the Total War series of video games. Rome II is a successor to the 2004 game Rome: Total War. The game released to mostly positive reviews from critics, but suffered from significant technical problems upon release. However, it proved a commercial success, surpassing all other games in the Total War series in both sales and number of concurrent players on its release day.^[6][7][8] In September 2014, the Emperor Edition was released, which added Mac support, addressed many of the technical problems in the game, as well as overhauling AI battles and upgrading the visuals. It was offered as a standalone edition and a free upgrade to all current players.

• 1Gameplay
• 2Downloadable content
• 4Reception

Gameplay[edit]

Total War: Rome II is set in the classical antiquity period, and provides a more sophisticated portrayal of each culture, which in the original game had been portrayed anachronistically. The grand campaign begins in 272 BC and lasts for 300 years. However, the player also has the option to play further, as there are no timed victory conditions.

The Warscape engine powers the visuals of the game and new unit cameras allow players to focus on individual soldiers on the battlefield, which may contain thousands of combatants. Creative Assembly has stated that it wishes to bring out the more human side of war, with soldiers reacting as their comrades get killed around them, and officers inspiring men with heroic speeches.^[9]

Armies and navies have changeable stances on the campaign map. Stances determine factors such as total movement points per turn or the ability to deploy traps for an ambush. The 'Forced March' stance allows an army to march further, but will tire out its men, reduce their fighting ability and leave them vulnerable to ambush; the 'Defensive Stance' enables fortifications such as stakes or redoubts, and the 'Ambush Stance' enables traps such as fireballs and sulphur pits. Armies and fleets can be a maximum of 20 units and must have a general or admiral to lead them. A faction's power, or 'imperium', determines the number of armies it can raise. A faction can gain more imperium by conquering more regions or acquiring more gold. Players can also name units in an army and change their emblems.^[10]

When an army is formed, the player must pick a general to lead it from a list of available faction members. When it recruits new units, the army enters muster mode and cannot move until they have been added to the army. Both armies and generals can gain skills and traits from experience in battle. Each skill can be upgraded up to three times. If an army loses its general, a new one will be appointed by the player. These rules also apply to fleets and admirals.

As with Total War: Shogun 2, the player is prompted with decisions throughout the game. The Creative Assembly has expanded on this mechanic, with each decision leading the player down a particular 'decision path' based on previous decisions. These will then affect the way the campaign plays out; for example, the Roman Republic may become the Roman Empire through civil war.^[11] Additionally, rather than solely assigning traits to generals and family members as with previous Total War games, the player can assign traits to legions as they gain combat experience.^[11] Players can customise legions by choosing their weapons. Players can still determine the composition of individual cohorts, even though they will be building entire legions at a time, unlike in previous Total War titles where all units had to be created separately.^[11]

Navies play an important role in Total War: Rome II. The Creative Assembly introduced mixed naval and land combat for land battles and city sieges, to reflect the naval strategies of the classical era. Legions can attack the enemy's ground forces and cities, while naval units provide supporting fire or engage in naval warfare on the seas. Navies can conquer poorly guarded coastal cities by themselves. In addition, naval combat has been modified. Navies are now composed largely of troop carriers, designed to ram and board opposing ships, and land units can now commandeer merchant vessels as naval transport units. Naval units are bigger in size and a player may recruit several at a time.^[12] Naval regions, which were introduced in Medieval: Total War, have returned. Their purpose is to prevent players or the AI from slipping an invasion force right past a huge enemy fleet. Entering a naval region where an enemy fleet is present will trigger naval combat.^[10]

There are three core types of agents in Rome II: the dignitary, the champion and the spy,^[13] and each culture has its own variants. When spawned, each agent has a 'profession' that is determined by its supposed background or ethnicity. A player can invest in an agent's profession as well as its skill tree. Each agent can try to assassinate other characters or convert them to their faction. When an agent is asked to perform a certain task, there is a deeper set of choices on how to complete the task. For example, when getting rid of an enemy agent, one can bribe him, convert him or murder him.

