![]() So the battles in Rome: Total War maintain the epic scale that fans of Total War are used to, but now use high-detailed 3D polygonal troops and allows huge cities to be displayed on the battlefields. A completely new Total War engine uses innovative technology and groundbreaking design to bring the world of ancient Rome to life to deliver the biggest and most cinematic battles ever seen in a videogame. This was a time of brutal confrontation between civilisation and barbarism, and of civil war as the ancient world's only superpower turned on itself. Set in a time when the mighty Roman Empire emerged to conquer the known world against powerful enemies when gladiators fought to a bloody death in the Coliseum when Spartacus defied the might of the empire when Hannibal led his invincible army and his war elephants across the Alps to strike fear into the very heart of Rome itself and when Julius Caesar finally smashed the Barbarian Gauls. The aim of the game is to conquer, rule and manipulate the Roman Empire with the ultimate goal of being declared as the "Imperator" of Rome. ![]() Rome: Total War is the next generation in epic strategy gaming from the critically acclaimed and award winning Total War brand. Full map-making and scripting tools to give players incredible freedom in customizing and personalizing their gameplay experience. Vibrant new 3D-graphics engine with support for dazzling visual effects and massive unit and army sizes. New units and gameplay mechanics further distinguish each race. Features fast-paced, hard-hitting, tightly balanced competitive real-time strategy gameplay that recaptures and improves on the magic of the original game. In addition, Blizzard again offers unparalleled online play through, the company's world-renowned gaming service, with several enhancements and new features to make StarCraft II the ultimate competitive real-time strategy game. ![]() Featuring a unique single-player campaign that picks up where StarCraft: Brood War left off, StarCraft II presents a cast of new heroes and familiar faces in an edgy sci-fi story filled with adventure and intrigue. Legions of veteran, upgraded, and brand-new unit types do battle across the galaxy, as each faction struggles for survival. These three distinct and powerful races clash once again in the fast-paced real-time strategy sequel to the legendary original, StarCraft. There is nothing quite like ordering around a full 160-man stack of legionaries, or a blobbed horde of 300 screaming, half-naked Gauls.StarCraft II continues the epic saga of the Protoss, Terran, and Zerg. Modern Total War games, take note: Epic scale units rule. Modern Total War games have decided to emphasize unit model quality over scale, but Rome Remastered thankfully does not make this mistake. They're just clunkier, simpler, and less dynamic than you want them to be. They were great in 2004, but today's standards are much higher. Where Rome Remastered doesn't shine? The real-time tactical battles. The controls are pretty shiny too, with a modernized suite of hotkeys and mouse control standards that incorporates over a decade of innovations. Making these old campaigns easy and quick to play with a much-updated user interface is where Total War: Rome Remastered really, really shines. There's also the Alexander campaign from that expansion, if you want a more streamlined experience. With two huge campaign setups between the original game and the Barbarian Invasion expansion, there are a lot of ways to conquer the ancient and early medieval worlds. I think the best compliment I can give is that, with the changes made, the graphics look as good as nostalgia says they looked 17 years ago. The battles especially just look lackluster because the battlefields are so bare of features. They're better by leagues, with lots of sad building models getting remade, especially on the campaign map, but they're nothing compared to any modern Total War. The music especially is much higher quality than the old game, and whatever magic was worked there has revitalized one of the best soundtracks of an entire era. That's not to say the graphics or sound are lacking. The somewhat-aged rig I played it on was able to chop along at maximum settings and peak unit sizes quite happily, with no stuttering in even the largest battles. The old Rome: Total War didn't always play well with modern hardware. As a remaster, a lot of attention is going to be given to how it looks and sounds, but what you really get out of this remaster is how it plays.
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