Rome: Total War

- PC

GAME INFO
publisher: Activision
developer: Creative Assembly
genre: Strategy

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
P1000, 256MB RAM, 300MB HDD, 64MB video card

ESRB rating: T
homepage:
www.totalwar.com/community/rome.htm

release date: Sep 22, 04 (released)

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ACTIONTRIP'S REVIEW Roma Victor! I am a sucker for motivational pre-battle speeches. For instance, I wanted to charge the people sitting in the row in front of me the first time I saw Mel Gibson...

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Rome: Total War Files

DEMOS	size	date
demo	162MB	Aug 23, 04

PATCHES	size	date
v1.5 patch	27.7MB	Dec 14, 05

v1.3 patch	102MB	Oct 13, 05

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Briton faction movie

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Rome: Total War Previews

»	Aug 25, 04 Rome: Total War Hands-On Until last week, I did not really know what kind of game Rome: Total War was. 2Lions had mentioned it several times when we have had conversations about games we are looking forward to... » MORE

May 21, 04

Rome: Total War Hands-On
Although action games continually dominated throughout most of the E3 show this year, we managed to get a glimpse of a couple of excellent RTS titles - The Lord of the Rings: the Battle for Middle-earth and Rome: Total War being the most important. Why are they important?

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»	Jun 13, 03 Rome: Total War First Look "While stands the Colosseum, Rome shall stand.When falls the Colosseum, Rome shall fall.And when Rome falls -- the World... " » MORE

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Rome: Total War News

»	May 19, 2009 PC Sales: L4D Back in Action Let's have a look at another PC weekly sales chart for the US. Things are pretty much the same as always, with WoW and The Sims flooding sales. However, this week Valve's Left 4 Dead is back and the classic Fallout trilogy is still on the chart: 1. » MORE

»	May 13, 2009 PC Sales: Interplay's Fallout Trilogy is Back Well, how about that. The classic Fallout trilogy winds up in the latest weekly PC sales charts for the US. Check it out: NPD's Top 10 (4/26 - 5/2) 1. » MORE

»	May 04, 2009 WoW, It's The Sims! Demigod and Empire: Total War are still selling okay, but it didn't take too long for Wow and The Sims titles to get back on top of US weekly PC sales. » MORE

»	Apr 27, 2009 PC Sales: Demigod Starts Well In an everlasting battle of weekly PC games sales, mostly occupied by WoW and The Sims releases, there seem to be a few games that managed to break the monotony. » MORE

»	Apr 22, 2009 PC Sales: Hello Nancy & CoH This week's PC sales charts show that Relic's standalone expansion Company of Heroes: Tales of Valor squeezing into 3rd spot, right behind Blizzard's ever-popular Lich King and EA's never-ending life simulation The Sims 2. » MORE

»	Apr 13, 2009 The Sims Strike Back Last week's charts have shown Blizzard's WoW back on the top as the best selling PC game, with Creative Assembly's Empire: Total War falling into second place. » MORE

»	Apr 07, 2009 Lich King is King Again NPD, once again, releases the weekly PC software chart. During the week of March 22, Blizzard's World of Warcraft: Wrath of the Lich King is back on the top of top ten PC best sellers in the U. » MORE

»	Apr 02, 2009 Empire: Total War Still PC Champion Marketing research firm NPD reminds us that it's time to, once again, go through the list of the best-selling PC games in the US (for the week of March 15). » MORE

Jul 27, 2007

Rome: Total War 2 Coming
Next-Gen interviews Sega’s Scott Steinberg at E3, who inadvertently (or not) lets slip news that Creative Assembly, makers of the popular Total War strategy series, are working on Rome: Total War 2, the sequel to the critically acclaimed game that was released back in 2004.