The Creative Assembly has tried to ensure the uniqueness of different cultures and fighting forces. Lead unit designer Jack Lusted stated that instead of the 'rebel nation' of the original Rome: Total War representing minor states, there are a large number of smaller, individual nations and city-states represented by their own faction. Each ethnic group has a unique play-style. A tribe of British barbarians looks and feels different from a disciplined Roman legion. Different agents and technologies are implemented for different factions.^[12] There are over 500 different land units in the game, including mercenaries. Over 30 different city variants avoid siege battles feeling and playing out the same every time.^[10]

In addition to traditional sieges and field battles, a myriad of battle types is available in Rome II. These include:^[13]

• Combined naval/land battles: These occur when assaulting a coastal city, or when two armies are near the coastline.
• Settlement outskirts battles: These are fought near regional capitals that are too small to have walls. The primary objective is to capture the city rather than destroy or rout the enemy army, although victory can still be achieved by routing your opponent.
• Siege battles: These occur when an army assaults a provincial capital or a fortified settlement. In these battles, the cities include multiple capture points which the defender has to defend in order to win the fight.
• Encampment battles: These are triggered when an army attacks another that is in defensive stance. The defending army has time to build fortifications around its perimeter, including wooden palisades or small forts.
• River battles: These are fought when an army tries to cross a major, navigable river and another tries to stop it. Navies can aid in this fight, although armies will be able to build transport ships of their own to cross rivers.
• Ambushes: These have been revamped in Rome II. The ambushing army can place traps, such as flaming boulders, spikes. The defending army must find a way to escape the area, although it can also attempt to defeat the ambushing army. An ambush battle is also triggered when an army attacks an enemy that was sabotaged.
• Port sieges: These are triggered when a navy sails into an enemy coastal city with a port. The navy will attempt to land its army in the city, while heavier ships intercept any enemy vessels and provide supporting fire using catapults and other projectiles.

The diplomacy system has been revamped with a new artificial intelligence. The Creative Assembly has acknowledged anomalies in previous games, where the AI could perform strange or even suicidal actions, such as small factions declaring war on the Roman Empire, and the AI is said to be more 'intelligent' and cunning.^[12] The player's own actions will determine whether or not the enemy AI will be a trustworthy ally or a suspicious traitor.

The political system of Rome II has been completely redone. The factions of Rome and Carthage each have three political entities that vie for power. Players will choose to be part of one of the entities once they select the faction they want to play. Other factions have internal politics between a single ruling family and a class of nobles.^[13][14] The political standing of different entities is based on a resource system, which is, in turn, based on the deeds and actions of its generals and characters. If one's standing drops too low, they may find themselves powerless to affect their nation's affairs, or if they become too powerful, rivals might unite against them. In certain cases, a player can attempt to take all power for himself to become emperor or king, which requires a civil war—another part of the game completely redesigned.^[13]

Generals can now be both military leaders and skilled politicians, depending on their traits and skill trees.

Campaign[edit]

The campaign map extends from Bactria (Afghanistan) to Lusitania (Portugal) and from Caledonia (Scotland) to Garamantia (in the Sahara), and is divided into 173 regions. The 57 provinces are groupings of up to four regions, and each region can be conquered separately. However, control of an entire province allows a player to pass edicts at a provincial level, which provide bonuses such as increased public happiness or military production. Construction options for regions within a province are displayed on a single menu, while public happiness is also province based. This means that if public happiness drops too low, the most unhappy region will rebel instead of the entire province.

Individual villages and resource buildings are absent from the campaign map and are confined to the regional capital. Each regional capital generates an automatic garrison, the size defined by its population, which can be increased by constructing various buildings. Armies now have a raid stance, which automatically generates loot and reduces their upkeep cost. A player can raid in both friendly and hostile territory, although raiding one's own regions is detrimental to public happiness.

Each province has a provincial capital with walls. Siege battles will only occur when fighting in a provincial capital. Because of their larger size, provincial capitals also have more building slots than regional capitals.

Factions[edit]

The game features 117 different factions,^[10] each with its own unit roster and agenda, and overall bonuses and penalties. Eight of these are playable on the initial release, with more included either free or as paid downloadable content. The playable factions are divided into ten cultural groups: Hellenic, Latin, Punic, Celtic, Germanic, Desert Nomadic, Iberian, Tribal Nomadic, Balkan and Eastern. Each has unique traits. Some factions focus on military conquest (such as the barbarians), while others (like the Hellenic or Eastern) focus more on diplomacy and trade. Playable factions from the classical era include Rome, Egypt, the Seleucid Empire, Carthage, the Iceni, the Arveni, the Suebi, Parthia, and Macedon.

