Rome has always been the ideal setting for the Total War series. It has plenty of powerful empires, each with its own strengths and opportunities and, in gaming terms at least, a fairly even chance to rise to dominance throughout Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Near East. It also has loads of fascinating units which make combat exhilarating, challenging, and, let's face it, visually exciting. Whether you're building a massive maritime trading empire from the shores of Africa, assassinating rival generals in Rome, trying to unite the various German tribes against a common enemy, or using Greek hoplites to fend off war elephants in a narrow mountain pass, Total War: Rome II delivers everything that the setting could offer. At the same time, it also calls attention to some of the same AI and interface problems the previous Total War games suffer from.
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