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»	Nov 15, 2006 New Catalyst Drivers! We're Saved! Do you have a Radeon card? I do. Let's be best friends. Bend over. What? You don't want to be my best friend? Fine. Be that way. I'm not going to tell you where to get the latest Catalyst 6. » MORE

»	Aug 01, 2006 Medieval 2: Total War Screenshots The Brit lads over at Creative Assembly (actually, I think their Australian branch is working on this game) have released 14 new screenshots from Medieval 2: Total War, the next installment in the popular Total War strategy series. » MORE

»	Jun 20, 2006 Rome: Total War – Alexander Hits Retail Rome: Total War – Alexander ships to stores across North America. Funny thing about Alexander the Great - the great conqueror and his army were marching through a desert in Southeast Asia. » MORE

Jun 15, 2006

Get Rome: Total War Expansion Early
Those of you who have registered with Total War.com will get a chance to grab a copy of Rome: Total War Alexander a few days early, on Friday 16th. "Details of how to take up this offer will be revealed in the new edition of the newsletter out later this week.

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»	Jun 10, 2006 Rome: Total War - Alexander on June 19 SEGA of America announces that Rome: Total War - Alexander will be available for online purchase on June 19. Don't ask me how Alexander the Great fits in the Ancient Roman era. » MORE

»	May 05, 2006 Rome: Total War Expansion Official Yeah, it's good news for all your Total War freaks. SEGA and Creative Assembly's have officially confirmed that Rome: Total War - Alexander, the expansion pack for the popular RTS, is in the works and is due for release on PC in June 2006. » MORE

»	Apr 05, 2006 Rome: Total War Expansion Revealed Already busy working on the Medieval: Total War sequel, Creative Assembly reveals their plans for an expansion to Rome: Total War, entitled Rome: Total War - Alexander (?). » MORE

»	Jan 06, 2006 New Rome: Total War Realism Mod v6.0 Gold of the Rome: Total War Realism Mod is now out. Is it really necessary to explain what this mod's about? It's all about historical accuracy. So, eh. » MORE

Oct 12, 2005

Nancy Drew Sticks Around
Did you know that Nancy Drew: Last Train to Blue Moon Canyon from Hip Interactive is currently the 8th best-selling PC game in the US for the week ending Oct 1st? Now that the secret of the old clock is out, Nancy Drew (sort of like Scooby Doo) catches the last train to Blue Moon Canyon.

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»	Aug 29, 2005 Dungeon Siege 2 Top Seller in the US The list of the best-selling PC titles in the US for the week ending August 20. Dungeon Siege 2 debuts on the list at number one. We have no idea how many copies it sold, or how much money it made, but we know it's number one. » MORE

»	Aug 18, 2005 Top-selling Games in the US The list of the best-selling titles in the US (this one is for the week ending August 6th) has become pretty monotonous and uneventful again. I don't know, it could be BECAUSE THERE ARE NO FREAKING NEW GAMES COMING OUT! You know. » MORE

»	Aug 09, 2005 Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion Demo SEGA and Creative Assembly have released a playable demo of their upcoming Rome: Total War expansion pack, "Barbarian Invasion". CA is known for producing quality expansion packs, so I'm real excited about this one. » MORE

»	Aug 04, 2005 Rome: Total Realism Mod Saw over on Bluesnews.com that Rome: Total Realism mod for Rome: Total War is now available, adding a greater degree of historical accuracy to the game. » MORE

Feb 03, 2005

Rome: Total War v1.2 Patch
Activision and Creative Assembly have released a new patch for Rome: Total War that will let you do the following: Create your own historic battles using the Rome: Total War engine Scripting your own battles Creating videos similar to those used on The History Channel show "Decisive Battles.

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»	Jan 28, 2005 Rome: Total War Expansion in October? GameStop is now listing an expansion for Rome: Total War. According to the listing, the untitled expansion pack will ship in October and will cost a whopping (for an expansion) $34. » MORE

Dec 17, 2004

Top 20 Best Selling PC Games For November
The diligent number-crunchers at NPD Group have released the list of the top 20 best selling PC games for the month of November: 1 World Of Warcraft Vivendi Universal $49 2 Half-Life 2 - Vivendi Universal $54 3 EverQuest II - Sony Online Ent.