The Caesar in GaulDLC pack added numerous Gallic tribes not present in the main game while Hannibal at the Gates added two new Iberian factions as well as Syracuse. Imperator Augustus added Lepidus', Mark Antony's, Pompey's, and Octavian's Roman Factions, as well as several other factions such as Dacia and Armenia.^[15][16]

Downloadable content[edit]

Much like in Shogun 2, Total War: Rome II has several packs of downloadable content (DLC) adding Factions, Units and new standalone campaigns which play off the base game.

Campaign packs[edit]

Culture packs[edit]

Add-on packs[edit]

Faction packs[edit]

Novels[edit]

According to The Bookseller website, Pan MacMillan and Thomas Dunne Books purchased the rights from The Creative Assembly in 2012 to publish a series of novels based on the video game Total War: Rome II. Author David Gibbins has been tasked to write the aforementioned novel series. The first of the novels were released in October 2013.^[18]

Reception[edit]

Critical reception[edit]

The game has received an average score of 76/100 on Metacritic, indicating 'generally favorable reviews'.^[19]PC Gamer scored the game 85%, praising the cinematic scale of the battles and attention to detail, calling them 'stunning' and 'the most marvellous moments of the fifty plus hours I've played so far'. In the same review however, there was also criticism towards apparent glitches on its initial release, including issues with the AI, calling it 'floppy'.^[28]Edge similarly praised the visuals and battles while noting on release bugs, stating that 'even as it topples, it's glorious to look at, and to live through.'^[20] Daniel Starkey of GameSpot enjoyed the variety of units and what it called 'spectacular sound design and great attention to visual detail'. However, in the same review, he also noted 'problematic' camera angles and control, particularly during siege and larger field battles.^[23] Justin Clouse of The Escapist also enjoyed the unit and visual variety, stating 'to its credit, Rome II does an excellent job of giving all the factions a unique feel', in what it called 'impactful variations'.^[29]

Outside of the battles, Game Revolution called the campaign map 'a treat to look at' while also praising the new features and depth, yet took issue with the wait times between player and AI turns,^[30] a view echoed by Steve Butts of IGN who reported 'a single turn can take as much as 10 minutes... those little inconveniences add up. Don't get me wrong; Rome II is a game worth savoring, but it also asks you to tolerate difficulties that don't need to exist'.^[26] Paul Dean of Eurogamer enjoyed the new additions to the gameplay systems while also felt 'stagnation' with others, concluding that 'for all that the game may have promised, it isn't such a big step forward for the series. It's Total War done a bit bigger, a bit better and a bit different.'^[21] Adam Biessener of Game Informer unfavorably compared the game to the previous title in the franchise Total War: Shogun 2, calling it a 'step backwards', in that 'where Shogun 2 accelerated into the massive endgame war just as administrating your empire started to become tedious, Rome II slows down far in advance of a campaign’s finale', concluding by calling it a 'disappointment coming off of the brilliance of Shogun 2'.^[22] Mike Suskle of GamesRadar, however, called it 'a worthy continuation of the franchise and an overdue update to one of the greatest strategy games of all time'.^[24]

The Emperor Edition was released on 16 September 2014 as a standalone release and a free update to all current players.^[31] The update integrated all prior fixes while adding improvements to the AI battles, political system, building chains, and visuals.^[32] Softpedia, for example, gave Emperor Edition a 90, claiming how it 'shows how much the title from The Creative Assembly has evolved since it was originally delivered and the way the entire experience has been updated based on the needs of the community and the cool ideas of the development team.'^[33]

Technical problems and controversy[edit]

Upon release many users reported technical faults such as being unable to load the game following installation, crashes, texture optimization problems and broken artificial intelligence; poor game performance was also constantly reported.^[34][35] In a negative review by Rich Stanton for The Guardian, he reports having to re-download the full game following problems with his own review copy, noting that his 'PC runs Shogun II at ultra settings without any issues but Rome II on medium makes it choke like a dog, and judging by the developer's own forum many others are having the same issues.'^[27] On the official forums, an 'anonymous developer' from another studio posted his own complaints, including numerous bugs and poorly implemented features such as 'capture the flag' style battles, feeling that the game had 'comprehensively failed' to be tested, blaming the publisher Sega for its state on release.^[36] In a review by critic and comedian Joe Vargas (AKA Angry Joe), he also complained about AI problems and unit balancing with in-game video examples while also noting differences with the preview builds,^[37] while William Usher of Cinema Blend supported Vargas's review while questioning other reviews due to the number of reported problems on release prior to patching.^[38] Following its release, developer The Creative Assembly announced regular patching in order to fix the reported issues, with the first update coming the Friday the same week of release.^[39] On the Total War official forums, admins on behalf of Creative Director Mike Simpson issued an apology along with a statement, promising to further patch the game, encouraging players to report all problems given the variety and difference of issues between players.^[40] Simpson would later go on to state, in a second public announcement about new and upcoming fixes, about asking for further player input while also 'hoping we can fundamentally treat our releases differently in the future.'^[41]

