Total War: Rome II
Encompassing one of the best-known periods in world history, Total War: Rome II will combines turn-based campaigns with large, cinematic real-time battles.
Total War: Rome II is a real time strategy (rts) developed by The Creative Assembly, released 3 September 2013 on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). The main story takes about 75 hrs to finish.
What Total War: Rome II is
Total War: Rome II is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by The Creative Assembly and released in 2013. It was published by Sega. It is available on Mac and PC (Microsoft Windows). It runs on TW Engine 3.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Become the world's first superpower and command the most incredible and vast war machine of the Ancient world. Dominate the enemies of your glorious empire by military, economic and political means. Your rise will bring admiration from your followers but will also attract greed and jealousy, even from your closest allies. Will betrayal strike you down, or will you be the first to turn on old friends? How much are you ready to sacrifice for your vision of Rome? Will you fight to save the Republic, or plot to rule alone as Dictator – as Emperor?
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are historical. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Co-operative, Multiplayer and Single player. There are 188 achievements to unlock.
Where it sits in the Total War series
Total War: Rome II is the 12th of 56 entries we hold in the Total War series. It arrived 7 months after Sonic & All-Stars Racing Transformed. The next entry was Total War: Rome II - Blood & Gore in 2013. Its critic score of 72 is 11 points below the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Rome: Total War at 91.
How it was received
Total War: Rome II holds a critic score of 72 out of 100. That places it above 44% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2013 averaged 70, so it scored 2 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 75, across 208 votes.
How long it takes, and what that costs
The main story runs about 75 hrs. Completing everything takes closer to 267 hrs, roughly 3.6 times the length of the critical path.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 2 GHz Intel Dual Core processor / 2.6 GHz Intel Single Core processor, 2GB RAM and 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3, vertex texture fetch support).. At 2GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 35GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Total War: Rome II launched on 3 September 2013, within three weeks of Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends and Saints Row IV. All of them reviewed better.
Released around the same time: Grand Theft Auto V, The Legend of Zelda: The Wind Waker HD, Rayman Legends, Saints Row IV.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Total War: Rome II yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
Official trailer
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Dlc
Total War: Rome II - Culture Pack: Greek States
Total War: Rome II - Culture Pack: Nomadic Tribes
Total War: Rome II - Blood & Gore
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Total War: Rome II - Caesar in Gaul
Total War: Rome II - Unit Pack: Beasts of War
Total War: Rome II - Culture Pack: Pirates and Raiders
Total War: Rome II - Unit Pack: Daughters of Mars
Total War: Rome II - Culture Pack: Black Seas Colonies
Total War: Rome II - Campaign Pack: Wrath of Sparta
Total War: Rome II - Empire Divided
Total War: Rome II - Culture Pack: Desert Kingdoms
Total War: Rome II - Campaign Pack: Rise of the Republic
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