Expeditions: Rome

Do you like BG3 or DOS2? And enjoy roman settings? then buy the game, enough said. I have 3 playthroughs, just from wanting to see how characters and politics shift. The dialogue is very enjoyable and also equally serious and consequential that you genuinely care about your companions, and how you express yourself. Max difficulty will certainly put you through the ringer and demand you plan out your actions and carefully plan your builds. I can't recall a single crash in 3 playthroughs.

Igrulius huetatus, Vikingus kruches.

Отличная пошаговая стратегия , гексы и все такое.

Not a bad game by any means, but I will not recommend it because of the lack of explanation of the overworld / conquest mechanics. For as polished as the game is elsewise, and the frequent pauses to be walked through quick tutorials, it's baffling how much I had to stumble around to figure out obtuse mechanics that could have been easily explained.

Basic companions are garbage and you have to take them. If they die you lose. Take a lesson from BG3, let me respec them, let me customize them to fit my play style.

Pretty fun game! Started on hard difficulty and got rolled earlier on, but got used to the gameplay eventually and I liked the gameplay. Game generally started to get easier later on but I haven't tried the hardest difficulty with ironman mode so that remains to be seen. More on the gameplay aspect, felt that some parts could be more fleshed out like the skill levelling, and could've done more combos between classes besides just the knockdown with princeps and destroyer triarius. On other aspects, I feel the customisation was pretty lacking, modern games give lots of facial and body customisation, but here we have to use a preset face with limited customisation, and most of the time how we look doesn't exactly look like our picture. This is also same for comapnions and important npcs, I'd be like 'Wait... this is how Caeso/Cleopatra/etc. looks like? They look so different in their 3d model and 2d picture'. Do hope the upcoming game would have more on this! The romance depth was a bit lacking, but gave insights for character building. Wished there was more interactions, as I romanced caeso for my first run, and did see his character development. The flings like with cleopatra or arranged marriage with cato was in character for the legatus, and I liked that there were those choices. The best part about relationships and how everyone reacts to you is whether you're a female or male. I played as a male but seen vids of female legatuses and the difference is very noticeable and you're treated differently. Though I feel the female legatus should get an equal amount of content as they do miss out quite a bit compared to a male one. I can't be the best judge since I haven't played a female one, but there should be a bit more compromise for female legatuses, even though male ones are more favoured in this time period. This would of course mean more work, but a mechanic like this if done properly would be way better, otherwise it might be better to avoid it. I think mainly the story is the best part, it gives a good insight on how rome was and you even could pick up a few words the romans speak in latin and the way the speak, like pronouncing 'V' as a 'W' or how they say words differently like we say 'See-Sa-Ro' for Cicero but it's 'Ki-Ka-Ro' here, which I do like! It's kinda inconsistent from the voice actors though, but that's the only bad part as the voice acting was really good even if they didn't have ppl from the big industries. Liked that I could have different endings relevant to that time period, same with choices, like killing our enemies, parading them in rome, or the occasional letting them go (though I wish there was more depth behind this as mostly these choices were irrelevant or one-liners in epilogue). There is a good amount of choices, and I think the 3 core modes of persuasion in rhetoric were a nice addition for rome especially, though a bit unbalanced as ethos barely gets used. Logos is for denarii, and pathos is for choices, however ethos is for big choices which could be avoided with regular dialogue or other rhetorics. Think that next time they do these kinds of mechanics it could be more fleshed out? Especially some choices like the aqueduct of romans vs egyptians I felt that could be resolved peacefully without using ethos, and that lack of choice felt weird. I know it's a side quest but I felt we should be more forced to choose a side or redo the sidequest so we have a bigger reason to side with either, or make peace. I also wished we had way more big choices like the end of act 1 where it's pretty much the only big choice, or the ending too. Also liked how they didn't really shy away from character deaths as we do get attached to them, and we can find ways to prevent them too. All in all, a pretty good rpg to play and wld def recommend on sale! It's no bg3 or mass effect series imo, but is a fun play for a crpg with nice tactical combat that can be challenging if you're not used to it. Can't wait for their new game! Also should get to trying out their other games since I got all as a $5 deal.

Неужели нельзя сделать просто хорошую партийную РПГ? Зачем вся эта возня с походами, осадами, какими-то левыми преторианцами, воевать которыми приходится чаще, чем основными персонажами, случайные события, в которых в 9 случаях из 10 какой-нибудь персонаж получит травму? Задушился во втором акте.

2026.2.16 爱当军团长的不要错过 50小时一周目，自选角色性别男，恋爱对象凯索，体验绝佳。听说玩女角色会有一些不同对话，二周目我将补上测评。 实话说我玩到第三章才完全理解所有机制，有了营地之后即可研究策略，但普通模式一开始的军团战争并不难，随便选都很少有损失，我从来不研究策略，后来被打爆了，即使我亡羊补牢军团士气还长时间保持在-90😅还好对主线任务没啥影响。 还有食物这一块，吃完了也不会暂停游戏，我大地图日常五倍速，禁卫军叛逃了我才发现没饭吃，装备菜单打开一看所有人都在恨我，战旗模式相继士气低落违抗军令😅 剩下的问题就是所有人都在说的战斗时间太长了，盟友和敌人行动无法加速，但是还好我可以玩手机不是吗，根本不是事儿。还有某些，某些任务所有选项都出现逻辑大粪，让人选无可选，依然这些任务不影响主线大方向，原谅了。 好了剩下的就是我提到的体验绝佳方面，这几个队友都特别有意思，人设一眼看去普通但相处起来完全不无聊，少了谁都很可惜。还有重要角色是全配音的，这一点我很喜欢！恋爱剧情是淡淡的，但日常大地图事件里经常有你跟爱人留下的痕迹，让剧情上的陪伴很充实，这种一直在一起的感觉补上了恋爱对话的缺失。卢尔科此登甚至都很有魅力，这种有理想有(灵活可调整的)底线的人我能说啥了只能是又爱又恨，恨居多。 我一周目的体验就是感觉自己跟编剧巧合的对上电波了，接下来的文字有剧透 [spoiler] 贝斯提亚个人任务我选择让他的妹妹离开了，其实常理来讲我这个人应该会给她一个结束的，毕竟这种残疾的奴隶女有什么机会过上好日子呢，但我还是让她走了，贝斯提亚并不开心，我的想法是如果活着就有机会，而且人家并不甘愿在这里呆着而且没有去死的意思。后日谈里贝斯提亚跟妹妹一起生活了，妈呀，幸福。还有因为我的选择，斯凯沃拉，埃及女王，维钦托利都在最后的辩论给我作证，也因为我坚持罗马共和国的理想让大家都留在我身边了，尽管游戏中给了很多诱惑，比如杀了这个人以后也许有更大的利益？直接冲进罗马成为独裁者可能才是正道？我很高兴我选了正确的选择 [/spoiler]