Ave civite!

If you like historical dramas like Rome or Vikings and RPG game play, you're in for a treat. The Expedition franchise is back with another adventure through time. This time our journey follows an alternative series of events to those seen before and during the era of Julius Caesar. You are the scion of a patrician house and must determine the fate of not only your family and friends, but also of Rome and its allies as events unfold and thrust you into the moments of fate. You will travel through Rome but also to Asia, Africa, and Germania with not only your praetorian guard but also a Legion or two as you vanquish Rome's foes and survive the machinations of those that would destroy you. You and your guard are specialized between four classes, each with three specialization trees to mix and match from as well as randomly generated 'weapon skills' based upon the quality and type of weapon you choose to fight with. Party battles occur on a hex grid like previous titles while Army battle occur in a four phase battle system where you choose tactics for each phase that can influence the behind the scenes stats being calculated at each skirmish point. For fans of Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous - this is a much less tedious battle and army management system that surprisingly also has more depth as you capture resource nodes across the theaters of war to improve your Legion's encampment, manage basic four resources to sustain your army, and gradually improve battle strategies and one use battle tactics.

Fans of Exp: Vikings rejoice for there is no timer or punishment for exploring the entire map or side quests. The only timers are in party battles - ie rescue before executed. The class system brings more focus to each character and the weapon skills allow for a some level of cross over. Crafting is significantly improved from the last installment (it is actually meaningful now) and dialog choices hold significantly more weight at many critical points of the story.

I highly recommend all the Expedition games to anyone who enjoys a bit of historical fiction and RPGs and Rome is no different. I truly hope we see more post-launch content than previous games as the quality has been very much appreciated in all three games and left me wanting for more. My first run on Rome provided roughly 70 hours of content on a completionist mindset although you could probably complete it in closer to 50.

Ave civite! If you like historical dramas like Rome or Vikings and RPG game play, you're in for a treat. The Expedition franchise is back with another adventure through time. This time our journey follows an alternative series of events to those seen before and during the era of Julius Caesar. You are the scion of a patrician house and must determine the fate of not only your family and friends, but also of Rome and its allies as events unfold and thrust you into the moments of fate. You will travel through Rome but also to Asia, Africa, and Germania with not only your praetorian guard but also a Legion or two as you vanquish Rome's foes and survive the machinations of those that would destroy you. You and your guard are specialized between four classes, each with three specialization trees to mix and match from as well as randomly generated 'weapon skills' based upon the quality and type of weapon you choose to fight with. Party battles occur on a hex grid like previous titles while Army battle occur in a four phase battle system where you choose tactics for each phase that can influence the behind the scenes stats being calculated at each skirmish point. For fans of Pathfinder Wrath of the Righteous - this is a much less tedious battle and army management system that surprisingly also has more depth as you capture resource nodes across the theaters of war to improve your Legion's encampment, manage basic four resources to sustain your army, and gradually improve battle strategies and one use battle tactics. Fans of Exp: Vikings rejoice for there is no timer or punishment for exploring the entire map or side quests. The only timers are in party battles - ie rescue before executed. The class system brings more focus to each character and the weapon skills allow for a some level of cross over. Crafting is significantly improved from the last installment (it is actually meaningful now) and dialog choices hold significantly more weight at many critical points of the story. I highly recommend all the Expedition games to anyone who enjoys a bit of historical fiction and RPGs and Rome is no different. I truly hope we see more post-launch content than previous games as the quality has been very much appreciated in all three games and left me wanting for more. My first run on Rome provided roughly 70 hours of content on a completionist mindset although you could probably complete it in closer to 50.