REVIEW:

-Is it worth buying at full price, YES.

-After playing the game, I have opened the store page a few times without really thinking about doing so, I think it is because I miss the feeling of the world it immersed me in, and because of this, I admire Expeditions Rome as a beautiful work of art. The experience was emotional, and it has stayed with me after I completed it, grieving that my time with characters like Bestia as Legatus Brandon is over.

-This game is truly amazing, though a few blaring and frustrating deficits pull you from the otherwise wonderful experience.. However, the overall experience of the game is excellent.

-One of the best isometric RPGs I have ever played, including out of the entire BG series, and I would place this in my top three including, BG3 and Icewind Dale, and now Rome Expeditions.

-I enjoyed the strategic addition to the rpg experience giving the feel of both the big and small aspects of the campaign across multiple theaters of war. There is something about being able to take the cities, level up your legion, and how your playable characters can influence the larger, broader aspect of the stratigic map that really set this title apart earning its spot in my top three.

-The story was surprisingly engaging and made the battles have meaning. The character development brought a camaraderie between my avatar and my main characters. Many games attempt this, but it is often superficial. Expeditions isn't as deep as BG3, but it exceeds most other highly rated CRPG experiences

-I loved the crafting aspect of the game, randomized loot, and perks of characters and gear.

-My only significant complaint would be a few moments the story choices feel very forced and do not fit the role-playing theme of your previous choices. Many others have voiced these specific instances in their complaints in reviews and discussions.

-Minor complaint, I didn't really ever fully grasp the mechanics of my centurions leveling their 3 battle skills. I didn't understand when to upgrade gear vs. break it down and reforge it.

DEAR DEVELOPER:
BUG:

Originally played on GAMEPASS a year ago, got stuck on GOLDENWOLF talk to Luna objective.. I submitted a bug report directly on their website. Was notified steam version was updated with the patch that claims to have fixed said bug. This also would allow me to import my gamepass save to steam as before they were different versions. After a year of waiting bought for steam, and loaded many saved games and the LUNA bug was still present. Reloaded personal saves from before I arrived to bugged area where I am trapped on local map and ran into the exact same problem. It clearly is not patched entirely. Lost over 30 hours as I had to restart and while the game is good no one wants to waste their time and this is a wide enough problem it should be fixed. My concern was, WHAT IF I RUN INTO IT AGAIN?

Note to Iron Man players, that is a risk I wouldn't take. Note to all players. Save all the time.

Anyhow I restarted, and I love the game and bug did not trigger. Maybe it is patched for new games only.