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One of my favorite games of all times, I have plenty more hours on the xbox version, and have gotten several replays out of it even despite the replay ability lacking compared to the previous games. While it's my favorite fallout, it is not the best fallout, and I fully admit that. New vegas triumphs this game in many ways, but whether or not you like it more, is entirely up to you! I'd highly recommend, preferably with all of the dlc's, as it makes the game far less empty than it can seem on further replays.

I think I have a fair amount of hours to say that overall, this is a really good game, and so far, my favorite total war game. However in saying that, I do not believe it is the best total war game. While I love it very much, I fully acknowledge that previous total war games twice it's age still were doing better in many aspects of play, and enjoyment. Though I don't think that means this game is a total let down, as I genuinely love it with a passion, and my complaints while sometimes major aren't deal breakers.

My first main complaint by far is difficulty. This game is often times far too easy, as some factions will not stop steamrolling once the ball is rolling. Rome itself is apologetically overpowered, and while they are the literal name of the game. The problem resides that it makes Rome almost unfun to play if you know what you're doing, as even a 12 man garrison of a random town in Africa, will often have over a thousand legionaries more than capable of holding of 4000 of a mid tier enemy army. Which leads further into difficulty, as the AI will almost never field high tier armies, often opting on some occasions for mid tier armies, and almost always resorting to a low tier spear units that at best roadblock you from progress for 5 minutes. To some this might be a bonus, but I think it hurts replayability very much. You can only have so much fun killing spear units that do a whopping 13 damage to your 105 defense, 60 damage, javelin volley throwing maniacs known as almost all mid tier sword units, let alone the high tier ones you'd surely field after decimating spear armies for so long.

What should be mentioned is this is not always true, as for some factions, the difficulty is actually quite good because the early game is challenging, which makes the mid to late game steamroll feel rewarding. Almost all celtic factions suffer from public order very badly, and as such, make it very fun as you have to manage your budget, and armies accordingly to prevent revolts. Empire divided for me personally has the best Rome experience, as Aurelian's rome is horrifically hard early game, and the subsequent unholy steamroll that follows if you don't give up, is immensely enjoyable.

A few other complaints I have are missile units feel very poor compare to older games in regards to sound design and animation. This is admittedly small, but noticeable. I encourage you to watch medieval 2 gameplay of archers vs rome 2. You'll notice a very noticeable decrease in quality in sound design, animation, and even graphically. A game almost a decade older outperforming a new game in the same franchise is borderline unacceptable. I am willing to forgive it as ultimately archers in Rome 2 I believe preform far better than in medieval 2 in terms of combat effectiveness. Usually being honestly op in some scenarios if you really focused on bonuses just for them in mind, but I digress.

On to some positives that make me come back to this game a lot!

Rome 2 has many, many factions. A total of 117 (DLC included), however many share a lot of the same roster, and culture, but often field a few unique units and buffs to them exclusively. Regardless of the of the "samey" kind of feeling many factions can offer you due to similarities, it still is a lot, and even just half of them being good is more than enough to satiate someone's lust for replays. However, I want to immediately highlight 6 in particular I think deserve recognition. 3 I've personally played, and 3 I think look extremely unique and fun, DLC included.

(Factions I've personally played)
1. Kush (Desert kingdoms dlc) CA went far too hard for the desert kingdom dlc in general, all of the factions are glorious, but Kush stood out to me in particular. Fielding one of the most unique rosters I've seen, and that is almost always capable of being improved. All while being in an amazing start position. Makes this faction an absolute treat to play.

2. Aurelian's Rome (Empire divided) As mentioned, this is Rome, but challenging. I imagine many won't like it on that merit, but to those who do. Aurelian's rome was one of the most difficult, and rewarding campaigns I ever played in a total war game.

3. The Roman republic (Rise of the republic). Once again, Rome but hard. Very hard, however it usually steamrolls very quickly once you take care of the pesky, but numerous neighbors immediately hostile to you. The roster being of the very early Roman republic, which most would hesitate to even call a professional army, feels incredibly different from base game Rome, and empire divides.

