Empire Divided is a competent addition to Rome II. Although no noteworthy changes can be felt in the game's performance, its gameplay has improved considerably. The new politics system, which is Creative Assembly's response to the boring endgame, has made it so that the threat of an unexpected enemy attack is always felt in big empires. The cult system...
Total War: Rome II - Empire Divided2017
Total War: Rome II - Empire Divided
2017 Sega66Worthwhile
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- Launch
- November 30, 2017
- Developer
- The Creative Assembly
- Publisher
- Sega
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Empire Divided is a new grand-scale campaign pack for Total War: Rome II. The year is 270 AD. A string of inept emperors and usurpers vying for power has led the Roman Empire into near-total economic collapse. This is its gravest crisis yet. Eager to capitalise on Rome's instability, barbarian tribes gather like a storm on the borders, to plunder the riches of civilisation. Will you unite an Empire Divided, and return Rome to its former glory? Or will you become the arbiter of its final downfall?
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Worthwhile- Metacritic62from 9 reviews
- OpenCritic70from 7 reviews
Empire Divided is an interesting, and possibly the best content ever released for Rome 2. Its new campaign and story arcs – that often feels like it took cues from Total War: Warhammer – turns the 2013 game much more compelling. But, at the same time, its poor AI and unit pathfinding turns most battles into a chore. Issues that nowadays are hard to...
Empire Divided picks an engaging, strife-filled period of Roman history and gives the game new administrative layers and narrative trimmings, with a degree of success. But, ultimately, all roads lead back to the Rome 2 of 2013.
Total War: ROME II – Empire Divided is a mixed bag. There are some new, intriguing mechanics, some ideas borrowed from previous installments, but at the same time the gameplay still suffers from the same problems of the original ROME II, and there are some notable absences such as the Hordes. At the end of the day, it's a missed opportunity.
Total War Rome II Empire Divided Empire is a good DLC who brings some fresh elements to an old-looking game. It's focusing on one of the most interesting periods of the Roman Empire (the reign of Aurelian). We can regret the lack of new content in politics after the free update. Total War fans are still unlikely to be disappointed. But to many other...