Hopefully Rome 2 will be more accurate, but RTW is a brilliant game for what it is. A lot of the mythical units aren't too far fetched either. A friend of mine was telling me that Marcus Aurelius had a pack of dogs he used in battle. (And they were even sculpted in a monument.) So the wardogs were never really... too far fetched. A person could unleash dogs on an opponent.

The Scythian Amazons, I think are totally legitimate. The Briton's head hurlers? Well while they did hurl heads into battle occasionally, a head was a prized trophy and would rarely be used in such a manner. Rome did have gladiators, what was to keep them from making units of them? Nothing really. The Arcani are a bit strange. Roman Ninjas. But I guess we can allow it. I can allow it, they're cool lol.

The strategy is still great, campaign map is good, and obviously it was a classic game. As much as I did like it, I do hope Rome II will be more accurate to history.

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