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Total War: Rome 2- Set To Hit The Shelves This Year!

Rome 2 looks amazing and sounds like a great predecessor to Shogun 2!
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From the creators of the Total War series comes their newest RTS game, Total War: Rome 2! Whether you’re a fan of the Total War games or just love playing real-time strategies, this game truly looks impressive. Not only have they enhanced the graphics by using a new graphics engine, but the gameplay looks even more diverse than ever. Conquer Europe and parts of Asia as to how you see fit; with politics or straight brutal force with many factions to choose from.

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Keep Your Friends Close, But Your Enemies Closer!

Politics, ugh I hate politics only because I can’t read minds, yet. However, politics in Rome 2 will be introducing new ways of how the game is played, such as key players in your faction turning against you! Not only will you have to watch your front lines from being overthrown, but now you will have to watch your empire internally. You just never know who will turn against you as your empire grows!

The Faction List Has Come With A Bonus!

At the moment there are 8 factions you can play as ranging from the Spaniards to, of course, the Romans. Each faction will have a unique style of gameplay by recruiting mercenaries for their military might or using vassels to boost their economic might. Of course they could always just train their own army, however it might be obsolete compared to other factions. So here they are, a total of 8 factions, including 1 bonus faction that will be Free Download Content when the game is released. There will be Rome, Carthage, Macedon, Iceni, Arverni, Suebi, Parthia, Egypy, and the bonus faction is Pontus.

Let The War Begin!

Rome 2 is set to be released this year at a date TBA. I myself cannot wait for this and will be pre-ordering it as soon as possible! I will see you all on the battle field!


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