Total War: ROME II – Hannibal at the Gates Campaign Pack Highlights If you like Roman-era Greece, the DLC is a no-brainer, but be warned: their rosters are lacking and can’t match the legionaries mano a mano due to Greece starting to lose much of its power around this period, which ultimately creates a unique yet underwhelming experience.
It features the most prominent factions ever added to Rome II via DLC, and they have interesting (if ordinary) bonuses: Athens gets boosts to cultural income, Sparta has a higher unit experience for infantry recruits, and Epirus goes all crazy on public order and minor settlement wealth. More like this: Read our Total War guide for top tips The Greek States Pack was released a day after Rome II first launched, which explains why many quite rightly feel like this content should have been part of the main game - and why the community is still pissed off at it being sold separately. Does not include the Wrath of Sparta Campaign Pack.Unique cultural victories, traits, and military traditions.Adds three new playable factions: Athens, Sparta, and Epirus.Total War: ROME II – Greek States Culture Pack Highlights If you want a good Nomadic experience, go play Total War: Attila. Factions are not really that different from the ones already available in the vanilla game and unit rosters are mainly composed of cavalry, which makes field battles somewhat easy but turns sieges into an exercise in frustration.īack when Nomadic Tribes was launched, CA hadn’t learned the power of making good asymmetrical factions, so the result is a weird unbalanced reskin of some minor factions. While the new factions might sound interesting to people who like the idea of nomadic cultures, this DLC was badly executed. Cavalry focused nomad culture which is not nomadic, but actually uses the existing city/settlement system.New culture-specific roster, building chain, and tech trees.Adds three new playable factions: the Roxolani, the Massagetae, and the Royal Scythians.Total War: ROME II – Nomadic Tribes Culture Pack Highlights Creative Assembly’s official explanation is that offering the DLC allows them to keep the PEGI 16 rating, but there’s been no confirmation that said DLC *needs* to be premium. It’s also worth noting that ever since Shogun II, Creative Assembly’s practice of charging for this DLC has caused outcry among fans, with many arguing that blood and dismemberment should already be included in a game called ‘Total War’ anyway. The effects are not that noticeable nor add a lot to the game, and their minor cosmetic role is not worth the asking price.
Blood decals appear on terrain, and squishy sound effects play when people get stabbed.Decapitation and dismemberment effects on selected death animations.Blood effects added when units take damage.Total War: ROME II – Blood & Gore Highlights Here is a list of all of the Rome 2 DLC released to date: So if you don’t care about the Greek states, for example, then you may not want to buy this pack no matter how glowing our recommendation is. The golden rule here is that a decent sale can forgive most things, and Rome 2 old enough to benefit from high discount events now, but we still hope you find it useful.Īlso remember Total War DLC’s have become fairly factional/thematic, so your mileage can and will vary depending on what’s on offer. Our goal here is to summarise the key points, along with details on what makes it stand-out as an expansion along with our general impression as to whether or not it’s worth picking up. This is a comprehensive list of every faction, unit, and campaign pack ever sold for Rome II in order of release. We imagine that Rome 2 mods help with that, as does the DLC library. It may not be the shiniest historical Total War game anymore, but Total War: Rome II still wants to be your friend. Even no, it still pulls in a respectable 5-6,000 players on average a day, and is only just behind the newer Three Kingdoms is at at the moment.