The game is great and is definitely worth playing (explanation down below)

Core Gameplay -
The gameplay and the battles are great, BUT, the game still retains a lot of the same core issues that the first game ha. For example, you could be moving all your troops and want to move the whole mass together at once rather than separately, and if you decide to click on multiple troops formations and have the move at the same time to the same location by clicking on a spot on the map, they will decide to not use their brain and they just start diverging?? Which is annoying. The camera is also still occasionally clunky but it is not unbearable. The Units will always run when you want to move them which is annoying. The Senate can be irritating as hell when playing one of the three roman factions. That is all I can think of at the top of my head, there is very likely more that are not as bad but still occasionally annoying.


Graphics -
The graphics are a major improvement from the first game and makes it heavily detailed (even a little hard for my computer to run :D ) and even with lower graphical settings, it still looks decently better than the original. You can customize the type of vibrancy that game has (original or remastered). The Units/warriors/soldiers also look amazing which is great. I would not say it looks as good as the new total war games but it still looks amazing for what it is.

The UI -
The UI is more like the newer total war games, and is somewhat different than the original UI. Personally I prefer the original UI for this game as it was easier to look at and maneuver through and it did not put too much on your screen. The remastered UI is not quite easy to look at while starting out because (unless you look it up or use advisor/tutorial) it doesn't really explain all the icons. You get used to it quickly though and it is not bad but if you are used to the total war: medieval II UI and the original total war: Rome UI then this will be a little annoying at the start.

The Soundtrack -
From what I can tell, the soundtrack is quite literally the same as the original and I am glad for that because the soundtrack is quite amazing. Glad they kept it in. It really seems to match the mood of the entire game and ancient warfare.

Cheats and Commands -
Cheats and the command module are still here thankfully and they are always fun to explore with when you get bored. There are manuals for these commands online if you need them. Command module is activated through "~" . You can do things like add_money 1000. Note that using a command will deactivate achievements for that save.

Factions -
Factions are still mostly the same but the the unit improvements, this game makes each faction look stunning and so much fun to play. However there are not a lot of unit types to use as the game is quite old but it is still fun. There are at first three roman factions to choose from and once you beat one campaign (short or long version), you can play as all the factions. Remember when you complete a campaign, it will ask you to either return to main menu or continue playing, make sure to return to main menu otherwise it will not unlock all the factions. Sadly there is also not a lot of factions to play as some are missed out on such as Illyria, Sparta, Slavs, Baltics, Sarmatians (I think), Veneti. Saxons, Lombards, Franks, though the last three I mentioned are playable in the Barbarian invasion DLC but they're just called Germania in the base game.

Modding -
There is Steam Workshop for this and there are a plentiful amount of mods to choose from. The mod selection in workshop is also great such as Imperium and Chivalry. You will not get bored hopefully with all the things to choose from. There is also a Lord of The Rings mod which is interesting, though it was pre-installed when I bought the game on Steam and I never subscribed to it so I do not know how it got there but it is very interesting. I think you can also combine mods which is interesting, I would be very careful with that though, you may definitely corrupt your save files if you combine the wrong ones.

DLC -
The DLC that is remastered for this game is also still great, it's improved in all the ways such as the original and keep the core gameplay intact such as Barbarian invasion (367 B.C. Europe) and Alexander the Great DLC. They're all easily accessible too, you can simply click play for Rome total war remastered and it will bring you to your mod and DLC selection and you can choose which DLC you want and enable or disable mods so you can play what you want.

Map -
Sadly, the map is still small in size and with all the cities in the same places. They did not improve much on it other than its vibrancy and graphics. It is good but disappointing that they did not expand on it, but there is mods that greatly expand so that is nice.

Conclusion -

I would give this a good solid 8/10, it matches its value of 30 dollars and is a remaster. It is honestly great, but lacks in certain areas that could've used improved (factions, map, UI). Thankfully much of the settings are customizable which is a relief. Have a great day!!

42,9h played - the number wont change ever, i'm going back to regular Rome and never comming back

this game has worse graphics then total war napoleon and is worse then atilla in terms of gameplay

I really am enjoying this, they've updated the UI and added some features that you can turn off as well.

Game is also Steam Workshop supported with many good mods.

The Steam workshop has Chivalry Total War Remastered which is a really nice medieval one clone onto Rome Remastered.

Also the Rome Total Realism/Imperium mod is really nice as well..

I thought nostalgia kicked in, but the old Rome Total War is just better and pure gold.

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goat game when ya play its modes

The Alexander expansion is awesome.

Classic Game.