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historical video game
Rome: Total War
By Feral Interactive, released 1 Jan 2004
- Microsoft Windows
- macOS
- real-time tactics
- real-time strategy
- turn-based strategy video game
What it is
Rome: Total War is a historical strategy game developed by Feral Interactive and released in 2004. Its collection edition includes the main game and the Barbarian Invasion expansion. The campaign puts players in charge of one of three Roman families, managing economic, civil, religious and military affairs over a century-long effort to control the empire. Battles feature thousands of soldiers on screen, and the campaign includes historical leaders such as Julius Caesar, Spartacus and Hannibal. Barbarian Invasion shifts the focus to Rome's decline, with invading groups and rival factions. The Steam version is listed for Windows and offers single-player, multiplayer, Steam Trading Cards and Family Sharing. The game's listed platforms are Windows and macOS, and SEGA is its publisher. The Steam release date is August 28, 2007.
What players like, and what they don't
- Collection includes Barbarian Invasion
- Campaign manages economic, civil, religious and military affairs
- Steam listing includes multiplayer
- Listed for Windows and macOS
- Steam platform listing is Windows only
- No other Steam features beyond the listed set
Who it suits
It suits strategy players who want both large battles and a campaign balancing several parts of an empire. The collection also fits players interested in Rome's decline through the included Barbarian Invasion expansion.
Rome: Total War pairs a century-spanning empire campaign with large-scale battles, and the collection adds Barbarian Invasion. Its Steam listing includes multiplayer, but lists Windows as its platform.
