The Artificial Intelligence is solid on the campaign map, able to attack weakly protected regions and to make sure that its own provinces are out of harm’s way as much as possible, although it does have a tendency to be a little conservative. I played with all the Roman factions and about half of the barbarians (using the designation of the Empire) and all of them have a clearly delineated expansion route created by the developers, but can also deliver surprising moves and attacks. The Imperator Augustus is somewhat more focused than the Grand Campaign, but offers more choices and strategic conundrums than either Caesar in Gaul or Hannibal at the Gates. Total War: Rome II – Emperor Edition is still a game with two core elements: a turn-based one where gamers manage cities, move armies and generally keep order in their empire, and another where they move to a real-time battlefield in order to command men and try to vanquish their enemies. The whole way, politics and the civil war have been modified for the new version of Total War: Rome II and the characters are also living longer, which means that it is easier to deliver narratives around faction leaders and prominent generals. Gamers need to carefully consider their alliances and their enemies as they seek to complete smaller objectives which will allow them to consolidate their starting provinces, deal with smaller factions, and finally defeat the other major rivals to the title of Augustus and the position of first true Emperor of Rome. Those who have not touched the title since shortly after its launch will also be able to choose from a number of new nations, including the just added Armenia.īut the center of the Emperor Edition of the strategy title from The Creative Assembly is the new Imperator Augustus campaign, which is designed to offer a self-contained experience based around the political situation created by the assassination of Julius Caesar.įans of the Romans will be able to take charge of factions within the nation controlled by Octavian, Marc Anthony and Lepidus, all of which feel they have a clear right to the legacy of the great ruler that has just died.Īt the same time, Pompey loyalists are still interested in power and there are six outside nations on the borders of Rome that seek to use the internal conflict to expand their own borders. Total War: Rome II – Emperor Edition still allows gamers to just choose the Grand Campaign, select a faction and simply try to reach the objectives or even conquer the entire world, creating their own narratives of success, betrayal and rivalry in the process. There are still some weird behaviors here and there and the game needs a solid system to run on, but Total War: Rome II – Emperor Edition is a solid release. The Creative Assembly says that this is the definitive edition of the strategy experience, and after trying out the new campaign and the newly added factions, I have to say that fans will be happy with most of the changes that have been introduced and that newcomers who are looking to get into the series will find that this is the best possible entry point. "Finally the Emperor Edition includes Armenia as a new playable faction in the Grand Campaign as well as in the Imperator August campaign, our largest campaign pack for ROME II to date, which throws you in the chaos of the Roman Civil War that saw the Roman Republic fall and the Roman Empire rise, with Augustus as its sole leader."Ĭheck out the lengthy changelog for Patch 15, which introduces the Emperor Edition.Coming back to Total War: Rome II using the Emperor Edition is like meeting an old friend again after a few months, finding that he lost some weight and then waiting patiently to see how his worldview has changed. "Alongside all previously released updates and free content it comes with significant improvements to the politics system and civil war mechanic, an overhaul of the building chains, extensive rebalancing of the campaign as well as land and naval battles, an improved UI, tweaked and improved graphics and more," posted Creative. Naturally any mods may cause some serious adverse effects right now. Total War: ROME II automatically upgrades itself to the Emperor Edition through Steam, but Creative would like to remind players that if the update isn't downloading then be sure to opt out of the beta releases, and then restart Steam.
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