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A love that has seen me play the previous eleven Total War games on the day of release (or earlier in the case of my reviews of the previous five releases).

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In fact, it's a love of the series as a whole. Why am I telling you this? That's because I want to make it clear that I have a love for the original. I got a graphics card, and my conversion to the master race began. I asked my uncle why and he told me that it was because I didn't have a graphics card or not one that could run the game.

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I had played games on the PC before that, quite a bit, but I was done. I then saw Total War in some form of paper-style binding that was covering video games. I remember watching Time Commanders when I was younger, and I loved the look of it. Rome was also the game that converted me to PC gaming. Rome was the game that truly set the series going. Total War is arguably the biggest strategy franchise around, so it makes sense for all the titles to be placed together in the alphabetical drop-down ordering of life. Well, Total War: Rome Remastered, as it's now known. I've likely mentioned it a few times in the past, but if there is one game that has a place in my heart, it's Rome: Total War. 2004 me was blown away in every way possible.Īll roads lead to Total War: Rome Remastered launching April 29 on PC.Developer Feral Interactive Creative Assembly But again, the first Rome was my Rome the one that introduced me to this whole Total War thing. I never fully caught onto Total War: Rome II, and real armchair grognards on both sides could argue for one or the other until they're blue in the face. Either way, it's great to see Rome Remastered. But with this side-by-side video, oh, okay, now you see the improvements.

If you just saw Rome Remastered by itself, you'd think it just looks like OG Rome. But it mostly looks like one of those 'How I remember a game vs. Total War: Rome Remastered is pretty nice.

Complete Original Content: Total War: Rome Remastered includes the Barbarian Invasion and Alexander expansions in glorious new detail, and players will also gain access to the original Rome: Total War Collection (only playable on Windows).

Cross-Platform Multiplayer: Players can enjoy cross-platform PvP multiplayer between Windows, macOS and Linux, a first for the Total War franchise.

Improved Help Systems: A swathe of improved support has been added, including a redesigned tutorial, a new in-game Wiki, expansive advice and tooltips, and improved accessibility for colorblind players.

Existing mechanics have also been improved, including an overhauled diplomacy system, wider camera zoom levels throughout the game, and camera rotation on the campaign map.

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Modernized Features: Players can exercise more control than ever with new features such as a tactical map during battles, plus heat maps and icon overlays in campaign mode.

New Gameplay Content: Wage war across new fronts with 16 previously unplayable factions to play on top of the original 22, and send the new Merchant agents on missions to establish lucrative trade networks across the map, buy out rival Merchants, and assert your empire's economic power.

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Improved Visuals: Total War: Rome Remastered ushers the classic strategy title into the modern gaming era with full 4K visuals, native support for ultra-high-definition resolution and overhauled environment, battlefield, and character models.Here's a laundry list of what the Remastered version brings: I mean, have you seen Total War: Three Kingdoms? It's gorgeous. No, it doesn't look like a game that could launch in 2021 and have people wowed by the graphics like we were in 2004. Har har.īut Total War: Rome: Total War, any way you want to say it, 17 years later, is updating its architecture, its battlefields, its unit models, and its overhead campaign map. Square 4:3 resolutions are out! Wide 16:9 and ultrawide 21:9 is in! And native 4K UHD resolution will fit all the pixels on the screen you want. Probably has something to do with the developers being a British company, and you know how those folks get the month and day backwards on their dates, and how they drive on the wrong side of the road, etc. You may have noticed that 'Total War' used to be the subtitle.

Rome: Total War is getting a remaster in Total War: Rome Remastered. The one that started it all off for me, anyway.

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