Rome Is More Fun Though... But Still You Should Get It
(This Review Is For Players Who Have Played RTW Already)
User Rating: 9.1 | Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion PC
Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion is a good game with a few new features. For instance in the battle map; there are new formations such as a shicltrom, light units can swim, and of course there are night battles. This doesnt really spice up the game but its nice to have. In the campaign map; of course there are new factions such as the Goths, Franks, Huns, and of course the Western Roman Empire and the Eastern Roman Empire. Another new thing is relegion and loyalty. Relegion is a factor that can help your happiness in a settlement or lower it. For example your Christian general takes over a pagan settlement; you will lose happiness in that settlement if they still have a pagan temple, shrine, etc. because thei relegion differs from the general, but you can demolish their temple and build a christian one instead. And loyalty. Loyalty is a tribute that only Romans and Goths have. It shows your general's loyalty. (The higher it is the higher the loyalty) If for example that general is on a rebelling settlement and it revolts; if your general has low loyalty rating he may join the rebellers. To me the campaign is less fun than the RTW one because if you play the Western Romans they start with a bankrupt treasury and settlements are rebelleing everywhere (which is historical) or if you play one of the western barbarians you can get bored after a while as the western Romans wont put up much of a fight. (they start off with bad money their settlements are rebelling and their fighting off 1 or more enemies what do you expect) And if you play the other factions... oh go find out yourself! The sound sucks but you can modify it to make as good as Rome again thats why I gave that score. Lastly there are two historical battles but they are really, really fun. If you get bored you can download some mods at these sites: totalwar.org (go to the forum) twcenter.net again go to the forum and stratcommandcenter.com . At twcenter.net and stratcommandcenter you can download a mod called Chivalry: Total War at its first beta version. Its a fantastic mod that trasform RTW or BI to a Medieval mod. (more time eras will be downloadable later such as high era) Mind you it still has a lot of bugs and glitches but a patch will soon be released this month. (perhaps next week)
