HUGE Update: Rome 2 PICTURES, ARTICLES & VIDEOS - 12/6/13

[Father Jack]

The campaign map looks fantastic.

[Modestus]

How does this work as a campaign map?

If say I want to besiege Alexandria do I just go up to the nearest wall and put in under siege? And Memphis is that Memphis? It appears to be only a stones throw away from Alexandria and it looks as if it would take longer to travel around one city walls then to go to another city.

Sorry but I think the map looks tiny.

[Rhaegar1]

How does this work as a campaign map?

If say I want to besiege Alexandria do I just go up to the nearest wall and put in under siege? And Memphis is that Memphis? It appears to be only a stones throw away from Alexandria and it looks as if it would take longer to travel around one city walls then to go to another city.

Sorry but I think the map looks tiny.

Yeah look at the screenshots, not the movie. I'd estimate that asia minor alone is roughly at least the same with (north to south) as Japan in TWS2. Let alon how big the entire map is! And I'm only happy that there are not so many cities, as long as there are enough regions! If I recall correctly italy (incl sicily) in Empire had 3 or 4 regions. This area in RTW2 seems to have 3 cities as well but with the region/province system nearly 10 regions!

[Modestus]

Yeah look at the screenshots, not the movie. I'd estimate that asia minor alone is roughly at least the same with (north to south) as Japan in TWS2. Let alon how big the entire map is! And I'm only happy that there are not so many cities, as long as there are enough regions! If I recall correctly italy (incl sicily) in Empire had 3 or 4 regions. This area in RTW2 seems to have 3 cities as well but with the region/province system nearly 10 regions!

I am looking at the screen shots but I still don’t see it, the city of Alexandria covers a good part of its own region and assuming that the other city is Memphis you could attack Alexandria in one move, it looks to me as if you could lob a stone from one city to the other.

You can even see Paraitonion to the west which looks closer to Alexandria then the length of Alexandria’s walls.
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[Sixer19]

THE BEST MAP EVER !

[* Matolo Swazulu *]

new video and link added

[Huberto]

Niiiice Woulda made the pyramids a little smaller but I'm not complaining.

[SughdianWarrior]

NAVIGABLE NILE????

[TheCzech]

NAVIGABLE NILE????

Total War replied on their facebook that the Nile is indeed navigable.

[Muizer]

I wasn't that impressed with the campaign maps from Empire through to Shogun 2, but this is looking good!

[Marcus Claudius Marcellus]

Those agents are intriguing (excuse the pun). There seems to be a Ptolemaic spy/assassin over to the right, a Roman centurion to the back near Alexandria, and some sort of tribal king maybe near the Roman army...very interesting, not your normal diplomat/spy/assassins.

[StealthFox]

Spoiler Alert, click show to read: 

Those agents are intriguing (excuse the pun). There seems to be a Ptolemaic spy/assassin over to the right, a Roman centurion to the back near Alexandria, and some sort of tribal king maybe near the Roman army...very interesting, not your normal diplomat/spy/assassins.

Just saw this:

Agents in Rome 2 are based on the set-up that you had in the Fall of the Samurai expansion for Shogun 2, in the sense that they are very versatile, and what they can do depends on where they are assigned – friendly towns or armies to boost, enemy towns or armies to subvert. All agents can attempt to kill all characters, or manipulate foreign agents into joining them.

There are three agent-types in Rome 2 – The Champion, The Dignitary and The Spy. For balance purposes they have the same function across all cultures and factions, but some cultures will have “flavour variants”. When agents are spawned, they have a background skill or ‘profession’, which is determined by certain factors with regards to where the agent came from, like culture, for example. These ‘profession’ can be invested in in addition to or instead of the conventional skill-tree.

Agents (along with Generals, Armies, Provinces and Settlements), have a set of three attributes. Each agent as a dominant attribute, so for example, the Spy’s dominant attribute is subterfuge.

The only agent we know some details about is The Champion – passionate warriors, loners, but they are incredibly skilled warriors. Buff certain unit types and help with training when embedded in a friendly army. Can reduce enemy army morale, set traps, harass and can assassinate generals.

Agents can’t interact with fleets at the moment (other than perhaps for transportation?), however if a fleet is docked in a port, an Agent can try and damage it by committing arson.

The way agents approach missions is the only significant change to the agent system – each hostile action as three possible ‘approaches’, which are linked to each of the three attributes an agent has. Each ‘approach’ has slightly different effects and outcomes – for example, if you send a Spy to interfere with an enemy army, they could try intercepting that army’s orders, which would slow them down and may reveal information on any unknown possessions. Alternatively, they could try wrecking their supply train, which may slow or stop them while temporarily removing the benefits of any special equipment being used by their troops.

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[Boicote]

No Colossus of Rhodes? The screenshot is from 47 BC. Maybe the Colossus of Rhodes was destroyed in 226 BC by some earthquake...

Also, the capital of Pontus is Amaseia . In the official wiki page it was Cabira. It's nice to see that CA changed that .

[Father Jack]

No Colossus of Rhodes? The screenshot is from 47 BC. Maybe the Colossus of Rhodes was destroyed in 226 BC by some earthquake...

Or more likely the Colossus isn't rendered at such a distance. I bet if you viewed Egypt from Rhodes the Pyramids wouldn't show up.

[T-Duke]

Yeeees (finally) !

[SughdianWarrior]

Any map images in larger resolution?

[Gugg]

OMG! Civil Wars comfirmed. Awesome!

[The Noble Lord]

Wow, absolutely THE BEST screenshots that I have seen so far. They are great, I love the battle map and more importantly the campaign map because that's what I was worried about since the ETW and Napoleon:TW debacle! Honestly, if this how both map are going to look like then I have to say that CA nailed it! And +rep for the OP.

[oOIYvYIOo]

[Nicolaos]

holy **** this is amazing