How historically accurate is this game?

[-$ilver-]

Was any research done for historical accuracy or just soldiers with roman garb and weapons just doing what ever? For some reason I am in a Roman empire mood. Even been giving Latin a whirl.

[hagakuremoi]

The game Is a fantasy versión of Rome, fan fiction.

[∞]

That much:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=966231984

[10sir]

Originally posted by ∞:

That much:
https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=966231984

lmao

[Gork]

At the start of the game there was Nero, who ruled rome during the Pax Romana, means it was impossible to have an barbarian invasion at the heart of the empire at this time. second too much use of siege weapons, like raining fire stones everywhere, third why the barbarians has so much acess to siege weapons. So having an barbarian invasion in Rome at the 1st century AC with siege weapons simply never happened.
Fourth, Balista machineguns! fifth, Legionaires never wore vambraces neither of metal nor leather, that is reserved to archers to avoid to flail the arm with the string of the bow.
Sixth, The naval beach invasion reminds the scene of normandy saving private Ryan, Roman where smart enough not to land at a place full of barbarians and once again, the barbarians have ton of siege weapons like since when?
Seventh: why is there an Elephant in England at first Century??
The Last: Why does exist in the game, nipple armor?????

[Denneisk]

They say centurion wrong so it can only go downhill from there.

[gombicek]

They speak english, so they say pretty much every latin term wrong.
Also only historical accuracy in this game is well, rome and britania existed and there was Boudica and she led a rebelion against Rome.
Otherwise it is as much historically accurate as newer call of duty games. Even the movie Gladiator was more historically accurate.

But all in all it is an ok hack and slash games, you just need to disregard everything you know about ancient Rome and pretend it is in some strange alternative universe. Then it works ok.

[Castyles]

It's a work of fiction with some characters that were real individuals.

In Ryse, Commodus and Nero live at the same time, as son and father. Plus Boudica, the celtic queen, invades Rome. On top of an african elephant.

None of that ever happened, irl.

[usulist]

it is not. but that shouldn't be a problem. the story is about a soldier who rises up in the ranks due to his own merits, struggling with the corrupt political machine that has the final word in how his might is to be used. it is a story as old as war and therefore it really needs no ties to historicity of the setting's events. you could have this play out in any universe so to speak but the idea and aesthetics of the roman military might was a somewhat fitting background. consider the names, the types of armies, and the races as no more significant as, for example, the technobabble you hear in scifi works. they are there for flavor and nothing else.
all that being said, i think the game does a great job in creating a fantasy roman setting for a soldier vs politician plot and the art design is magnificent.

[sol Invictus]

Originally posted by Gork:

At the start of the game there was Nero, who ruled rome during the Pax Romana, means it was impossible to have an barbarian invasion at the heart of the empire at this time. second too much use of siege weapons, like raining fire stones everywhere, third why the barbarians has so much acess to siege weapons. So having an barbarian invasion in Rome at the 1st century AC with siege weapons simply never happened.
Fourth, Balista machineguns! fifth, Legionaires never wore vambraces neither of metal nor leather, that is reserved to archers to avoid to flail the arm with the string of the bow.
Sixth, The naval beach invasion reminds the scene of normandy saving private Ryan, Roman where smart enough not to land at a place full of barbarians and once again, the barbarians have ton of siege weapons like since when?
Seventh: why is there an Elephant in England at first Century??
The Last: Why does exist in the game, nipple armor?????

There actually is an account of an amphibian assault on barbarians in Caesar’s Bellum Gallicum. Reportedly, several ships loaded with troops came near the shore, but then the men all jumped out and swam (yes, swam) the rest of the way into the beach.

[metamec]

It is historical fiction. The biggest clue from the start is Nero and the Flavian Ampitheatre existing at the same time. Nero is also much older than he ever got in real life. As for the character names, it's like they put a bunch of those associated with various patrician families into a tombola, spun it and randomly assigned them.

Having said all of that, it's still a very interesting game. It captures the essence of Rome (the city) very well, I suppose, despite the glaring anachronisms.

[Delta]

As a reenactor portraying a legionary in the 1st century AD, not very but also not too fantasy where you can't appreciate the efforts.

The events of the game loosely follow the 14th's battle against Boudicca (and more largely against the Germanic tribes during the Battle of Watling Street). As far as armor goes, the basic legionary equipment receives a 'B' in historical accuracy, but falls short when it comes to the more intricate details of armor and equipment. But, I can appreciate the fact it's one of the best Roman-inspired games on the market to this day, besides your RTS games like Total War.

[Grey Sama]

What irks me most is the fact Marius comes from a prominent patrician family, so he would likely have progressed up the greasy pole that is senate politics as all the families did. He'd have been one of 6 Tribunes assigned to a Legion in the field, usually at 16 and would hold it for 4 years progressing hopefully to senior Tribune as the others were rotated out and new ones came in. He'd then be eligible for the role of Quaestor and be assigned to a province for several years to serve under the command of said province's Praetor or governor.

Upon returning to Rome and at the next Senate vote, he'd be given command of a Legion as it's Legatus (which is what the character commander Vitalian in the game is). Again he'd serve for 4 years before returning to the Senate to await the next years voting and hopefully gain the rank of Praetor and govern a specific province.
Instead Marius in the game is somehow made a centurion by Vitalian when he encounters him in Rome at the game's start, an NCO rank which was reserved for the common man or plebeians who rose through the ranks and earned the respect of their men, in charge of a century or 80 men (plus temporary attachments to the Legion assigned to each century which made up the other 20, like blacksmiths, Osler's, armourers, etc.)