Rome II

[undercovergeek]

the next turn?

everyone wants to trade, its a licence to print money - from 258 income in trade to 2000

Athens had a lot of ships that still remain, which have been busy buzzing around the coast suffering from the red skulls of doom (because i cant remember the proper term!) and finally decided to support Pontus as i was attacking Ephesus (old Pergamon capital which Pontus took) - i made a point of killing all the Athenians and then got the faction wiped message

As an aside here its never happened to me before and almost caused me some serious problems - im stood in front of the walls of Ephesus getting ready to assault, everyones going up ladders and all is well - i have my generals unit and 5 elite swordsmen units stood waiting in reserve and i get the 'our general is under attack' message, now this happens a lot when im assaulting walls and one arrow is fired from a tower and lands near them so i dismissed the message. Panning back 5 minutes later to unleash the swordmen of doom i see that my 160 man Champions of sparta unit with my general has 8 men left in it  >:(  :o - behind them is a unit of 22 Athenians who came in by boat behind me, merrily throwing javelins at my unit until there arms ache - the 800 elite swordsmen, 600 horsemen and my general???? just standing around watching the battle to their front, dyeing in droves - noone thought to attack them

[Martok]

Emperor Edition announced!

We've announced the definitive version of ROME II – the Total War: ROME II Emperor Edition.

Emperor Edition collects together all free content to date, which includes wide-ranging revisions, additions to game features and adds a brand new Campaign Pack expansion, 'Imperator Augustus'.

Most importantly, existing ROME II players will receive all of the above content via automatic update on the day of launch, upgrading them to Emperor Edition at no cost.

We go into a lot of detail about what's included in this month's episode of Rally Point, so join Craig and Matty in this episode to find out more.

A beta will be available soon that will test some of the features in Emperor Edition, please keep an eye on our Facebook, Twitter and official forum for details!

I'll admit I'm psyched for this.  And the Imperator Augustus expansion sounds awesome; I'm impressed owners of the existing version get it for free. 

[Gusington]

Imperator Augustus - sweet. Macedon still beckons too...

[Sir Slash]

Free is my middle name. Actually it's not but I'll change it-- for free stuff. Is it required to have a beard to work for CA?

[mikeck]

Yes!

[Sir Slash]

That explains it. I really feel for all you poor guys that paid full price for the DLC that will now be free. Hey wait. That's me.

[Wolfe1759]

That explains it. I really feel for all you poor guys that paid full price for the DLC that will now be free. Hey wait. That's me.

From the announcement:

"Does the Emperor Edition contain all DLC?

The Emperor Edition contains all Free-LC and content updates that have been applied to ROME II since launch , including but not limited to Pontus, Seleucid, Getae and Baktrian factions, Wonders & Seasons, touch controls, twitch.tv integration, roster updates for Carthage, Epirus and Suebi, additional units (Hexbearers, African Elephants, etc, etc), new achievements, Battle of Pydna, new seasonal festival events and so forth.

If you already own ROME II and have updated it to the latest version via Steam, you will already have access to this content.

The Emperor Edition will also include the new Imperator Augustus Campaign Pack DLC. This is a brand new Campaign Pack DLC launching at the same time as the Emperor Edition.

All other paid-for ROME II DLC is not included in the Emperor Edition, but is compatible with it."

So the DLCs Hannibal, Caesar etc. still have to be bought separately.

[Gusington]

^Right. Free LC is not DLC, necessarily. But the Imperator Augustus campaign is free to current owners.

Which makes me feel delightful.

[Sir Slash]

Yes, I read the part about the free LC already included in the game being in the EE but how is that anything new? Only if you don't own the game already. In which case if you don't already own the game, you get the same stuff as if you bought it already, and if you already own it, you get nothing new but the new campaign and some updates. Anyway, I thought they weren't exactly sure what was going to be included in the EE as more details were to follow. I don't care what's in the new edition, I just hope it doesn't screw-up my mods and save games. Otherwise, Rock-On CA.

[Gusington]

^Come on man, you know it will wreck everything. Then a day later you will be delighted again.

[Greybriar]

FreeLC, according to Giant Bomb: "FreeLC is free downloadable content. It is a sub-category of DLC which encompasses only free downloadable content."

I learned something today.

[Greybriar]

I decided not to purchase Total War: Rome II for 66% off due to this video review:

[mikeck]

Sounds like a guy who hates the game and picks out every little thing. If he doesn't like the UI, then ok...subjective. But it's a better game than Rome 1, empire or Medieval 2 in presentation and AI. I can take any total war game and pick it apart every time the AI does something stupid.

You may not end up liking it, but why make a decision based on a video instead of the people on this 207 page thread. 

[undercovergeek]

I'm still amazed there are people out there with this opinion who clearly read all the bad press, played it at release and have decided whatever is patched or fixed it will always be a disaster

I recently saw the dlc announcement elsewhere and it was just a list of people asking if it was still shit and the disaster they launched (which it wasn't)

Haters have to hate

[Grim.Reaper]

I decided not to purchase Total War: Rome II for 66% off due to this video review:

That video was uploaded to YouTube back in November 2013....so not sure basing a current buying decision on outdated information is the best choice since there has been many patches since then.  Although the game might have had a rough release, it has been very impressive that the developers have stuck with this game and constantly trying to improve.  Even with the upcoming Emperor edition seems like current owners are going to benefit by getting all the improvements and new campaign.  Even though I haven't personally completed a campaign (my own problem versus a game problem), $20 for this game seems like a pretty darn good deal.  I have still had fun with battles and such and impressed how they continue to add to the game.