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Total War: Rome Remastered shows off quality of life updates in new trailerAnd there’s lots of them
And there’s lots of them
Remasters, reboots, spiritual successors and the like have always been a part of gaming, but it does feel as if we’ve entered into a new era of remasters. Or at least, I can point toMass Effect: Legendary Edition, Diablo 2: Resurrected andTotal War: Rome Remasteredand say, “three’s a trend.“There’s a new trailer showing the quality of life updates coming to Total War: Rome when the remaster releases later this month.Total War: ROME REMASTERED - Quality of Life UpdateWatch on YouTubeThe quality of life for all these tiny men being stabbed doesn’t seem that great, honestly.Otherwise, the list of tweaks is long, and less focused on graphical upgrades than “hey, you can make the UI bigger now.” You know, the stuff thatreallymatters. There’s an enhanced camera, tweakable rulesets, Steam Workshop support, sixteen new playable factions, map overlays, a modern tutorial… It goes on.It’s a long enough list of things that I suspect there are some people for whom this is it. This is the last Total War game they’ll ever play, in much the same way as there are some people who will now stick withAge Of Empires 2 Definitive Editionforever no matter how good Age Of Empires 4 is. And I know several people who’d argue thatRome: Total Warhas always been thebest Total War game, although when we last ranked the series back in 2016, we weren’t one of them.Rome: Remastered will be releasedvia Steamon April 29th. It includes the Alexander and Barbarian Invasion DLCs, and will cost £25/$30/€30.
Remasters, reboots, spiritual successors and the like have always been a part of gaming, but it does feel as if we’ve entered into a new era of remasters. Or at least, I can point toMass Effect: Legendary Edition, Diablo 2: Resurrected andTotal War: Rome Remasteredand say, “three’s a trend.“There’s a new trailer showing the quality of life updates coming to Total War: Rome when the remaster releases later this month.Total War: ROME REMASTERED - Quality of Life UpdateWatch on YouTubeThe quality of life for all these tiny men being stabbed doesn’t seem that great, honestly.Otherwise, the list of tweaks is long, and less focused on graphical upgrades than “hey, you can make the UI bigger now.” You know, the stuff thatreallymatters. There’s an enhanced camera, tweakable rulesets, Steam Workshop support, sixteen new playable factions, map overlays, a modern tutorial… It goes on.It’s a long enough list of things that I suspect there are some people for whom this is it. This is the last Total War game they’ll ever play, in much the same way as there are some people who will now stick withAge Of Empires 2 Definitive Editionforever no matter how good Age Of Empires 4 is. And I know several people who’d argue thatRome: Total Warhas always been thebest Total War game, although when we last ranked the series back in 2016, we weren’t one of them.Rome: Remastered will be releasedvia Steamon April 29th. It includes the Alexander and Barbarian Invasion DLCs, and will cost £25/$30/€30.
Remasters, reboots, spiritual successors and the like have always been a part of gaming, but it does feel as if we’ve entered into a new era of remasters. Or at least, I can point toMass Effect: Legendary Edition, Diablo 2: Resurrected andTotal War: Rome Remasteredand say, “three’s a trend.”
There’s a new trailer showing the quality of life updates coming to Total War: Rome when the remaster releases later this month.
Total War: ROME REMASTERED - Quality of Life UpdateWatch on YouTube
Total War: ROME REMASTERED - Quality of Life Update
The quality of life for all these tiny men being stabbed doesn’t seem that great, honestly.
Otherwise, the list of tweaks is long, and less focused on graphical upgrades than “hey, you can make the UI bigger now.” You know, the stuff thatreallymatters. There’s an enhanced camera, tweakable rulesets, Steam Workshop support, sixteen new playable factions, map overlays, a modern tutorial… It goes on.
It’s a long enough list of things that I suspect there are some people for whom this is it. This is the last Total War game they’ll ever play, in much the same way as there are some people who will now stick withAge Of Empires 2 Definitive Editionforever no matter how good Age Of Empires 4 is. And I know several people who’d argue thatRome: Total Warhas always been thebest Total War game, although when we last ranked the series back in 2016, we weren’t one of them.
Rome: Remastered will be releasedvia Steamon April 29th. It includes the Alexander and Barbarian Invasion DLCs, and will cost £25/$30/€30.
