The team states in the announcement that “External forces are on the move, looking to exploit the instability of Rome and expand their own territories. The four roman factions are designed to have somewhat similar rosters, although influenced by their geographic locations, while the other countries will field their own unique and powerful troops. Gamers will be able to take charge of four types of Roman forces, loyal to Marc Anthony, Octavian, Lepidus or Pompey.Īt the same time, there are six outside nations which are looking to strike at a weakened Roman Empire in order to assert their own power: Iceni, Marcomanni, Dacia, Egypt, Parthia, and Armenia. The free update will also be released by then.The development team at The Creative Assembly and publisher SEGA announce that gamers will be able to take control of ten unique and powerful factions in the upcoming Imperator Augustus campaign, which will be part of the free coming Emperor Edition version of Total War: Rome II. The 'Desert King' culture pack is due out on March 8, 2018. Those interested can do so by getting it on PC via Steam. Just like before, whenever Creative Assembly releases something, players can get a 10% discount when they preorder it. The full patch notes can be viewed on the official announcement blog. Players will notice them on all the campaigns in the game. There are also other women added to the game. In light of recent gender issues especially women empowerment, the update will be adding Cleopatra, who everyone already knows and Teuta who is the queen regent of an Illyrian tribe.īoth Teuta and Cleopatra will be fully playable with their own visuals and even voice-over. On the other hand, following the culture pack is a free update that in themselves will also add new leaders and generals aside from the usual bug fixes. Fans, however, can make guesses based on the 'Desert Kingdom' trailer. The culture pack is actually in addition to the downloadable content they have released last year for the game's fourth birthday, 'Empire Divided.' As for the divisions, there is not much known about what exactly they can do. As seen in the trailer, it looks like they will be bringing in their own armored camels to the fray. These titular kingdoms are Nabatea, Kush, Masaesyli and Saba. The factions would, of course, also have their building chains and technology trees. Despite being quite old in the gaming scene, developer Creative Assembly and publisher Sega have recently announced a new culture pack, which adds four entirely new factions.Įach faction will feature its own kind of playstyles that are quite different from the ones already in the game.

Historical strategy war game 'Total War: Rome 2' is now in its fifth year since its release. A promotional photo for the 'Empire Divided' DLC of 'Total War: Rome 2' Facebook/TotalWar

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