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So , Am I the only one interested in Total War Games here ?!!
I couldn't play Total War Rome II in the past 1.5 year and now another title is coming out
Here are some pictures and information about Total War Games that made me to forget soccer , action and any other game :
It might change your view about what a game means
Total War Shogun 2
Master the art of war in the darkest age of Japan!
It is the 16th Century in Japan and where once ruled a unified government now stand many clans, all vying for honour, recognition, control and for conquest. As leader of one of these clans, it is your duty to befriend, betray or destroy utterly those that stand in your way as you strive to unite the warring factions and rise up to rule them all as undisputed Shogun – the battle-proven military leader of Japan.
Choose from one of 10 clans, each with their own unique traits and skills and each with their own RPG-style warlord to lead them. Use a mixture of diplomacy, political manoeuvring, province building, research and special agents such as Ninja assassins or Geisha spies to get your enemies exactly where you want them. An intuitive user interface and a lovingly-created, complex and detailed campaign map make it both easy and enjoyable to build and run cities, recruit and move troops and issue commands – both noble and dishonourable, all with the aim of mastering enemy forces and seizing their lands.
Battle in real-time in beautifully rendered 3D landscapes complete with dynamic weather effects, both on land and at sea with vast numbers of highly detailed soldiers at your command. Advanced AI that draws inspiration from Sun Tzu’s Art of War demands a high level of strategic skill from the user and ensures compelling, complex combat every time whether it be a small skirmish or full-blown war. Whilst the number of available units has been reduced from previous Total War games (around 30-40) the variety of these units and the multitude of unique abilities they possess ensures a near-unlimited range of tactics for you to deploy. A drop-in feature also allows for human control of enemies in battle, should you wish.
The skill-based tech tree allows you to study the arts, selectively upgrading your clan’s military and economic capabilities by unlocking buildings that enable the recruitment of new units or agents, as well as the implementation of new economic strategies to increase the size of your treasury. Will you study the art of trading – building markets or fishing ports, or will you build an archery dojo to train bow-wielding units to further your campaign efforts?
Campaign Map and clans
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I couldn't play Total War Rome II in the past 1.5 year and now another title is coming out
Here are some pictures and information about Total War Games that made me to forget soccer , action and any other game :
It might change your view about what a game means
Total War Shogun 2
Master the art of war in the darkest age of Japan!
It is the 16th Century in Japan and where once ruled a unified government now stand many clans, all vying for honour, recognition, control and for conquest. As leader of one of these clans, it is your duty to befriend, betray or destroy utterly those that stand in your way as you strive to unite the warring factions and rise up to rule them all as undisputed Shogun – the battle-proven military leader of Japan.
Choose from one of 10 clans, each with their own unique traits and skills and each with their own RPG-style warlord to lead them. Use a mixture of diplomacy, political manoeuvring, province building, research and special agents such as Ninja assassins or Geisha spies to get your enemies exactly where you want them. An intuitive user interface and a lovingly-created, complex and detailed campaign map make it both easy and enjoyable to build and run cities, recruit and move troops and issue commands – both noble and dishonourable, all with the aim of mastering enemy forces and seizing their lands.
Battle in real-time in beautifully rendered 3D landscapes complete with dynamic weather effects, both on land and at sea with vast numbers of highly detailed soldiers at your command. Advanced AI that draws inspiration from Sun Tzu’s Art of War demands a high level of strategic skill from the user and ensures compelling, complex combat every time whether it be a small skirmish or full-blown war. Whilst the number of available units has been reduced from previous Total War games (around 30-40) the variety of these units and the multitude of unique abilities they possess ensures a near-unlimited range of tactics for you to deploy. A drop-in feature also allows for human control of enemies in battle, should you wish.
The skill-based tech tree allows you to study the arts, selectively upgrading your clan’s military and economic capabilities by unlocking buildings that enable the recruitment of new units or agents, as well as the implementation of new economic strategies to increase the size of your treasury. Will you study the art of trading – building markets or fishing ports, or will you build an archery dojo to train bow-wielding units to further your campaign efforts?
