It's BIG!!

First mod out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kIOktSsavng&ab_channel=GudeaTW

(That was quick!)

I played about an hour of this yesterday and I really like it so far. The game plays very different from Rome 2 but in a good way.

Me too. And totally agree!

Got it this morning... happy with it so far!

This evening I will get into the game in a serious manner. I have already set aside about a 3 hour block of time and will be utilizing my Nespresso machine.

I've put in about 9 hours into the game so far and I've realized that it plays significantly different from Rome 2. In many ways I had to unlearn what I had gotten used to with the more recent TW titles. For example, the diplomacy and trade is all handled via agents and not a universal menu that you call up. It took me a while to get used to that major change. Overall though, I've really been enjoying the game so far.

Me too. And - it is VERY different from R2TW - and that's a GOOD thing.

I'd say Rome Remastered almost plays like a Paradox-style strategy game. The diplomacy, politics and economics is much more in-depth. One change I don't like though is the lack of 3D naval battles.

So do you guys think it's worth the price of admission ?? I'm kind of sitting on the fence right now.Didn't spend a lot of time on past Rome titles played Medieval II and Shogun II a lot and a bit of Empire I've been reading posts at Steam but most of them are clowns who make claims with no facts about game play to back them up.

If you have any interest in the ancient world and especially the Roman Republic I highly recommend you get it. It also has a tutorial you can play which teaches you the basics.

Thanks PM and yes my interests are the Roman era and the period Shogun II covers,So pulling the pin and grabbing it

Agreed. If you love the period it's a must have. Just make sure your box meets the specs. Oh, and just wait till the modders get rolling.

Thanks for the input,Decided to grab it.My machine can more than handle it and I like the period so in the end it's a must have.

Good deal. Let us know if you have any issues/questions as we've been playing since the original release back in Sept. 2004.

So the original Rome was released almost 17 years ago. That certainly puts things in perspective! Then again I played the original Shogun which was released 21 years ago.

Yep PM that is that is what started me on the series..Shame I can't get it running on win 10

I started on STW too!

I notice that all 3 of us joined SimHQ in 2001. Man we are old!

Good news:

https://www.twcenter.net/forums/showthread.php?811330-RTR-Imperium-Surrectum-(RIS)-Everything-you-need-to-know

I've now put in about 23 hours into the game and I've made a few observations:

The good:

1. Amazing detail and depth into the economic and financial aspect.
2. Highly in-depth city management which requires much thoughtful planning.
3. Very good unity variety and uniqueness between factions.

The bad:

1. No 3d naval battles.
2. AI behavior is pretty erratic at times. For example, a faction signing a trade deal with me one turn and then declaring war on me the next turn.
3. I don't like that diplomacy is run from the agents and there's way too much micromanagement with using agents to perform a mission.

I remain not convinced. I have fond memories of this one, and the remaster may be worthy, but I suspect I will find it lacking so I plan to give it a miss. From what I've read -- which is not a highly reliable method at times -- is that the UI is horrible, pathfinding is poor, sieges are as bad as ever, battle maps are mostly featureless and the new merchants are poorly implemented. Maybe when it goes on sale I'll pick it up to see for myself, but at this point I'm not feeling it.