Introduction
Hi from all at Team-RTR. If you are a keen watcher of Rome Total Realism you will be aware that we are well advanced with work on our latest project, Rome Total Realism VII: Fate of Empires (FOE). We are very excited about this campaign as it will be introducing many innovative gameplay ideas that we have been working on, most of which will eventually make their way into the RTR VII: Grand Campaign. Covering both a larger area and longer time span, FOE has a greater scope than that of TIC so we are not calling it a "mini-campaign": we prefer to think of it more in terms of a "midi".

This Picture of the Week article shows you some of the screen shots we have taken whilst "battle testing" the game. We hope you like them and that they whet your appetite to try the FOE campaign, when it is released.
The Campaign
Starting in 280 BC, our campaign will challenge you to relive or rewrite history. A tumultuous and vital period, not only for Rome but the entire western Mediterranean: Rome, Carthage, and Epeiros, under its chrarismatic ruler King Pyrrhos, clashed like titans for domininance. Will you emulate the campaigns of Hannibal Barca and Scipio Africanus, or blaze a new path through history with Pyrrhos? Fate of Empires aims to be the perfect scene for your glorious victories, or catastrophic defeats...

FOE also introduces new complex systems of government and commerce to challenge you. What path will your fledgling empire develop along, and how will your economy fare? Many questions will be answered in our previews, but you will have to wait for the finished campaign to see the full picture.
The Map



Carthage 280 BC

Battle Images

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Velites take on the elephants


Hastati versus the Sacred Band


Hastati under pressure


Defending the Eagle


On the left flank


"Take back what you said about my mother!"


The Socii get hit from behind


Battlefield panorama


Hoplitai


Special Ability - "War Cry"


"Look behind you!"


Elite Ambacti


"Charge!"


Fording


Hoplitai Etrusci


"Who are you looking at?"


Flanking manouvre


River crossing