Campaign Map and clans
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Played farcry 4 ... apart from desi galis (mc mostly) .. and themes.. it is worse than 3. May be I expected more.
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good music.....it hasPlayed farcry 4 ... apart from desi galis (mc mostly) .. and themes.. it is worse than 3. May be I expected more.
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ha ha.. some autorickshaw have south indian music... very little nepali song
they have localized it well, but the villian of farcry 3 was pure evil and scary.
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no one can be as evil as Vaas....but watz so special about pagan is...in the end....we all develop a soft corner for himha ha.. some autorickshaw have south indian music... very little nepali song
they have localized it well, but the villian of farcry 3 was pure evil and scary.
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My point is introducing this game to people who are interested in Strategy games , History, etc .
Total War Rome II : The Greatest Total War ever
Become the world’s first superpower and command the most incredible and vast war machine of the Ancient world. Dominate the enemies of your glorious empire by military, economic and political means.
Your rise will bring admiration from your followers but will also attract greed and jealousy, even from your closest allies.
Will betrayal strike you down, or will you be the first to turn on old friends? How much are you ready to sacrifice for your vision of Rome? Will you fight to save the Republic, or plot to rule alone as Dictator — as Emperor?
Campaign
The campaign map for Rome II spans from Bactria (Afghanistan) to Lusitania (Portugal) and from Caledonia (Scotland) to Garamantia (in the Sahara). It is divided into 173 regions, which are grouped into 57 provinces. Provinces are groupings of up to four regions, and each region within a province can be conquered separately. However, the control of an entire province will allow a player to pass edicts on provincial level, edicts that 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 in a province, the most unhappy region will rebel instead of the entire province.
Individual villages and resource buildings are absent from the campaign map in Rome II, and are instead confined into the regional capital. Each regional capital generates an automatic garrison, the size of which is defined by the settlement's size and can be increased by construction of various buildings. To compensate for the removal of resource 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 one provincial capital with walls. Siege battles and the building of siege equipment will only occur when fighting in a provincial capital in an effort to lessen the amount of siege battles, and to provide alternative fighting scenarios for smaller settlements (none of which require the attacker to first scale or destroy the walls.) Because of their larger size, provincial capitals also have more building slots than regional capitals.
Main Playable Factions ( Civilizations ) :
- Rome
- Carthage
- Macedon
- Iceni
- Arverni
- Suebi
- Parthia
- Egypt
The game features 117 different factions around the campaign map, each with their own unit roster and agenda. Eight of these are playable on the initial release, with more included as either free or paid downloadable content. The playable factions are divided into nine cultural groups: Hellenistic, Latin, Punic, Celtic, Germanic, Desert Nomadic, Iberian, Tribal Nomadic, Balkan and Eastern. Each have unique traits associated with them, and each bring a completely different experience. Some of the factions focus on military conquest (such as the barbarian factions), while others (like the Hellenistic or Eastern factions) focus more on diplomacy and trade .
I need to mention that Rome II as some DLCs that add new campaigns to the game such as :
Caesar in Gaul Campaign Pack
Caesar in Gaul is a standalone campaign pack for Total War: ROME II covering Julius Caesar’s war of expansion against the Gaulish tribes. Players can choose from four playable factions in this conflict: the Gallic Arverni, the Germanic Suebi, the Belgic Nervii and Rome, in a campaign inspired by Caesar’s Commentarii de bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic war).
Offering a tighter scope in terms of time and geography than Rome II (58-51BC), the Caesar in Gaul Campaign Map is an expanded, more detailed vision of Gaul and the south coast of Britannia.
Compared with ROME II’s map of Gaul, Caesar in Gaul contains more regions and provinces, more factions (both playable and non-playable), and a series of famous generals and statesmen from history which the player will employ or fight against depending on their chosen faction.
