Rome: Total War Gold Edition
by Sega of America, Inc.
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Video Game Reviews of Rome: Total War Gold Edition
Customer Review: Just what I expected
Summary: 4 Stars
This was a great deal ...just have to watch to make sure you have the right computer details ...but good deal.Customer Review: For the Husband
Summary: 5 Stars
Lots of fun. My husband has played this game for many hours on our laptop. It's kind of like "Risk".Customer Review: Fun game, but it has some issues
Summary: 3 Stars
RTW is a great game as far as strategy goes. Gets all the main points of economy, public happiness/health, army building, war, and construction of cities. The bones of the game are great, but there are some things that really bother me about it. This review will focus mostly on the main game, as Barbarian Invasion is practically the same game with cosmetic differences. The game play is the same.
One is the historical inaccuracies. Although rather minor for game play and such, it just bugs me that they didn't open their history books to make a historical game. The Egyptians look like Pharonic armies when in reality, during the time of Rome, they were under the control of the Ptolemaic Pharaohs. They were basically Greek and their armies were as such. Phalanx based. There are other historical inaccuracies, but that is definitely the biggest one.
Another thing that bugs me is the AI. They are kind of dumb, even on hard. It is very predictable in most battles with what they will do and you can position your army to counter such things. It is almost like clockwork and if you think about it before battles, you can go in prepared to fight what they have.
The game does crash from time to time, which gets highly irritating, as it happens most often at the end of a pitched battle that I win (maybe that is just when I notice it most...). Installing the Barbarian Invasion expansion and getting the 1.6 patch really helps this issue.
To get the true experience for this game I highly recommend getting the Rome: Total Realism mod. It corrects many of the historical inaccuracies, ramps up the difficulty to make it more realistic, and fixes some silly AI problems.
Overall, even with its flaws, this game has kind of taken over my gaming. I have owned for maybe a year and it is easily the game I play most. It has that ability to make you think if you go one more turn you will finally have nothing to do, you find there is a bunch to do and you keep going. The game is easily a favorite of mine, but only gets 3 stars due to the flaws.
Customer Review: Great Game
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a great game. My only complaint is that the AI is sometimes very suicidal it seems. Sending in Generals to die for no reason and other units that do not always respond immediately, which during a tough battle can be devastating. All in all, I love this game.Customer Review: Rome: Total War Review
Summary: 4 Stars
I ordered Rome: Total War in early August of 2009. It arrived from almost all the way across the country in three days after it was shipped by its previous owner, TIMMCSALES. The games is almost like a chess game but a lot more fun in my opinion (no offense, chess players). You play as one of the houses of Rome in Rome: Total War, the Julii, the Scipii, or the Brutii, or, after finishing a short or regular Imperial Campaign, you can play as any one of the various tribes in the game as well as the various Houses. You divide you time between conquering enemy factions and governing your various towns and cities in Rome: Total War. It's almost like you're the President, except you don't get impeached or have to quit after four or eight years. In combat, you command armies of hundreds or even thousands of highly-detailed units like Carthagian war elephants, onager catapults, or vast phalanxes of infantry and cavalry units. You can participate in diplomacy, spying, sabotage, or assassination of enemy or neutral factions' towns or characters, which show up on the map like game pieces on a board. I strongly recommend buying this game.
In Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion, you play as either the Western or Eastern Roman Empire or one of the various barbarian tribes bent on pillaging what's left of the Roman Empire. In Barbarian Invasion, if you lose all of your settlements, you can create a horde (perhaps you have heard of the Mongolian horde?) and still go on with the campaign, though once you capture another settlement, you have to begin paying off the debt you racked up while you controlled the horde. I am almost certain you can only use the horde option if you play as a barbarian faction, though, so don't count on getting a horde if you are playing as the one of the Roman Empires. Also, religion is an even bigger factor in Barbarian Invasion than it was in the original Rome: Total War. Your villages are either Christian, Zoroastrianism (which is basically fire worship, as weird as that may seem today), and paganism, which is just every remaining religion. If you don't pay attention to your settlements' religions, than you may find yourself facing a revolt. If you are one of the Roman factions, you're really in trouble if your settlements revolt, as they may form an entirely new faction. Even if your settlements are happy, if your governor has a low loyalty rating (a new way of rating your governors from one to ten) you may be facing a rebellious town or rebel faction. It's best to nip any troublemakers in the bud as soon as and if possible. While I am slightly more preferential to its parent game, it would be a foolish idea not to buy Barbarian Invasion if you are in the market for a new source of entertainment.