Been there done that at first glance - definitely not the case once you start playing!

User Rating: 9 | Rome: Total War PC
By kellerwe | Review Date:
After taking it out of the box, installing it and doing my usual first glance playing, I really thought this was just another re-make of the Total War and Civilization series - a series that I have spent many, many hours playing, from Civilization through to Civilization - Call to Power, Call to Power II and Civilization III. The thing is, once you start playing, the sheer depth of the strategy portion of the game becomes mind blowing - I really like the Senate bit as well as checking out the family tree, since these are clearly very important aspects for ultimate success! As far as the battles are concerned, it makes most other pure strategy games like the ones I pointed out above look a bit silly. In fact, true to the nature of the Total War series, the built-in tactical options and terrain variances makes this aspect of the game just as exciting for me as the pure strategy bits - something that doesn't come easy for a hard core strategy gamer like me. The graphics are mind blowing, even in close-up battle views and the 3D strategy map is awesome compared to most other similar games. The one and only complaint that I might have - still thinking about it - is the fact that even when running on a fairly super duper computer, the mouse cursor in both the strategy map and battle map portions is fairly slow and makes gameplay somewhat cumbersome. It may have been a good idea for Creative Assembly to allow a graphic option where one could disable the software cursor and stick to the hardware, like in the Blitzkrieg series for example. It won't look as nice but in the long run it would make the game even more enjoyable in my oppinion.

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