Why do all Roman era games suck

[Flickmann]

I just can't scratch my Rome itch and it's depressing. R:TW is ancient and runs like crap on my machine whereas the Remaster is just disappointing. Rome II, even with DEI, is broken beyond belief with abysmal AI, possibly the worst battle engine in the series and yawn-inducing campaign map mechanics. Attila is good but runs like absolute crap and again suffers from the poor battles.

I'm going to give Imperator: Rome a try now it's had the 2.0 update with some now calling it Paradox's best game. Can't be much worse than the rest of the garbage on offer.

[SinStar87 (He/Him)]

You played the Caesar games?

[Flickmann]

Originally posted by SinStar87:

You played the Caesar games?

Sure have, awesome city builder. I should have been more specific and said war games. Caeser's focus isn't really on combat or fighting.

[Ed]

Paradox have abandoned any future work on Imperator, last I read

[SinStar87 (He/Him)]

Originally posted by Flickmann:

Originally posted by SinStar87:

You played the Caesar games?

Sure have, awesome city builder. I should have been more specific and said war games. Caeser's focus isn't really on combat or fighting.

cool, fair enough. Played a bit of Imperium Romanum and Grand Ages Rome, decent games for what they are. Old school dos game, Centurion Defender of Rome was good for what it was. Praetorians has a hardcore fan group that apparently got it quality remastering. Those are ones I've personally played and would recommend.

[SinStar87 (He/Him)]

https://store.steampowered.com/app/433290/Nemesis_of_the_Roman_Empire/ Just found this, seems like Age of Empires: Punic Wars

[The Architect]

Originally posted by Flickmann:

I just can't scratch my Rome itch and it's depressing. R:TW is ancient and runs like crap on my machine whereas the Remaster is just disappointing. Rome II, even with DEI, is broken beyond belief with abysmal AI, possibly the worst battle engine in the series and yawn-inducing campaign map mechanics. Attila is good but runs like absolute crap and again suffers from the poor battles.

I'm going to give Imperator: Rome a try now it's had the 2.0 update with some now calling it Paradox's best game. Can't be much worse than the rest of the garbage on offer.

Check out the Europa Barbarborum 2 mod for Medieval 2 Total War!

[Mållgan]

Okay, bye.

[Captain Custard]

K

[Caladan]

Originally posted by Flickmann:

I just can't scratch my Rome itch and it's depressing. R:TW is ancient and runs like crap on my machine whereas the Remaster is just disappointing. Rome II, even with DEI, is broken beyond belief with abysmal AI, possibly the worst battle engine in the series and yawn-inducing campaign map mechanics. Attila is good but runs like absolute crap and again suffers from the poor battles.

I'm going to give Imperator: Rome a try now it's had the 2.0 update with some now calling it Paradox's best game. Can't be much worse than the rest of the garbage on offer.

This goes for tv shows and movies too. Very few good depictions/experiences in ancient Rome.

Only Roman games I ever enjoyed was Caesar III (Caesar IV is garbage) and Rome: Total War. Ryse: Son of Rome was a ridiculous fantasy-esque version of Rome and the brief segment you get to go to Rome in AC: Origins was nonsense. I would like an Assassin's Creed-esque (without the ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ of AC) or Kingdom Come: Deliverance-eqsue game set in Rome with proper RPG elements (no fantasy ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥, no overhead health bars, no ridiculous player movements), including: extremely detailed dialogue options that can greatly change the outcome of each situation and the ending, lots of customisation of the character and associated items, armor and weapons. And I want it set in Rome's prime during the Empire after the construction of its major monuments like the Collosseum.

Also would love a Caesar V that doesn't run like ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥ or look disgusting (No 3D please).

[Turtler]

You might want to look at 'Praetorians", which is a dedicated tactical level RTS. And does a decent job portraying how Roman Legions in the time of Julius Caesar fought.

[JP]

ok

[Mayer]

I tried Imperator: Rome
Don't get your hopes up, it's terrible for rebuilding the roman empire and limits expansionism and Paradox has decided to stop developing it.

[Mayer]

Originally posted by michaelsanguine:

Only Roman games I ever enjoyed was Caesar III (Caesar IV is garbage) and Rome: Total War

Yes, Caesar III was a great city builder, although Pharao and Zeus were more refined.
There were a couple 3D roman city builders which competed with Caesar IV like Glory of Rome, Imperium Romanum and Grand Ages but they were relatively simple and not as good as Caesar III

[Xautos]

I'll stick with the original RTW and Aoe 1 + RoR for my Roman conquest itch. Can't beat the original classics and frankly i don't see any reason to try. i have both games in their jeweled cases still ready to be used when the internet connection goes for any significant amount of time.

Originally posted by michaelsanguine:

This goes for tv shows and movies too. Very few good depictions/experiences in ancient Rome.

Funnily enough, RTW was used in a TV game show in the UK between 2003 and 2005 and again in 2016. Time Commanders is what it was called and the game was a year from release when the TV show launched, the focus was on the battles, so the base building, map and all that other stuff wasn't used. it was purely on planning an attack on an enemy that was already assembled and using those units to try win the match.

[Ed]

Originally posted by michaelsanguine:

This goes for tv shows and movies too. Very few good depictions/experiences in ancient Rome.

I dunno, I thought Life of Brian was pretty good :D