Expeditions: Rome

“Expeditions: Rome” disappointed me on my first playthrough, but replaying it on easy redeemed the game in my eyes. I came at it interested in the RPG aspects and turn-based-combat, and to be fair, the story and interactions with the other personalities in the game were great. Even the romance, while short, was pretty sweet also. And playing as a queer woman legionnaire, while historically inaccurate, lent a nice spin to the setting. Not to mention, others reacted to your gender to an extent, if perhaps far less than they would have in reality, but never to your sexuality. (5/10) In a historically accurate ancient Rome, women had no legal or social standing, almost no rights and couldn’t own property. So, while male with male pairings were historically possible, women with women were not. Given this, I appreciated that the game chose to veer away from historical accuracy regarding ancient Roman misogyny and patriarchal values to offer a few inclusive romances but feel it worth mentioning for those who prefer historical accuracy over an appeal to a broad audience. However, that’s where the positives initially ended for me. Dealing with the battles involving the legion was an abysmal experience of annoyance and drawbacks. It felt nearly impossible to come out ahead without losing a large chunk of your forces and replacing them was incredibly costly on normal, but mitigated on easy. Not to mention, the economy of said battles was illogical and became worse the more strategies you unlocked. As the chance of getting those events that you need, such as those increasing loyalty, became scarcer and scarcer. By act three on my first attempt, I was winning battles, but the loyalty took a large hit each time, nearing -100. And replacing the dead soldiers costs more than you could possibly earn by selling off the spoils. So, even though I enjoyed the combat where you controlled your character and a small team of close companions greatly, I still got stuck and had to give up on my first subpar playthrough because of the armies. What’s more, often you’re made to use these same annoying and bland units to fight in regular battles as well; sometimes even several battles at once. Forcing you to spread your real units thin and instead rely on unmodifiable units. In short, go for it if you’re in the mood for a military simulation first and an RPG second. The "flawed" systems in my eyes would be a great selling point for you, like the challenge of resource management. From that perspective, the game is about succeeding despite a series of unfair variables, and that is what makes it a good strategy game, but not a great RPG, in my opinion. So, while I’ll rate it (5/10) because of the experience I had playing, if you enjoy every aspect of it, it would be much easier to recommend.

[h2]L'un des meilleurs cRPG des années 2020.[/h2] [b]Gameplay classique mais efficace, histoire très bien narrée aux multiples embranchements et fins possibles, graphisme dans la norme, reconstitutions ou inspirations historiques bluffantes... Autant de choses qui font assurément d'Expeditions: Rome l'un des meilleurs cRPG des années 2020.[/b] Certes, le jeu n'est pas exempt de défauts divers, mais l'ensemble est une franche réussite. Si vous aimez le défi, le dernier mode de difficulté en offre une quantité significative. [i]Les avis négatifs ne reflètent pas les qualités du titre.[/i] Tout passionné d'Histoire, de Rome, ou de cRPG, devrait réussir à trouver son plaisir en jouant à ce jeu. Une aubaine en cas de promotions pour une vingtaine d'euros... [b]N'en déplaise à certains, Expeditions: Rome est un petit joyau du cRPG, certes plus modeste qu'un BG3, mais qui recèle de très nombreuses qualités narratives et artistiques, en plus d'offrir une immersion dans la Rome Antique bien maîtrisée.[/b]

this game is fully alright. if someone told me they liked it, i'd understand why. but for me at least, it's missing that extra spark that really interests me in a game and its world. for example, the game plays lip service to roman misogyny(no fighting, few rights, no first name), but still puts a female main character in charge of a legion right off the bat. it's mainly because your character is a nepo baby and your commanding officer is a powerful family friend, but still feels weird! it'd make more sense, given that you're fleeing assassins and politics, to do as another character does and crossdress for the duration of the war. instead, systemic misogyny is brushed aside with a single victory. it makes the setting feel hollow. another problem, it barely feels like your dialogue choices change anything. if you say something approving, the other characters will act like you're disapproving and need to be convinced. if you're mean you get the same promotion as if you were nice. if you spare a man's life and use him to sneak into a city, surprise! the enemy general saw you coming anyway and you still have to fight. and the rest of the characters feel archetypal and bland. caeso is a mildly misogynistic yes man, the old man is just there to stroke his beard and say vague and approving things, the gladiator just yells about how you should kill everybody, and julia is roman mulan. so who cares? not me. the gameplay is boring too. no magic, obviously, so party battles are just one simple and plain fight after another. and the army battles are an overly complicated mess that comes down to "the bigger army wins". it's just dull. a game like this that handles all of these aspects(writing, choices, party and army battles) far better is rogue trader. go check that one out if you haven't already played it.

