The Creative Assembly

Rome: Total War

Set during the rule of the late Roman Republic and the early Roman Empire, Rome: Total War is a real-time tactics and turn-based strategy game that takes place across Europe, North Africa and the Near East. The player assumes control of one of three Roman families with eight other factions playable outside the main campaign. The main goal of the campaign is to become emperor of Rome by conquering fifty provinces with the support of the people before capturing Rome itself although a short campaign is also available wherein success depends on besting other factions in a race to seize control of 15 provinces.

Released: 22 September 2004
Developer: The Creative Assembly
Publisher: Sega
Engine: TW Engine 2
Perspective: Bird view / Isometric
Age rating: PEGI 16 · ESRB T
Metacritic: 92/100
Steam recommendations: 13,038
Platforms: Android · PC (Microsoft Windows) · iOS · Mac
Genres: Real Time Strategy (RTS) · Simulator · Strategy · Turn-based strategy (TBS) · Tactical
Also known as: R:TW · Total War: Rome · Total War: Rome 1
Estimated owners: 1,000,000–2,000,000 (est.)

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Player rating: 91
Critic rating: 321
Ratings counted: 94.7%
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94.7% of 16,694 Steam reviews are positive. Valve labels that “Very Positive”.

1 languages in the interface, 0 of them with full voice acting. English is supported.

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There are frequent depictions of realistic looking violence towards human characters and sometimes animal characters. The player can command and attack many different types of military units against A.I. controlled characters. The player issues orders that influence the actions that these units carry out. When the player plays a real-time battle they will witness combat animations with swords, axes, spears, arrows and some missile units.

Rome: Total War