Recent reviews by Bansh

blxz covered it pretty well. A great strategy game that should have appeal to all levels of RTS players.

I'd just add one thing though, Longbow's track record. This alone should be an important factor in your purchasing decision.

Both Hegemony PoM and Hegemony Gold were supported and improved upon for many years following release, I have no doubt that Rome will see the same due care and attention. One of a small list of developers that do not send their games out in the wild and forget they exist beyond first week sales.

Combine that with modding support built in from the go and we have here a game with potential to provide hundreds of hours of entertainment value for years to come.

If Total War: Rome 2 left a sour taste, this will go a long way towards scratching the Roman itch.

The bugs and complaints I'm sure you can find for yourselves elsewhere, so I'll skip that part.

If this wasn't a Total War game or more so Rome TW, issues aside it would have been a decent RTS/Grand strategy hybrid game, especially if you happened to be new to the genre. Some of the ideas are fairly interesting such as the provinces, the new persistant armies etc.

However this is a Total War game and even worse, the sequel to the classic Rome. In this respect I personally feel it fails miserably. Milage will vary greatly.

Think a more accessible Total War, but all in real time, with one large seamless map, no loading screens for battles.

Buy this, srsly.