Rome Total War is Better Than You Think | A Post Remaster Retrospective Featuring@MelkorGG &@Volound

Rome Total War is one of the Greatest games of all time and my personal favourite. The mixed reception the the Remaster lead me to reassess the game and consider what exactly it was that made this game so spectacular upon its release 17 years ago, and why it retains an impressive player base even today. The Legacy of Rome will be assessed in part 2, where I speak with Prince of Macedon, Volound and MELKOR as well as a university lecturer and researcher. 00:00 Introduction 00:43 Rome Total War is Better Than You Think 02:50 Battles, Scale & Ambition 09:26 MELKOR on CA’s production of Rome 12:11 Population & Emergent Gameplay 21:16 Character Arcs, Traits & Speeches 26:32 Rome Always had a Sense of Humour 29:19 Historical Accuracy vs Making a Game 37:33 Diplomacy (or the lack thereof) 38:49 Modding 39:45 Music 45:44 Evaluating Rome’s Legacy 47:03 Volound on Rome’s legacy and impact on gaming 49:09 Part 2... Volound’s Channel: MELKOR’s Channel: Many A True Nerd’s Brutii Series: Pixelated Apollo’s Life of a Soldier Playlist: Rome Total War Modding Guide: Battle Editor Guide: SPQR Pacifist Run: Randomiser Mod: King Arthur’s Britons Campaign: Rebels Campaign: Le Grand Chase, Kevin MacLeod () Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License Rome Total War One Offs: Can The Rebels Sack Rome in 10 Turns?: Chariot Only Campaign - Seleucid Challenge Run: Map Randomiser Mod | Armenia Playthrough: Rome Total War Randomiser - A Carthaginian Odyssey: Rome Total War Playlists: Rome Total War - Rebels Campaign: King Arthur’s Briton Campaign - An alternative Romano-British: SPQR - I AM THE SENATE | The Civil War Campaign: SPQR - Pacifist Run: Rebels Campaign - Rome Total War: Remastered: Barbarian Invasion Playlists: Rebels Campaign (Original): Rebels Campaign (V2 - Handicapped Run): Slavs: Berbers: Eastern Empire Rebels: Western Empire Rebels: Ostrogoths: Alexander Total War Playlist: Rebels Campaign: Video Essay Series: Rome Total War is Better Than You Think: Faction Guides - History & Strategy: Rome Total War - Basic Modding Guides Playlist: Speeches from Rome Total War: Timelapses: AI Timelapse - India in Rome Total War’s Alexander: AI Timelapse - No Marian Reforms: Join my discord - There are 50 invites on this link! I’ve recently begun using the twitter account again. So do follow the channel there: Twitter: