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I understand that campaigns need to move fast in order to cater to the modern gamer, who has less time to spend with games, but I want a Total War: Rome II experience where I can at least tweak settings to make battles last longer. I understand that an ambush means that enemy morale breaks fast and that casualties are ramped up during the pursuit phase of the battles, but destroying four powerful Gallic units in under one minute using nothing but skirmishers and cavalry does not make sense. One of the elements that The Creative Assembly has failed to solve with Caesar in Gaul is the speed at which battles move, which remains entirely unrealistic and actively detracted from my enjoyment of the experience. There’s a nice ebb and flow, defeat is possible if you take on too many enemies at a time and the battlegrounds are varied enough to make all tactical engagements interesting. The includes sides, Romans, Suebii, Nervi and Arverni, are imbalanced, with the Romans as invaders clearly superior in terms of units and tactics, which makes it interesting to experience all the four sides of the campaign. This, coupled with the smaller map, makes the entire experience more feel more strategic and manageable at the same time. The main elements of the series, the turn-based strategic layer where troops are recruited and provinces developed, and the tactical battles are both present and almost unchanged from the core release.īecause turns cover smaller periods of time, The Creative Assembly has been able to implement seasons and their impact on military campaigns, creating another layer of realism. There are plenty of small tribes to conquer and Romans need to also navigate a complex web of alliances that divide the Gaul factions while also dealing with the invading Suebi. This autumn battle weighed heavily on my mind all through the winter but I returned during summer with fresh troops and I razed that insolent tribe of the Allobroges from the map.Ĭaesar in Gaul is a smaller, more focused campaign for Total War: Rome II that manages to capture the subjugation of Gaul, the moment when the first Emperor of Rome made his name and impressed his peers for the first time. Unfortunately, I failed to stop another cavalry ride around my flanks and I finally chose to order Caesar and the surviving troops to retreat rather than die needlessly. The enemy managed to get to my ballista and kill its crews and I was then in danger of seeing my entire line getting rolled, but I managed to stop their process using the Loyalty of the 10th special ability and by whipping my trusty legionnaires. Total War: Rome 2 - Caesar in Gaul is due out December 12th, for £9.99 / $14.99 / €14.99.The first time the Gauls defeated me, they needed a 6 to 1 superiority in overall numbers and a group of cavalry that I simply could not counter using only Caesar, his bodyguards and two hastily recruited mercenaries from local tribes.
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" New Total War: ROME II playable factions: Alongside the factions playable in Caesar in Gaul, several playable factions are also unlocked in the full ROME II campaign: the Nervii, the Boii and the Galatians." New historical battle: Surrounded and outnumbered, take on the role of Caesar as he fights the last desperate, decisive engagement of the Gallic War: the battle of Alesia." Compact, focussed multiplayer campaign: With a tighter geographic scope and faction-roster, 2-player campaigns are more focussed and less time-consuming than the full ROME II campaign.Likewise, Roman players will see the tribes rebelling and forming alliances.
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As barbarian players progress, they'll begin to feel the mailed fist of Rome as heavy intervention forces are sent to Gaul.
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