Total War: Rome II released for PC gamer

The Total War series is certainly one of the most popular with fans of strategy games. It proposes an extremely deep gameplay with battles both large and tactics. These clashes of several thousand units are a major feature of Total War, and this time, they will be in full ancient Rome.

More than the context, marking first turn when you see the game for the first time is its graphics. In a word: it is superb! Already, Shogun 2 was very beautiful, but here it really peaks in terms of visual rendering. And for good reason, it is a new 3D engine that was used. If you have a modern PC and you can afford to push up the details, you will look in their eyes! But the goal of developers is still allowing PC that could run Shogun 2 can be comfortable with this new title. The game will therefore have a wide variety of graphics settings to suit all configurations.

The engine is used advisedly since they are real cities of that time were reproduced. Thus, each city has its own architecture and its defenses and it obviously has a direct impact on gameplay since a tactic that works to make a city will not necessarily work on another. But before thinking to conquer all the territories that are available to you with great bursts of hellish battles and massacres in good standing of thousands of enemy soldiers, you will have to build your own army. And this is another feature of the series: a part of the game takes place on a map how wargame turn-based where you will generate resources to maintain your army, levy taxes on the territories you own, trade, ensure the well being of the population ... In short, you need to manage your empire.

Another item that you should keep an eye: your own side! Ancient Rome requires, all is not white in your ranks and if you not careful, some betrayals can emerge from families whose objectives are more in line with yours. The policy will therefore a place of their own in the game and it will therefore sometimes learn to pussyfoot to achieve your goals. Be on your guard! So although the main advice one can give you because the danger can also come very quickly in the heart of your territories. Indeed, it is not because a city is located in the center of your empire it is safe from any immediate attack. If it is a port city, it is sufficient that your opponent puts in place a number of ships to transport troops although escorted to conduct a landing in order! You will then tumble thousands of soldiers in your beloved city which, hopefully for you, was well defended.

Rome Total War 2 makes it possible to combine land and sea battles on the same card! And maps must be huge enough to admit. This is also what prompted developers to propose a tactical air to get an overall view of the theater. Handy. Especially since to take control of a city, we must win more points and have an overall perception of the situation.

SO overall this game has Stunning visual rendering, an unfathomable depth of gameplay, battles on a scale rarely achieved, this Rome Total War 2 is a real slap to his predecessors and all other strategy games. We can not wait to dive into the ancient Rome and to participate in these gigantic fighting that confront many thousands of men, ships and other siege engines.