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General discussionReview Highlights: Imperator: Rome (93 posts)(93 posts)
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Posted April 29, 2019
Check the reviews and see the game in action before buying.

The newest grand strategy from Paradox Development Studio is one of the biggest releases of April. Imperator: Rome invites you to relive the pageantry and challenges of empire building in the classical era and according to media reviews its a challenge worth taking.

The game currently has 81 points on Metacritic with top scores of 9.5/10 from Gaming Nexus and 92/100 from PC Gamer. It's been praised for the grand scale, complex gameplay mechanics, and depth that allows for hundreds of hours of play. Check out some of the review quotes below.


Huge, inventive and the reason I'm sleep deprived. It's brilliant. - PC Gamer


Imperator treats you to one of the most involved and interesting combat systems I’ve seen in the genre. - IGN


A good game with a lot of depth - just what one would expect from Paradox. Play it through once or twice just for fun, then grab one of the strategy guides that will be popping up to more fully appreciate the mechanics. - Gaming Nexus


(...) go ahead and buy it as it is a definitive Paradox grand strategy set in the ancient era. - Destructoid


Imperator: Rome truly has the depth and versatility to become one of Paradox’s finest. - GameSpew



Want to see more before buying Imperator: Rome? Check out the video from our Stream Team's 5 hours long multiplayer match with tons of insightful details about the game.



Paradox Development Studio already announced it is working on delivering a cross-store multiplayer for Imperator: Rome. Currently, owners of the GOG.COM version can play with both GOG.COM and Paradox Store users, while in the future it will be possible to compete with all strategy fans out there.

Grab the Base Game now or Deluxe Edition with the Art Book, wallpapers, and the Hellenistic Flavor Pack.
Posted May 01, 2019
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Crosmando: I just don't see how a developer known for "realistic historical simulations" decided on putting literal magic into this game
Please explain. What magic exists in this game?
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trusteft: So, how does this game at its current state (not with the usual 1000+ DLC) compare to Europa Universalis Rome?
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i_hope_you_rot: https://www.reddit.com/r/paradoxplaza/comments/bhxk76/imperator_is_essentially_eu_rome_with_a_better_map/
Thanks. There is also another link showing the full map. The extra size of the map makes it almost good enough to purchase. If it was all the way up to Japan/Mongolia, I would buy this right now.
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Posted May 01, 2019
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Crosmando: I just don't see how a developer known for "realistic historical simulations" decided on putting literal magic into this game
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trusteft: Please explain. What magic exists in this game?
You have a special religion resource, you can spend it to invoke the blessing of a specific god, giving your nation a temporary buff.
Posted May 01, 2019
(fondly remember the good old days playing Medieval: Total War.)
Posted May 01, 2019
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trusteft: Please explain. What magic exists in this game?
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Crosmando: You have a special religion resource, you can spend it to invoke the blessing of a specific god, giving your nation a temporary buff.
Is that the Omens thing? I see it more like performing ceremonies to inspire your people, than actual divine intervention.

That being said, magic has been canon for years in Crusader Kings II, although it can be disabled at the beginning of the gane.
Posted May 01, 2019
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trusteft: Please explain. What magic exists in this game?
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Crosmando: You have a special religion resource, you can spend it to invoke the blessing of a specific god, giving your nation a temporary buff.
Thank you.
Posted May 02, 2019
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falloutttt: Salve Imperators!

Yesterday, GOG staff has added the fallowing information about this game to the store page:

Multiplayer Notice: Please note that the GOG Galaxy Client and Paradox Account are required to access Multiplayer

Multiplayer is available only between GOG.com users.
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ussnorway: if you pay for the game on gog then you get a key to unlock the Paradox launcher... you still need a free Paradox account but you can download and play with the Paradox game version so gog staff are wrong about needing Galaxy... I assume they must be thinkng about gog stand alone downloads when they say you need Galaxy but I have not tested that senario

the current state of multi is; Steam versions of the game don't work against Gog versions because Paradox is looking into building their own back end server... unlike Stellaris which uses the Steam test server
Thank you, Sir!
Posted May 02, 2019
Even if I agree with all the post criticizing the OP, I would avoid mocking it too much, because the last thing we want is to scare away publishers from Gog, expecially nowadays after the financial news and the Epic store.. :\
Post edited May 02, 2019 by phaolo
Posted May 02, 2019
Good review of the game:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwnJ_2uW7Zg
Posted May 02, 2019
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richlind33: (fondly remember the good old days playing Medieval: Total War.)
Oh, I'm with you, lil kitty. I still play it today. Also the good old Rome total war as well.
Posted May 02, 2019
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richlind33: (fondly remember the good old days playing Medieval: Total War.)
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falloutttt: Oh, I'm with you, lil kitty. I still play it today. Also the good old Rome total war as well.
Actually this was my first thought, hoping for something like Rome total war, when I was reading the original announcement. Unfortunately all the total war games are missing on GOG.
Posted May 02, 2019
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falloutttt: Oh, I'm with you, lil kitty. I still play it today. Also the good old Rome total war as well.
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eiii: Actually this was my first thought, hoping for something like Rome total war, when I was reading the original announcement. Unfortunately all the total war games are missing on GOG.
If you like playing moon lander on a HP calculator, you'll love Imperator: Rome!
Posted May 02, 2019
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falloutttt: Oh, I'm with you, lil kitty. I still play it today. Also the good old Rome total war as well.
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eiii: Actually this was my first thought, hoping for something like Rome total war, when I was reading the original announcement. Unfortunately all the total war games are missing on GOG.
Yeah, and that sucks! :/ Both games are quite good and quite old, therefor should both be here on GOG.
Posted May 02, 2019
"Professional reviews" of video games are as useless & insidious as the mainstream media. In almost all cases, they are fake news pushing their own agenda.

In terms the big PC game review sites/magazines, that agenda is to shill for every game to the maximum extent possible, so that they maintain their good relationships with big publishers and thus keep their (meaning the *cough*advertorial*cough* review publications') financial gravy train
rolling.
Post edited May 02, 2019 by Ancient-Red-Dragon
Posted May 02, 2019
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Ancient-Red-Dragon: "Professional reviews" of video games are as useless & insidious as the mainstream media. In almost all cases, they are fake news pushing their own agenda.

In terms the big PC game review sites/magazines, that agenda is to shill for every game to the maximum extent possible, so that they maintain their good relationships with big puslishers and thus keep their (meaning the *cough*advertorial*cough* review publications') financial gravy train
rolling.
If we don't buy these shitty games, how will they keep making them? lol
Posted May 02, 2019
I lost all my troops but gained the land... so i won i guess?
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