Great game with little quirks - Still, buying it!

Before short I allowed myself Rome Total War 2 and was very excited about the latest installment in the Total War series. Ancient Rome Total War and I loved the anticipation of the newest part was thus all the greater.

Graphically and by the operator her everything is okay. Anyone familiar with the old parts can be found without problems in the newest part deal. The jump to the card could go a little faster and a, two settings are a bit hidden (tax province) otherwise you can control his empire / army as usual.

The AI ​​has improved in return to the previous parts, but still suffers some known issues from the other Total War games. In sieges it behaves partly. Too passive and draws sometimes quickly their troops from the walls from. The possibility also battles to play and the use of ships in siege warfare I liked very much and is a tolltes new feature. In the battles the AI ​​acts well and tried to outflank the players or requires a unit with care.
The diplomacy has never been the great strength of the Total War series has been upgraded but the new part to client states and different forms of alliance.
The character development is fun, as is the possibility of his armies to specialize on traits.
Slightly harder to understand is the domestic policy, there is not very clear how the influence of family / dynasty of the player comes about. Interesting feature is the possibility that there may be civil war.
Regular updates and new groups be pushed, as campaigns or special packs. Most of them are paid DLC's, the Emperor Augustus campaign there was, for example. For free. For supplies in this regard is thus ensured. The mods created by the community, I have not tried yet, but it is expected that from there new content comes, as then, the legendary Stainless Steel Mod for Medieval 2 Total War.

Overall, I am very satisfied and I spend hours before the computers again with ancient battles. On my system, all smoothly and without problems (| GeForce 560 | 16 GB Ram Core i5) running. I'm looking forward to Attila Total War, the next expansion for Rome. 2