

Total War: Rome II 2013
Developed by The Creative Assembly
- Real Time Strategy (RTS), Role-playing (RPG), Strategy, Turn-based strategy (TBS)
Encompassing one of the best-known periods in world history, Total War: Rome II will combines turn-based campaigns with large, cinematic real-time battles. Become the world's first superpower and command the most incredible and vast war machine of the Ancient world. Dominate the enemies of your glorious empire by military, economic and political means. Your rise will bring admiration from your followers but will also attract greed and jealousy, even from your closest allies. Will betrayal strike you down, or will you be the first to turn on old friends? How much are you ready to sacrifice for your vision of Rome? Will you fight to save the Republic, or plot to rule alone as Dictator – as Emperor?
Real Time Strategy (RTS)Role-playing (RPG)StrategyTurn-based strategy (TBS)Historicalmurderancient romeworld dominationconstructionturn-baseddeathsoldierhorsemanagementwaregyptsteamPC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
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Character
Epic, earnest, plot-driven and grave.
- intimateepic
- earnestironic
- character-ledplot-driven
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
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About the game
- Platforms
- PC (Microsoft Windows), Mac
- Developer
- The Creative Assembly
- Publisher
- Sega
- Released
- September 3, 2013
- Modes
- Single player, Multiplayer, Co-operative
- Perspective
- Bird view / Isometric
- Engine
- TW Engine 3
- Time to beat
- 47 h rushed · 75 h main story · 267 h completionist
IGDB rating 7.5/10 from 208 ratings.
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