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Rome: Total War




Total War: Rome 2 has been announced, something I did not expect due to the cycle that The Creative Assembly goes through. I am over joyed with the news as the original Rome is my all time favorite RTS/TBS game that has come to light. The universe of Rome and gameplay just made it one of the most fun games to get your hands on. Since Rome 2 is coming I want to pay homage to the first game. To do this I plan on starting a long campaign in the Imperial Campaign so that I can relive the joy again.


My plan so far is to play as a race as make some new rules for me. I may plan on looking at Mods to either increase the game length, or one for subtle changes to improve aging mechanics. My hope is to pick a race from any of the playables, and in my head I think of either Brutti, Macedonia, Eygpt, Carthage, or a more European power. I've always played Romans or Greeks so wanted to do something different but since the meat of the game is the Romans thought I would keep them in mind.

While playing the game I shall keep a small tally of the events going on by year, and give insight and an interesting story as the gameplay goes on. I still have to decide if I will play on a hard difficulty as the gameplay can be quite rough at times, and I am still no expert at this game even after years of hard work.

Hopefully this will turn into a fruitful experience.  

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