Be Honest: Did they intend for us to play as Rome?

**poetic totalwar** · July 19, 2009, 04:21 PM

I figure that since the mod is called Rome, then that means they spent the most time and attention on the Rome faction.

Does this mean that in order to get the full effect of the mod, I should play as Rome?

I don't want to play a faction that didn't get any TLC.

**~~Ibram~~** · July 19, 2009, 04:27 PM

If anything, they make it so hard on the Roman faction that they don't want you to play as rome

lol

But seriously, ALL factons get TLC. Trust me.

**Nicator** · July 19, 2009, 05:08 PM

It depends, are you talking about RS 1.5 or RS 2?
Because in 1.5 the Romans definitely received the most attention with their unique legions and many auxilia, their unique buildings and reforms etc. whereas the other factions only have their small, fixed, in many cases very similar unit rosters and building trees.
The other factions are, of course, still very much playable and enjoyable, but there is a great schism between 'the Romans' and 'the rest' when it comes to attention to detail and amount of content.

RS 2 is a completely different matter alltogether. Rome keeps it's extra content and even gets much more in spades, but so does every one else. It's been said several times by the team that it's a major point for them to make RS 2 equally fun/difficult/complex for each of the factions.

**poetic totalwar** · July 19, 2009, 05:35 PM

Originally Posted by Nicator

It depends, are you talking about RS 1.5 or RS 2?
Because in 1.5 the Romans definitely received the most attention with their unique legions and many auxilia, their unique buildings and reforms etc. whereas the other factions only have their small, fixed, in many cases very similar unit rosters and building trees.
The other factions are, of course, still very much playable and enjoyable, but there is a great schism between 'the Romans' and 'the rest' when it comes to attention to detail and amount of content.

RS 2 is a completely different matter alltogether. Rome keeps it's extra content and even gets much more in spades, but so does every one else. It's been said several times by the team that it's a major point for them to make RS 2 equally fun/difficult/complex for each of the factions.

Yes, I was talking about 1.5. So my suspicions are correct, then. Hmm...guess I'll just wait until 2.

The thing is most mods seem to focus only on a select few factions. I understand why this happens (limited modders=limited time=choices have to be made), and I don't blame modders.

It's just that sometimes you want more choices, you know.

I'm looking forward to RS 2

**Medieval American** · July 19, 2009, 07:11 PM

RS 1.5c is totally worth the trouble eventhough the game might not have everything you want just yet. If you have even a slight interest in the time period you sould surly try this mod! RS 1.5c is what Rome Total War should have been straight out of the box. Don't miss out on something great...

**Brusilov** · July 20, 2009, 03:54 AM

There are still sufficient factions in RS1.5 to give them a try. Maybe, they don't have the sheer volume of different units that Rome has but they have a decent unit roster. Try (in no particular order) Carthage, Syracuse, Pergamum and the Gauls.

**tone** · July 20, 2009, 04:24 AM

Iberians too - one of the factions that got a reskin before we started work on RS2

**Leeham991** · July 20, 2009, 09:15 AM

Isn't Gaul just as modded as Rome in RS1.5c? I think I read that somewhere.

**dvk901** · July 20, 2009, 09:40 AM

All factions are heavily different from RS1.5 in units and buildings. RS2 is just much more 'involved' economically with a lot of effort to make it more interesting and challenging.

**Anduin1** · July 22, 2009, 05:53 PM

it feels like it a little bit, playing other factions it seems like the unit design of Rome received the most care but still factions like Greece, Macedon, Pargamum, get really nice upgrades from vanilla game so that they're not just armies full of pike wielders.