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  • After reading a book on Roman emperors I started playing Rome 2. Because of the problematic launch I never progressed far in the campaign. It seems the game was properly patched as I’m having a blast now.

    I always enjoyed Rome TW, but it lacks some core game mechanics that Rome 2 does way better: political scheming, civil war, provinces, garrison, … I also loathed the anachronistic representation of certain cultures in Rome TW.

    In short: even if it’s already 10 years old, I can’t recommend the game enough, certainly when you are a romanophile!





  • Another issue I had with exoprimal (besides having only 3 maps and one gamemode, the mtx clusterfuck) was the UI. It was all over the place both in-game and in the menu’s. No idea where to look for.

    V risings build menu was tedious as well. Putting everything in one big line made finding your pieces and their variants hard.

    On menu’s: I don’t mind a few more clicks as long as the information is found intuitively and is clearly presented. Don’t try to reinvent the wheel. What I do like though is presenting them in an immersive fashion like metro exodus or an oldie: medal of honor multiplayer.

    I think age of empires did a solid job of giving you the information you needed. Even as a little kid I understood what I was looking at.