Fleets at sea can also ferry troops, and blockade enemy ports, thus cutting down income from trade.

Most notable is that players now move their units with movement points in previous games units were moved by territory.Īrmies can be built to conquer nearby provinces to conquer a province, you besiege and then defeat the enemy army garrisoned in the settlement. The gameplay is similar to that of its predecessors, Shogun: Total War and Medieval: Total War, although there are some changes to the mechanics of sieges and city fights have been added. In the Campaign, you will have to upgrade structures and advance cities to access new troops, bonuses, ships, and agents, which will help in your goal of eventual conquest of the entire map. The game features a Single-Player Campaign where you play as a faction and achieve your goal of conquest of the other factions, the ability to create custom battles to fight against AI controlled opponents, Multiplayer battles online against other people, Real-time command of armies on 3-D rendered battlefield environments, and you can fight notable historical battles such as the Battle of the Trebia.Įach faction has some units and structures unique to their own faction or culture.

A demo of the game, which features a playable version of the Battle of the Trebia, with the player taking the role of Hannibal, was released on Augand is freely available for downloading. The game was developed by Creative Assembly and released on September 22, 2004. Rome: Total War (often abbreviated to RTW or Rome) is a critically acclaimed strategy game where players fight historical and fictitious battles during the era of the Roman Republic and the reign of Augustus, from 270 BC (the final defeat of the last of Rome's Italian rivals) to 14 AD (the death of Augustus).

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