No Way to Continue After "Winning" ?

[Wegadin]

I was blissfully playing as Rome, when I suddenly get the message, "You are the greatest Empire ever! Yay!" ("Yay!" added for sarcastic emphasis). At which point, I can no longer continue playing, but only "observe." I haven't even halfway conquered the known world yet!! I have not defeated Carthage, Gaul, or Macedon (They fled to Egypt after I took Greece...Athenian cowards)!

Is there anyway to continue playing? Also, I don't remember a clear "Winning" conditions setup when I started the game. I just assumed I could conquer everything.

[Na]

The game ends at year 727.

[Wegadin]

Seriously?! That sucks. Does the game not tell you this anywhere upon start?

[Tanya Degurechaff]

Originally posted by Wegadin:

Seriously?! That sucks. Does the game not tell you this anywhere upon start?

my game ended completly out of nowhere, no warning or anything, poof empire gone

[Wegadin]

Yeah, I just had to post a negative review based on this, whereas it would have been positive. I truly enjoyed this game, but I won't play a game I payed for when an arbitrary "Time Limit" is set on the amount of fun I can have.

What a terrible design flaw! There are not even any "winning conditions" you can set for yourself at the start of the game! And the game does not tell you ANYWHERE when it ends.

It is the same horrible feeling of seeing your favorite game crash and realize all your save files were corrupted. However, in this case, Paradox is intentionally doing it!

[Tanya Degurechaff]

Originally posted by Wegadin:

Yeah, I just had to post a negative review based on this, whereas it would have been positive. I truly enjoyed this game, but I won't play a game I payed for when an arbitrary "Time Limit" is set on the amount of fun I can have.

What a terrible design flaw! There are not even any "winning conditions" you can set for yourself at the start of the game! And the game does not tell you ANYWHERE when it ends.

It is the same horrible feeling of seeing your favorite game crash and realize all your save files were corrupted. However, in this case, Paradox is intentionally doing it!

there is an infinite timer mod but then no achievements

[Wegadin]

Thanks. Hmmm, I wonder if I can add the mod and use a save before I "won" to continue playing. However, at this point, I have such a sour taste in my mouth, I think I may go back to stellaris, or try Three Kingdoms.

[Na]

It's not a flaw
The time limit is the biggest thing that gives the game difficultly.
Without it everyone would be able to conquer the world.

EU4 and CK2 also have time limits.

[Tanya Degurechaff]

Originally posted by Sodium:

It's not a flaw
The time limit is the biggest thing that gives the game difficultly.
Without it everyone would be able to conquer the world.

you get to a point where you can easily conquer the world, even before the game ends,
just let people conquer the world

[Na]

Originally posted by Nanachi:

Originally posted by Sodium:

It's not a flaw
The time limit is the biggest thing that gives the game difficultly.
Without it everyone would be able to conquer the world.

you get to a point where you can easily conquer the world, even before the game ends,
just let people conquer the world

0.2% have Pax Aeterna
that's not easy.

[Captain_Narol]

I have some good news for you, you can manually edit the date when the game ends and keep on enjoying your game without a brutal time limit.

Just follow the instructions from this guide :

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1729370143

I have lost the count of the design flaws that Paradox committed in this game that had to be addressed by modders and fix finders from our great community...

I know it's quite ennervating, but please change back your review for positive if you enjoyed the game before that... The review score is already low enough and quite severe !

[Na]

Originally posted by Wegadin:

Seriously?! That sucks. Does the game not tell you this anywhere upon start?

The timeline is from roman history

Imperator: Rome Start and End Date. The Imperator: Rome start and end date mark the period after the end of the Second Samnite War, up until around the time when Augustus comes to power, establishing the Roman Empire.

[Captain_Narol]

Roman history didn't end with Augustus, so most players expected to be abble to play the game until 476 AD, the end date that they learnt at school (even if it's not really a true ending, as the Eastern Roman Empire survived much longer and was still truely roman at start).

From a commercial standpoint, it was a mistake to restrict the game to such a short timeline, even if made sense in terms of gameplay. (and I am not so convinced of that, honestly I think it was rather just a lazy way of handling the question of the birth of chirstianism and roman conversion to it)

[Wegadin]

Originally posted by Sodium:

Originally posted by Wegadin:

Seriously?! That sucks. Does the game not tell you this anywhere upon start?

The timeline is from roman history

Imperator: Rome Start and End Date. The Imperator: Rome start and end date mark the period after the end of the Second Samnite War, up until around the time when Augustus comes to power, establishing the Roman Empire.

I appreciate the response, but I don't think the layman should have to have a minor in History in order to know when the game ends. Besides, when people think of Roman Empire-esque Games, or even the basic time period, they think of Julius Caesar. Having the game end before the Imperial era seems flawed.

[Wegadin]

Originally posted by Captain_Narol:

Roman history didn't end with Augustus, so most players expected to be abble to play the game until 476 AD, the end date that they learnt at school (even if it's not really a true ending, as the Eastern Roman Empire survived much longer and was still truely roman at start).

From a commercial standpoint, it was a mistake to restrict the game to such a short timeline, even if made sense in terms of gameplay. (and I am not so convinced of that, honestly I think it was rather just a lazy way of handling the question of the birth of chirstianism and roman conversion to it)

Agreed.

And if Paradox is afraid to deal with the issue of Christianity because it might offend some people, then they truly don't care as much about being historically accurate as I once thought. Whether one is religious or not, the birth of Christ and the subsequent advent of Christianity is one of the single most influential events in history, regardless of one's beliefs.

Thank you for the guide link. I am not sure I will change my review or not. I am most upset by the fact that this information, regarding the end date of the game, was not clearly revealed in the first place. A simple tool tip at the start of a new game would suffice.

I feel like the kid at the arcade who has a game monitor flash with the message on the screen "Insert another quarter to continue playing" Only to realize, there is no slot to insert a quarter to keep playing Imperator.

[Tanya Degurechaff]

Originally posted by Captain_Narol:

I have some good news for you, you can manually edit the date when the game ends and keep on enjoying your game without a brutal time limit.

Just follow the instructions from this guide :

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1729370143

I have lost the count of the design flaws that Paradox committed in this game that had to be addressed by modders and fix finders from our great community...

I know it's quite ennervating, but please change back your review for positive if you enjoyed the game before that... The review score is already low enough and quite severe !

does that disable achievements?