Europa Universalis: Rome, April release.

[Mouzafphaerre]

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Well... I'm impressed but not too much. It tastes like a watered down EUIII although it really isn't. (I know I should read the manual sometime. ) The interface is much better, character management features add a lot but the world seems as if dead. Stereotypes regarding "barbarians" are still haunting the game, though to a much lesser extent than its likes as RTW. Gameplay appears to have been nerfed. You never feel so easy in EUIII even with Spain, France etc.

An EB-like mod is urgently needed to unleash the full potential of the game. As it is, even Latin naming is awfully wrongly done (chicks named Valeria Maximus etc.) and the map is vouching for the liveliness of MM.

All told, it's not been a bad investment at all (except the 8 day struggle to get it from the infamous Gamersgate) and I think I'm going to play/replay it for years if good total conversion mods are made.

7.5/10
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[Jolt]

EB originally made its intentions to expand over to EU:Rome, but the game's lack of depth and awfully simplified military emulation, coupled with rapid loss of interest over the game, made the EB Dream of crossing over to Paradox, a thing that never was. Foot only made one post in its own thread, at the start of EU: Rome's production.