(Factions I plan to play, and believe will be very fun)
1. Carthage. Carthage is the only playable punic faction, and one of only two factions to have 3 dynasties to choose from to get a variety of different faction bonuses. This coupled with it's free upkeep merc army capabilities with enough dedication, makes it seem like a constantly changing and unique army builder.

2. Nabataea. (Desert kingdoms dlc) A desert faction that embraces Hellenistic culture, and solid cavalry. A dream come true for me, as Hellenistic and desert factions are by far my favorites. The roster including pikemen, desert hoplites, and axe and sword units seems like truly a treat to behold for battles. That in the income trade bonus is actually amazing if you really take advantage of the Mediterranean.

3. Macedon. Probably the ultimate greek faction, giving you all of what you could want, with what I believe is the best pikemen in the game. Coupled with hopelites, and fairly good cav. The hammer and anvil was never better than with this faction!

Overall, I think I've ranted on enough about this game, perhaps to an unhealthy degree.

My ultimate take is, I love this game, and I almost wish I could go even more in depth. I however do fully admit, it might not be for everyone, and that's okay. I give it a strong recommend, and think the desert kingdoms dlc, empire divided, and rise of the republic are very worth while dlc purchases, if you do so happen to enjoy. Thank you for reading, if you did.

Beyond underrated in my opinion, what you see is what you get, and it's far funner than it has any right to be. The hacks alone can really stack up for some weird combos, like a build that can punch all of the bullets in a given area back into their senders. Give it a shot, it's great!

Easily one of my favorite games of all time without even a moment of doubt, and oddly, when I first played it, I actually despised it. When I was far younger, I saw fallout 3 as the ultimate fallout, it had an amazing 40's-50 ascetic, which I genuinely preferred over New Vegas' overall 50s-60s vibe. Coupled with the fact that I hated the amber color of new vegas, didn't enjoy the main quest, I had a negative opinion of new vegas. However, years later I came back to it, and fell in love. I've done about 6, maybe 7 playthroughs on the xbox version, and I plan on doing many more still. The game has admittedly aged very poorly in visual and gameplay aspects, but the fun is somehow still outshining even games that come out today. I won't get far in depth on the game as I'll go on for far too long, and other reviews will give you a better idea, but I do want to make one thing of important note. If you buy this game, and you use newer hardware, you absolutely must be willing to do some work to fix it up a bit! Modern pc's tear this game to shreds, and in all the wrong ways. If you don't want to put in the work, I've heard that the GoG version runs without flaw for the most part, but I've yet to really see it!

The badge alone makes this game of the year for me

I beat the game in 6.9 hours and didn't even realize it, I feel beyond accomplished. Also yeah it's pretty nice I like it, I don't have anything to say that you wouldn't get from other more serious reviews.

There are politicians who've had less of a cultural impact on society than this game.

Loved it with a passion, base game Rome I think many of us would consider beyond overpowered. While here Rome is anything but, and getting a grip on Italy is made far better with an actual challenge in my opinion! And despite being entirely in the Italy, and a little bit of Africa, it's actually oddly culturally diverse, and has fairly great unit diversity. I would recommend whole heartily as what I think is easily one of the best dlc's for Rome, but do allow me to stress that I don't blame you if you wish to research more into this dlc, as it seems it doesn't appeal to everyone!

I don't even have words, I just wanted to give the game a good rating. Thank you to everyone who made this, I think you already know a lot of people appreciate you.

Far cry 2 is a much more gritty, and atmospheric take on the far cry series. Weapon jamming, weapons straight up breaking, misfires, wounded enemies, and even the majority of healing animations were never present in far cry games afterwards. It's really a shame, but they still do have their own charm for dumb fun, whereas this I think has a lot more personality. You could call most of what I said gimmicks and in fairness you'd be somewhat right, but they add a lot more to gameplay than you'd think. Considering getting this game if you want a much more unique shooter than usual. It's no halo, but it has it's place as something to be remembered!