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Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

Creative Assembly

PCMac $29.99 2013-09-02
4.7/ 5

3 player ratings

Rank #101 on PlayPulse

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About Total War: ROME II - Emperor Edition

Total War Academy. . About the Game. Emperor Edition is the definitive edition of ROME II, featuring an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles and improved visuals in both campaign and battle Emperor Edition contains all free feature updates since its release in 2013, which includes bug fixes, balancing, Twitch.tv integration, touchscreen, and Mac compatibility. In addition, a free DLC campaign pack ‘The Imperator Augustus’ is included, which follows the aftermath of Caesar’s demise. The Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack and all Emperor Edition updates are free, via automatic update, to all existing ROME II owners. If you’re new to Total War: ROME II click the Total War Academy link to learn more: About the Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack The Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack is a new playable campaign for ROME II, which rivals the original ROME II Grand Campaign in both scope and scale. This campaign comes as part of Total War™: ROME II – Emperor Edition and is available as a free, automatic update to existing owners of Total War™: ROME II. The Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack is set in 42 BC during the chaotic aftermath of Caesar’s grisly murder

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LuckyComet_gg 4.5/5

This game received a lot of negativity when it came out

This game received a lot of negativity when it came out. I didn't play it at release so a large percentage of the hate was probably well deserved. In the end though, I really feel this title is one of the best in the series. I think the battle AI is the best of the series (still haven't played Attila though). The game looks and sounds beautiful in all aspects. The campaign was frustrating at first. I was disappointed with the fact that they force you to a limited amount of armies and navies. They also force you to have a general/admiral for all armies/navies...that means no more marching small groups of leaderless troops from one place to another. While I didn't like this at first, it really makes sense. You can still recruit troops away from a city and they magically appear in the queue on the next turn within your army which means they ARE marching from one location to another...you just aren't the one doing it. The game has its issues at times. I encountered some crashes that got progressively worse until the game was rendered unplayable. Surprisingly, it was a file that somehow got corrupted and simply verifying the integrity of the game cache resolved it entirely. Overall, the campaigns I have played in this game have been some of the best to date and I highly recommend this title to anyone interested in historical strategy. To those who love this series but haven't played this game yet? I say give it a try and give it more than just a few turns. Put a few hours into it before calling it quits.

  • Graphics4.0
  • Gameplay4.0
  • Story4.5
  • Value4.5
VelvetDrifter09 4.5/5

I guess there were some serious issues at launch but Rome II - EE is a pretty great TW game

I guess there were some serious issues at launch but Rome II - EE is a pretty great TW game. There are issues with the game becoming a major slog mid-late game, once you've pretty much dominated your neighbors, but the combat is fun and the graphics look good. Some people don't like how resources are now managed at the province level, and you can no longer build every little town into a rival of Roma, but really, it's a non issue once you get the hang of managing food and learning what to build and where. Also worth noting that the Workshop has tons of mods, from minor music enhancements, to complete overhauls. This certainly extends the replayability of the game once you get done with the included scenarios (which are good, especially teutoburg forest).

  • Graphics4.5
  • Gameplay4.5
  • Story4.5
  • Value4.0
GlassMarsh66 4.5/5

Sixteen hundred hours my little bro played on this game

Sixteen hundred hours my little bro played on this game . I and he thought it was a great game. He even played it during the last month of his life. RIP little bro. I and my son will continue playing it in your memory. This is a great game folks, get it on sale, it won't disappoint.

  • Graphics4.5
  • Gameplay5.0
  • Story3.5
  • Value4.5
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