Things like the length of the AI turn just appalled me this time.Īdam: I think there is a formulaic problem, at least to some extent. Jim: I was wondering whether for formula was beginning to break down - whether actually what Total War needs is a fresh start. It really is gloomy in Northern Europe!Īdam: I've played seven or eight campaigns - not all to completion obviously - and the opening drags every time. Ultimately, I gave up and started Carthage, and that didn't seem to be all that much more interesting - especially in variety of battlefield toys - even though the brighter atmosphere of the Mediterranean made it 36% more palatable. Leveling up my agents seemed like the only activity for a long stretch. Perhaps it was an element of my playing Iceni first, rather than Rome, but I felt myself just hitting the End Turn over and over, without really doing that much, because I couldn't take on my neighbours or do anything much, really. I wanted this to be a step forward, but actually I didn't find it to do anything I wasn't expecting, except perhaps a bug where a boat was spinning around and clipping through the beach. Jim:Disappointment, is perhaps the overwhelming feeling. Is there any one single complaint that sums up the experience? For me, the scope of the game was enticing but eventually - and in fact almost immediately - problematic.

I am not sure if it's because I had a better experience with Shogun 2, or whether there's some kind of allergy due to over-exposure going on, but Rome II rubbed me up the wrong druid.Īdam: A terrible place to be rubbed. I am usually in the Total War apologist camp, but not this time. Jim and Adam sat down over a pint of internet to discuss the recently released imperial epic, Rome II.

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