A war of great profit and glory for Caesar, this conflict made him extremely popular with the people of Rome… though less so with the senators, who saw him gathering power to himself in a series of events that ultimately lead to his ascension to Dictator.
Caesar in Gaul differs from the core ROME II experience in a number of important ways.
Caesar in Gaul Campaign Pack - Total War Wiki
Hannibal at the Gates Campaign Pack
Dropping you into the Western Mediterranean at the outbreak of the 2nd Punic War, Hannibal at the Gates features a new campaign map focused on the period that brought the ancient-world superpowers of Rome and Carthage to all-out war.
One of the most famous in history, the conflict demonstrated the tactical genius of great rival generals Scipio and Hannibal. Can you recreate their remarkable strategies, or can you do better? How will you change history?
You enter the war as Carthage or Rome, command the noble Hellenic city-state of Syracuse, or, for the first time in ROME II, play an Iberian faction as the Arevaci or the Lusitani.
Hannibal at the Gates Campaign Pack - Total War Wiki
Wrath Of Sparta Campaign Pack
Set in 432 BC at the outset of the Peloponnesian War, Wrath of Sparta is an entirely new campaign expansion for Total War: ROME II, will be released on the 16th December, and is the earliest period that Total War has ever attempted.
As the legendary warriors of Sparta are called into open conflict against an arrogant Athens by scheming Korinthos and Boiotia, Wrath of Sparta challenges you to dominate the Hellenic world. However, while the City States vie for control of their homelands, across the Aegean sea the vengeful Persian Empire watches its old foe closely…
Across a bespoke campaign map focussing on a highly-detailed ancient Greece, the Greek Islands and the Ionian Coast, this campaign pack features all new tech-trees, battlefield and naval units, great wonders and famous Greek heroes. In addition, a flavour-packed focus on ancient Greek culture is delivered through many iconic athletic competitions and festivals.
Wrath of Sparta is a campaign pack like no other, bringing this desperate conflict to life in thrilling detail across hundreds of hours of gameplay.
Wrath Of Sparta Campaign Pack - Total War Wiki
Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack
Emperor Edition collects together all free content to date, which includes wide-ranging revisions, additions to game features and adds a brand new Campaign Pack expansion, ‘Imperator Augustus’.
Most importantly, existing ROME II players will receive all of the above content via automatic update on the day of launch, upgrading them to Emperor Edition at no cost.
Alongside all feature updates from launch (including Twitch.tv integration, touch controls, new factions, new units and now the Mac version), Emperor Edition also features an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles, and improved visuals in both campaign and battle.
Mike Simpson, Creative Director of the Total War team, said: “ROME II was far and away our most ambitious game. We see more people playing, and playing for longer, than any other game in the Total War series. However, we take our players’ feedback very seriously. Through the multitude of improvements and free content updates we’ve brought to ROME II since its launch, we’ve worked hard to try and meet their expectations. We want Emperor Edition to be remembered as one of our finest games.”
The design of Emperor Edition was led by Jack Lusted, Development Lead of CA’s New Content Team. “With the Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack, we wanted to recreate the vast civil war which erupted after Julius Caesar’s murder”, said Lusted. “You can tackle the campaign as various Roman and non-Roman factions, including Armenia for the first time. Our aim was to represent the titanic power struggle that led to Octavian becoming the first Emperor of Rome. It’s a pretty epic campaign, and it’s great that we can offer this to existing ROME II players for free as a thanks for their support”.
Total War: Rome II - Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack - Total War Wiki
Total War Rome II : The Greatest Total War ever
Become the world’s first superpower and command the most incredible and vast war machine of the Ancient world. Dominate the enemies of your glorious empire by military, economic and political means.
Your rise will bring admiration from your followers but will also attract greed and jealousy, even from your closest allies.
