Illojuan ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥

Absolute classic. I fell in love with Rome I when it first came out 20 years ago on CD but wanted to further support the franchise on Steam. I'll keep this short for now but if you're thinking about picking this up bundled with Rome I :Remastered, don't. They did far more than just change the texture aesthetics in R:R and I found the formation changes, battle map AI changes, and unit control during battles near game breaking in that iteration of Rome I.

Rome Total War Gold is still true to the old software code and the battles are as incredible as I remember them. Pick up the S.P.Q.R. mod from the Total War Center forums and play Rome as you've never imagined it. However, brush up on the game first in a vanilla campaign as it's more oriented to veteran players before giving it a go.

The sound effects in Rome I Gold are still just as crisp, moddable and satisfying as they used to be, unlike Remastered, as they either removed or muffled the same identical sound files, which really is too bad and strange, along with the AI changes.

So get a good mod and let yourself enjoy a masterpiece, Rome Total War Gold.

Its fun.