如果只是单纯想玩CRPG或者战棋游戏，还有很多其他选择。你游UI点不友好，包括但不限于，界面遮挡，高亮不明显，路径选择后无法取消等，还有战斗地图跑图累死人，视角还低得离谱，如果你的视角不面朝自己的角色，还无法穿透屋顶，搜刮非常麻烦，由于高亮不明显，很容易漏掉战利品或者箱子，如果是精罗也别想着有什么好的体验从剧情到装备全是魔改，很难代入，一个罗马军团长和他的伙伴开局大部分时间用着敌人的装备，因为自己的装备数值不好，真的很出戏。再说回游戏里兵种的设定，游戏背景设定的时间在公元前1世纪，还在用传统罗马三线阵模板，那么好，请问第三线的成年兵不应该是传统重步兵吗？为什么拿的是双手战矛（cos希腊长枪方阵？）？只有名字是历史的是吧？反而是只有壮年兵兼容剑盾和矛盾（我就当你名为壮年兵，实为军团士兵了），我也不知道罗马爱好者看着成年兵拿着双手战矛心里怎么想的，是想的太还原啦还是太好玩啦？反正我觉得非常出戏。还有我小青年呢？被你们制作组吃了？你这也对不上历史上的罗马三线啊，结果你游连卡米卢斯改革都没对上啊？更别说马略改革了。再说那个禁卫军招募，我真不知道为什么一定要搞一个平定任务，一定得带这个路人禁军，禁军又不能自定义能力，技能又乱点，就只能硬浪费时间在帐篷那刷，你要说刷的禁军自带装备很好很合理，那也算了，结果还是得自己一个一个搞。这么一比初始忠诚度莫名其妙低我都觉得不是什么大问题了（你忠诚度这么低来应聘什么禁军？罗马就是坏在你们这些虫豸手里），最难接受的还是不能洗点，你但凡技能点够点满所有的加点呢，犹豫个半天要么加载存档，要么从头开始，搞得都恶心了

Восстань,все по серьезу ,все сложно порой ,но как же затягивает,сюжет ультра. Главное ,что тут гибрид,WArtales И Rome : Total WAR,игра сделана на все сто. Я даже вина выпил....Как истинный римлянин)))

С викингами было лучше

RPG游戏剧情就是要有头有尾 有时间线跨度 已经很少见了

Der Quotenneger darf natürlich auch im antiken Rom nicht fehlen. Angesichts der Tatsache, dass die Spieleentwickler Geld von Blackrock für solche und ähnliche destruktiven Inhalte wie LGBTQ erhalten, muss man dies bei modernen Spielen wohl leider so hinnehmen... Es durfte aber natürlich auch keine Feminismuspropaganda fehlen. Die spielbare Truppe wird gleich um zwei Frauen bereichert, die für jeden nur halbwegs Geschichtsinteressierten oder auch Menschen, die in der Realität und nicht in einer Phantasiewelt leben, ein Schlag ins Gesicht sein. Die zweite Heldin ist eine Nahkämpferin, weil Frauen im alten Rom wahrscheinlich körperlich sehr stark gewesen sein mussten. Darüber hinaus ist sie eine Gladiatorin- wer kennt sie nicht? weibliche Gladiator*INNEN... Im Ladebildschirm des Spiels wird ein Hinweis des Entwicklers eingeblendet, dass es keinen Zeitdruck bei dem Spiel geben würde. Dann ergeben die Schlachten auf der Weltkarte aber wenig Sinn, da die Truppen sich nach Zeit automatisch wieder auffüllen durch neue Rekruten. Manche Inhalte ergeben auch wenig Sinn- zb. kann man ein bestimmtes Ziel durch verschiedene Wege erreichen- einer davon ist, eine Zivilistin zu töten, um sein eigentliches Ziel zu provozieren. Diese höchst fragwürdige Moral und Spielweise belohnt den Spieler sogar mit einem einzigartigen Gegenstand, welches die ermordete Zivilistin verliert. Tja, sowas kommt wohl dabei heraus, wenn Kommunisten anstatt Historiker an der Handlung eines Videospiels arbeiten. Die taktischen Kämpfe sind auch höchst unbefriedigend und ich kann leider nichts positives über dieses Spiel berichten. PS: Der Begriff Quotenneger ist in meinem Wohnort nicht "strafbar", also bitte ich davon abzusehen, mir die sogenannte Polizei auf den Hals zu hetzen, die mir um 5:00 Uhr morgens die Türe eintritt, während europaweit Einheimische täglich von fremden Wiederholungstätern abgestochen werden.