I can’t say that I have ever woken up in the morning and for no apparent reason have had the uncontrollable urge charge into me directly from way, way, way, way out in left field with the demand to play it. One morning I just woke up and said “Rome.” I kid you not, this really happened.
Rome: Total War, is a game of magnificent enjoyment and optimal strategy. I love it, it loves me, things are pretty swell between us (unlike me and Winter, grr.) I go around conquering stuff, defending stuff, and thinking about stuff. I’ve owned it over a year and still play it at least a few times a week… sometimes binges occur which can be either really ugly or really pretty pending on who you are and your perspective.
Hip hip hooray for Rome.
Confessions of an IWU College Student 
I’ve played the same game, RTW, every once in a while, for the last two years. Now, I think it’s pretty good and the rendition of battles is great, but it looks kind of simple to me. After a while, it appears that it’s nothing else but adding new provinces to your empire until you reach 50, and once you get some critical mass this is far from difficult. I never got more than five provinces though (I haven’t played after that) so I may be missing some additional challenge in more advanced stages of the game, I suppose.
Comment by aussiesta — 28 December, 2006 @ 3:01 pm
Who were you playing as? And have you downloaded the Rome Total Realism patch?
Comment by Matthew Casey — 28 December, 2006 @ 10:44 pm