Expeditions: Rome

A great tactical turn based RPG, with lite strategy elements and a 'it keeps going' sort of feel to it. There's a lot of meat here and enough to keep playing it fresh. Not too big, feels manageable and not randomly collecting 99 flowers. Runs at 100h playtime if you take your time but i'm sure it can be rushed to 40-50. Can be quite difficult but amazing amount of difficulty options.

I love the Expeditions series, and although I never buy a game on day one, I made an exception for this one. I was not disappointed. The game has an amazing branching narrative, and a variety of really cool character builds that allow for some pretty awesome combos, like an Archer that can shoot six or eight enemies in one turn and hand out devastating critical hits. If you like the previous games in this series, don't hesitate to grab this one, too.

I don't usually review a game before I've had time to explore it more thoroughly, but as of the day after its release, I'm so impressed I want to share my initial admiration with anyone who's one the fence about buying this awesome game. Gameplay (so far): 4 classes with branching skill trees, appears to rival xcmon in depth and complexity 9/10 Story (so far): Hard to judge on the second day, but I feel completely immersed. Voice acting is top notch; characters are lifelike; conversations feel natural. You get to meet Gaius Julius Caesar and, no spoilers, but something happens early on that makes me really excited about the rest of this campaign. Also, if you play as a woman, you'll get realistic reactions from everyone concerning your presence in an army. 10/10 Art: realistic and gorgeous 10/10 I love a good fantasy adventure as as anyone, but there's something deeply satisfying about playing in a historically familiar and realistic world. I haven't been this excited about a game since Pathfinder WotR. Definitely worth full price.

Really good laid back turned base RPG, voice acting is neet, and the story good enough to keep you interested (as long as roman/ancient history is your thing). My only issues are the few tedious long and large scale battles, and "mechanicaly" rince and repeate acts. Conquer territory, do the final mission. Because of the lack of side missions, the 3rd act felt especially long because of it. Min/maxing everything but it's pointless since the roman war machine is oiled enough to steamroll everything as long as your pretorian/army are not injured.

A step back from Expeditions: Viking. Some of the new mechanics really add nothing to the game - in fact I would say the additions actually detract from the game. These "additions" are the camp site, weapons and armor manufacturing and the grand scale battles. After the first one or two runs through the camp it becomes tedious. There is almost no point to the weapons and armor manufacturing. I can't believe they put so much time into something that you barely use. In the grand scale battles there is barely any input from the player and therefore becomes meaningless. The tactical combat is still challenging and very good and the story is also fine but all in all the game is still a dissapointment.