The game should have punished me for such a foolish move, but instead after a few turns the dead had been replaced with soldiers of equal quality. But then the few survivors made it back to my territory and the army built itself up again, losing none of its experience or traits. This should have been a devastating blow. I took on a fight I shouldn't have, deep in enemy territory, and my carefully husbanded army was almost entirely wiped out. Watching your neophytes grow into a fearsome force is magical, and I grew remarkably attached to the Stantoninus legion. Both generals and the troops they command will improve over time, becoming more battle-hardened in a manner of your choosing – calloused warriors, for example, or sly strategists. Levelling your armies is one of the worst culprits. The real problem is that Rome II has mechanics that offer the illusion of depth, but come undone in practice. As your empire expands you'll be auto-resolving at least five or six of these battles every turn, where the opponent simply has no chance of winning. These spawn randomly and will fixate upon a town and attack it every turn, despite the garrison being easily able to hold them off. A dedicated fishing port might become so unpleasant a place to live that the peasants revolt.Īll of these sound like interesting factors, but their implementation is poor. Families within your provinces will cause problems, such as attempting to assassinate their rivals.
Alongside this you'll be researching new technologies to enhance your civil and military infrastructure, and this side of Rome II makes a lot of sense.īut there are further layers. Photograph: Creative Assembly/Segaĭeveloping provinces is simple: build up a town's military capabilities and advanced troops can be recruited, or develop its farming and fishing infrastructure to increase your growing empire's food and resources.
On the higher settings it looks outstanding, but as soon as you go lower all of the colour bleeds out. The colour palette for Rome II scales really badly.
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