Will betrayal strike you down, or will you be the first to turn on old friends? How much are you ready to sacrifice for your vision of Rome? Will you fight to save the Republic, or plot to rule alone as Dictator — as Emperor?
Campaign
The campaign map for Rome II spans from Bactria (Afghanistan) to Lusitania (Portugal) and from Caledonia (Scotland) to Garamantia (in the Sahara). It is divided into 173 regions, which are grouped into 57 provinces. Provinces are groupings of up to four regions, and each region within a province can be conquered separately. However, the control of an entire province will allow a player to pass edicts on provincial level, edicts that 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 in a province, the most unhappy region will rebel instead of the entire province.
Individual villages and resource buildings are absent from the campaign map in Rome II, and are instead confined into the regional capital. Each regional capital generates an automatic garrison, the size of which is defined by the settlement's size and can be increased by construction of various buildings. To compensate for the removal of resource 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 one provincial capital with walls. Siege battles and the building of siege equipment will only occur when fighting in a provincial capital in an effort to lessen the amount of siege battles, and to provide alternative fighting scenarios for smaller settlements (none of which require the attacker to first scale or destroy the walls.) Because of their larger size, provincial capitals also have more building slots than regional capitals.
Main Playable Factions ( Civilizations ) :
- Rome - Carthage - Macedon - Iceni - Arverni - Suebi - Parthia - EgyptThe game features 117 different factions around the campaign map, each with their own unit roster and agenda. Eight of these are playable on the initial release, with more included as either free or paid downloadable content. The playable factions are divided into nine cultural groups: Hellenistic, Latin, Punic, Celtic, Germanic, Desert Nomadic, Iberian, Tribal Nomadic, Balkan and Eastern. Each have unique traits associated with them, and each bring a completely different experience. Some of the factions focus on military conquest (such as the barbarian factions), while others (like the Hellenistic or Eastern factions) focus more on diplomacy and trade .
I need to mention that Rome II as some DLCs that add new campaigns to the game such as :
Caesar in Gaul Campaign Pack
Caesar in Gaul is a standalone campaign pack for Total War: ROME II covering Julius Caesar’s war of expansion against the Gaulish tribes. Players can choose from four playable factions in this conflict: the Gallic Arverni, the Germanic Suebi, the Belgic Nervii and Rome, in a campaign inspired by Caesar’s Commentarii de bello Gallico (Commentaries on the Gallic war).
Offering a tighter scope in terms of time and geography than Rome II (58-51BC), the Caesar in Gaul Campaign Map is an expanded, more detailed vision of Gaul and the south coast of Britannia.
Compared with ROME II’s map of Gaul, Caesar in Gaul contains more regions and provinces, more factions (both playable and non-playable), and a series of famous generals and statesmen from history which the player will employ or fight against depending on their chosen faction.
A war of great profit and glory for Caesar, this conflict made him extremely popular with the people of Rome… though less so with the senators, who saw him gathering power to himself in a series of events that ultimately lead to his ascension to Dictator.
Caesar in Gaul differs from the core ROME II experience in a number of important ways.
Caesar in Gaul Campaign Pack - Total War Wiki
Hannibal at the Gates Campaign Pack
Dropping you into the Western Mediterranean at the outbreak of the 2nd Punic War, Hannibal at the Gates features a new campaign map focused on the period that brought the ancient-world superpowers of Rome and Carthage to all-out war.
One of the most famous in history, the conflict demonstrated the tactical genius of great rival generals Scipio and Hannibal. Can you recreate their remarkable strategies, or can you do better? How will you change history?
You enter the war as Carthage or Rome, command the noble Hellenic city-state of Syracuse, or, for the first time in ROME II, play an Iberian faction as the Arevaci or the Lusitani.
Hannibal at the Gates Campaign Pack - Total War Wiki
Wrath Of Sparta Campaign Pack
Set in 432 BC at the outset of the Peloponnesian War, Wrath of Sparta is an entirely new campaign expansion for Total War: ROME II, will be released on the 16th December, and is the earliest period that Total War has ever attempted.
