the best thing about rome total war

[TheFoolOnTheHill]

what is the best thing about rome total war

[wolfbane751]

nothing haha theres not anything good in it anymore everything else has surpassed it in every way

[jukeness]

The mods

[Strattios]

It's innovation. It was a huge leap from the games of the era. That, and I loved the mods. It was like buying a bunch of games for the price of one.

[Pharoah]

The mods

This

[The Stig]

The mods

[The Noble Lord]

The mods

And also the fact that you can play it for many happy weeks and months. It just goes on and on, too many provinces and map is just beautiful. Those map based RTS games such as CIV 4, Europa Universalis,Hearts of Iron and Victoria can't come even close to RTW, they can't even clean it's shoes!!

[A Demented Goldfish]

the mods, if rtw was realsed with all the hosted mods on this fourm alone, as expansions i would have happily paid £100 for it.

[herne_the _hunter]

After playing the game I now have a deeper interest in the Selucid empire/ Armenia/ Egypt/ Pontus/ Parthia/ Bactria and that whole area of the ancient middle east. So in that sense it has been a real eye opener for me history wise other than what I already knew before hand...who said gaming can't be educational...

[cpt krunch13]

After playing the game I now have a deeper interest in the Selucid empire/ Armenia/ Egypt/ Pontus/ Parthia/ Bactria and that whole area of the ancient middle east. So in that sense it has been a real eye opener for me history wise other than what I already knew before hand...who said gaming can't be educational...

Same here, before I played Rome I didnt give a donkeys pet rat about ancient times but I played it at a friends house, fell in love with it, and now I'm obbsessed with Roman history and warfare to the point where I plan on getting a tattoo of a Roman soldier on my 18th birthday next year

[Aymer de Valence]

the best thing was how the campaign map would actually shape the battlefields. If you fought next to a river, there would be a river on the battlefield etc. No other TW game after Rome has this

[Steve Holt]

Early Roman Bodyguards, the scourge of the Gauls

[Cap'n Ahb Veeus]

Rome got me interested in history.
Rome has the best time period.
The mods are astoundingly good.
The gameplay is more fun than any of the games up until Napoleon, and then I prefer Rome because of the faction diversity/lack of muskets.

[cpt krunch13]

Rome got me interested in history.
Rome has the best time period.
The mods are astoundingly good.
The gameplay is more fun than any of the games up until Napoleon, and then I prefer Rome because of the faction diversity/lack of muskets.

Agreed, there is something to be said for the good old fashioned sword and shield

[eXistenZ]

the seleucids. after rome there has been no other faction who had all the best units from the other factions: elephants, legionairs, phalanxes, chariots. and horse archers are gay anyway :p

[A7X]

the seleucids. after rome there has been no other faction who had all the best units from the other factions: elephants, legionairs, phalanxes, chariots. and horse archers are gay anyway :p

The seleucids definatly kick ass,it's so fun to just grow to control Minor Asia and than fight against the romans
also mods
and archers

[equites]

It represents the ancient battles better than any other game.

[Darth_Revan]

mods

[Spartanss300]

Of course the mods.
The time period I believe is fascinating.
The simplicity of it, theres no tech tree or buildings spread out over the map that require individual attention ETC.
The mods, yes i meant to say it twice. IMO the mods have kept this game alive as long as it has. 4 total war games have been released since this and Rome is the one i play the most.

[Blazeredmage]

Mods...And that it renewed my interest in the ancient world.