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»	Nov 02, 2004 Top 10 Best Selling PC Games The NPD Group has cut and pasted the last week's list of top selling PC games, convincing the world through means of hypnosis and subliminal messages that this is indeed the latest list for the week ending Oct. » MORE

»	Oct 13, 2004 Top-selling PC Games The NPD Group has released the latest list of top-selling PC games for the week ending October 2. Believe it or not, The Sims 2 take the first two spots. » MORE

»	Oct 07, 2004 EA: We Won't Rest Until the Rest of the Population is Infected! And there I was thinking I wasn't going to hear any great news today. Man, am I glad now that EA Games paid me all that cash to give The Sims 2 a high score. » MORE

»	Oct 06, 2004 Rome: Total War v1.1 Patch Activision has released a patch for their excellent strategy game, Rome: Total War. I like to call this one the "Elephant effect lessening" patch. » MORE

Sep 29, 2004

Armies of Exigo Delayed?
According to the folks at EBGames, Black Hole Entertainment's upcoming strategy game, Armies of Exigo, has been pushed back to November 30. The game was originally scheduled to come out this month, but EA probably figured September is too crowded with neat strategy games like DoW and Rome: Total War.

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»	Sep 27, 2004 The Sims 2 Breaks All PC Games Sales Records Damnit, if only I hadn't scored that game so high, I'm sure at least 500,000 of the million people who bought the game already would've changed their minds. » MORE

Sep 22, 2004

Caesar, copies of the game have been unleashed, praise Jupiter!
Activision announces that they've shipped Rome: Total War to retail stores across the North American continent. Right now, I'm battling for the position of Imperator in the Roman Empire, which means that we'll have our review ready for you tomorrow.

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»	Sep 21, 2004 Full Spectrum Warrior Ships Too many games... so little time! THQ announces that Full Spectrum Warrior has shipped to stores in the US and Canada. Now I'm already working on our Rome: Total War and Star Wars Battlefront reviews, and we have Silent Hill 4 in the pipeline. » MORE

»	Sep 13, 2004 Rome: Total War Gone Gold We just got word from Activision that Creative Assembly's awesome 3D RTS, Rome: Total War, has gone gold and is on track for a September 22 release in North America. » MORE

Aug 23, 2004

Rome: Total War Demo!
The gents at Activision have released the highly-anticipated Rome: Total War demo. Holy shit Batman, this game looks neat! The demo contains one tutorial mission where you get to play as the Romans, and one historical battle where you command their arch nemesis, the Carthaginians in the Battle of Trebia.

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»	Jul 29, 2004 Rome: Total War Demo "Just Weeks Away." Those lucky bastards at Computer & Video Games had a chance to catch a little R&R and see Rome: Total War in action while supposedly covering the Activate 2004 event in Spain. » MORE

Jul 26, 2004

Rome: Total War Movies, Conquest 2 Media
Activision has released 11 new movies from their upcoming RTS blockbuster, Rome: Total War. That game is going to kick more ass than Foo Fighters. Anyway, the 11 new movies show off the various factions from the game: different Roman factions (Scipii, Selucid, Parthia), as well as the German, Greek, Gaul, Egypt, Carthage and Briton factions.

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»	May 18, 2004 Rome: Total War on the History Channnel This is kind of cool and a testament to how good Creative Assembly's upcoming RTS sequel, Rome: Total War, is going to be. Wired is reporting that the game will be used for demonstration purposes on the History Channel's Decisive Battles. » MORE

»	Mar 05, 2004 Rome: Total War In September 2004? Yep, it looks as though we could be leading troops into battle in Rome: Total War come September 2004, as revealed in Activision's newly launched UK website (thanks GameGossip for the heads-up). » MORE

Oct 10, 2003

Rome: Total War in Fall 2004
I must say I'm truly looking forward to playing Creative Assembly's next title in the Total War series -- Rome: Total War. The game boasts a whole new 3D engine (it looks awesome, and all of the models are modeled in 3D now), as well as some great gameplay additions that promise to make the series better than ever before.

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»	Jul 22, 2003 No to Doom 3 in 2003 and Other Delays from Activision There's a big "When it's done, it's done" on Doom 3 at the moment, that translates into "Not this year" despite the fact that this banner (Read Propaganda!) told us that it would be in 2003. » MORE

»	Jun 10, 2003 E3 Critics Awards E3awards.com has announced the Game Critics Best of E3 2003 Awards. This is important because, apparently, these people know a lot about games. Anyway, they voted Half-Life 2 as their best in show winner (they could've just asked ANYONE). » MORE

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