Total War: ROME REMASTERED Review

I had tried to enjoy this game. I knew that back then we did not expect much from games and that Rome being presented for a modern gamer might disappoint. However, this remaster does not adequately address major issues and does not bring quality of life improvements. New interface is even worse. AI seems to have gotten worse with developers messing with the code. Gameplay is a same mess. Enemies spamming you with fully stacked armies every few turns and you can lose out of nowhere because some AI faction which you had never seen managed to meet victory conditions. If developers were going for remake, this falls spectacularly short of a proper remake. If developers had tried to make a remaster, they had failed doing that. It is grossly overpriced for a remake and it messes up with the original game for no good reason.


Pathing

Pathing does not work. Units constantly unsure what to do. Fail to form formations in time, fail to charge up the gates, fail to form up near the gates. It is a mess.

AI

AI is brain dead easy. Most of the time it won’t do anything and when it does, it gets such immense bonuses from expertise that you can send several elite units, surround enemy unit from all sides, charge them and you will still lose. Gameplay is broken.

Campaign

Campaign map is broken. I was playing campaign and I lost. How did I lost? Some power in a middle of nowhere which I never met had fulfilled victory condition. What the hell? AI does not have victory conditions. Only a player has victory conditions. Now I had lost 17 hour run to an AI with which I never interacted with and I’m supposed to be happy? Better luck next time?

Interface

Interface is completely atrocious. It is small, it is difficult to find what you are looking for and has no flavor text. What is the point of remaking old game if you are not going to improve anything? Either do a proper remaster or a proper remake instead of this half assed product!

[h1]A misguided effort[/h1] I had tried to enjoy this game. I knew that back then we did not expect much from games and that Rome being presented for a modern gamer might disappoint. However, this remaster does not adequately address major issues and does not bring quality of life improvements. New interface is even worse. AI seems to have gotten worse with developers messing with the code. Gameplay is a same mess. Enemies spamming you with fully stacked armies every few turns and you can lose out of nowhere because some AI faction which you had never seen managed to meet victory conditions. If developers were going for remake, this falls spectacularly short of a proper remake. If developers had tried to make a remaster, they had failed doing that. It is grossly overpriced for a remake and it messes up with the original game for no good reason. [h1]Individual Issues[/h1] [b]Pathing[/b] Pathing does not work. Units constantly unsure what to do. Fail to form formations in time, fail to charge up the gates, fail to form up near the gates. It is a mess. [b]AI[/b] AI is brain dead easy. Most of the time it won’t do anything and when it does, it gets such immense bonuses from expertise that you can send several elite units, surround enemy unit from all sides, charge them and you will still lose. Gameplay is broken. [b]Campaign[/b] Campaign map is broken. I was playing campaign and I lost. How did I lost? Some power in a middle of nowhere which I never met had fulfilled victory condition. What the hell? AI does not have victory conditions. Only a player has victory conditions. Now I had lost 17 hour run to an AI with which I never interacted with and I’m supposed to be happy? Better luck next time? [b]Interface[/b] Interface is completely atrocious. It is small, it is difficult to find what you are looking for and has no flavor text. What is the point of remaking old game if you are not going to improve anything? Either do a proper remaster or a proper remake instead of this half assed product!