As the legendary warriors of Sparta are called into open conflict against an arrogant Athens by scheming Korinthos and Boiotia, Wrath of Sparta challenges you to dominate the Hellenic world. However, while the City States vie for control of their homelands, across the Aegean sea the vengeful Persian Empire watches its old foe closely…
Across a bespoke campaign map focussing on a highly-detailed ancient Greece, the Greek Islands and the Ionian Coast, this campaign pack features all new tech-trees, battlefield and naval units, great wonders and famous Greek heroes. In addition, a flavour-packed focus on ancient Greek culture is delivered through many iconic athletic competitions and festivals.
Wrath of Sparta is a campaign pack like no other, bringing this desperate conflict to life in thrilling detail across hundreds of hours of gameplay.
Wrath Of Sparta Campaign Pack - Total War Wiki
Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack
Emperor Edition collects together all free content to date, which includes wide-ranging revisions, additions to game features and adds a brand new Campaign Pack expansion, ‘Imperator Augustus’.
Most importantly, existing ROME II players will receive all of the above content via automatic update on the day of launch, upgrading them to Emperor Edition at no cost.
Alongside all feature updates from launch (including Twitch.tv integration, touch controls, new factions, new units and now the Mac version), Emperor Edition also features an improved politics system, overhauled building chains, rebalanced battles, and improved visuals in both campaign and battle.
Mike Simpson, Creative Director of the Total War team, said: “ROME II was far and away our most ambitious game. We see more people playing, and playing for longer, than any other game in the Total War series. However, we take our players’ feedback very seriously. Through the multitude of improvements and free content updates we’ve brought to ROME II since its launch, we’ve worked hard to try and meet their expectations. We want Emperor Edition to be remembered as one of our finest games.”
The design of Emperor Edition was led by Jack Lusted, Development Lead of CA’s New Content Team. “With the Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack, we wanted to recreate the vast civil war which erupted after Julius Caesar’s murder”, said Lusted. “You can tackle the campaign as various Roman and non-Roman factions, including Armenia for the first time. Our aim was to represent the titanic power struggle that led to Octavian becoming the first Emperor of Rome. It’s a pretty epic campaign, and it’s great that we can offer this to existing ROME II players for free as a thanks for their support”.
Total War: Rome II - Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack - Total War Wiki
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Here are pictures revealing main factions :
Rome
Carthage
Macedon
Iceni (British Tribe)
Arverni (Galic Tribe)
Suebi (Germanic Tribe)
Parthia
Egypt
Rome
Carthage
Macedon
Iceni (British Tribe)
Arverni (Galic Tribe)
Suebi (Germanic Tribe)
Parthia
Egypt
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More Factions :
The Seleucids
Pontus
Baktria
Armenia
Sparta
Athens
The Getae
Galatia
The Seleucids
Pontus
Baktria
Armenia
Sparta
Athens
The Getae
Galatia
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@The SiLent crY Rome total war 1 was a lot more better than 2
Rome Total War was classic game, therefore I hope Rome 2 does not fall below expectation. The scope of this game must be huge, if it includes 117 factions and the overall graphics have improved. Its amazing how far technology has developed, since the first installment of the Total War series known as Shogun.
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Yes , in terms of depth , being mod friendly and immersion Rome was better but I think Rome II was a huge progress and with a great mod like Divide et Impera its simply the best .
Rome II came out 1 and half year ago and it was too bad and buggy due to CA's advertising but after 16 updates it got better even though it still needs more work to solve AI's weaknesses .
I agree with the second part of you comment
Individuals who purchased this game would seriously be annoyed, if the game play was full of glitches and bugs. Initially, Empire Total War had a similar issue, although this was resolved fairly quickly. I think the most anticipated game will be Total War Attila. This is because the Roman empire would be divided into two factions and they have different adversaries to protect there borders.
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