Sales[edit]

On 23 August 2013 Total War: Rome II had achieved more than six times the number of pre-orders of that of Total War: Shogun 2, making it the most pre-ordered game in Total War history.^[42]

The game surpassed commercially all other games in Total War in both sales and number of concurrent players on its release day.^[6][7][8]

As of 31 March 2014, the game had sold 1.13 million copies in Europe and North America.^[43]

References[edit]

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With Rome 2 on its way, now is the perfect time to revisit what many still consider to be the best Total War game. Whether you just want to enhance your Rome campaign, check out another ancient empire or change settings entirely, we’ve got all the best and brightest mods for your perusal.

DarthMod

Every Total War game has its own version of DarthMod, the spectacular AI mod from Darth. This DarthMod not only enhances the AI, but also introduces new formations for each faction, giving you new tactical options on the battlefield. There’s also a series of tweaks and fixes to maps, building queues and naval battles to enhance your whole Rome experience.

Europa Barbarorum

Europa Barbarorum is the best mod for those seeking absolute historical accuracy. It was founded by a group of history buffs who felt that Rome’s depiction of the ‘Barbarian’ nations was out of step with historical reality. Europa’s barbarians aren’t hordes of savages, they’re organised and disciplined. The remake doesn’t just apply to the Barbarian hordes, either: factions all over the ancient world have been altered and adjusted in the name of accuracy. If you demand absolute realism from your Total War games, you’ll want this.

Rome was, understandably, focused on the Romans. They got multiple factions with competing motivations, while everyone else just got one. This mod flips things around. Rome is reduced to a single faction and some rebels while the Greeks take centre stage. Extended Greek mod gives you five competing Hellenic factions along with new units, character traits, buildings and more, bringing the Greeks up to par with the the original game’s Romans in complexity.

Every version of Total War gets a Tolkien mod, and Rome is no different. The Fourth Age is set after the defeat of Sauron and the destruction of the One Ring. Factions include Gondor and Arnor, Adûnabâr, Rohan, Harad, Rhûn, Dunland, Dale, Elves and Dwarves. It offers a very different depiction of Middle Earth from the Third Age setting we’re all familiar with from Lord of the Rings. If you’re more interested in that period, check out Medieval 2’s Third Age mod.

If you’re looking to plunge back into Rome in anticipation of the sequel then Roma Surrectum is highly recommended. This mod starts the game during the Second Punic War (Rome 2 appears to involve the third) with Hannibal in Italy, threatening Rome itself. Roma Surrectum’s major selling point is it’s 28 unique legions, each of which has its own appearance and standard, and can only be recruited in the correct area.

Warhammer: Total War is the mod for those of us who spent far too many of our teenage years painting in-ordinate numbers of little plastic models. It remodels the campaign map and factions to resemble the Warhammer Fantasy universe, offering you the chance to play with Games Workshop’s particular spin on Elves, Dwarves, Orcs and Men and the ever spiky forces of chaos. Go forth and claim blood for the blood god.

Rise of Persia relocates Rome’s struggles to the middle east. Set in 559 BC, it depicts the power struggle over the fall of the Assyrian empire. A new campaign map sets the scene, while all new factions and units populate it. Letting you decide who unite Persia and create one of the most formidable powers in the ancient world.

Rome: Total Realism –
Like Europa Barbarorum Rome: Total Realism was driven by the desire for a more authentic and historically accurate version of Rome. The changes are extensive, playable factions go from twelve to seventeen, the campaign map has been extended all the way to India and hundreds of new units have been added. An enormous amount of attention has also been paid to presentation, with graphical overhauls, new intro videos and a professionally composed soundtrack.

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