Only you will know what you are going to enjoy.I agree with the Massagetae.
You can read more about Empire Divided here: īut ultimately, it's really up to you. With the three Roman factions you also won't be accidentally winning without taking out your rivals, because for each of them to win the other two must have been destroyed. the Nomadic Roxolani are now over in Dacia.)įive of the ten playable factions are also Heroic, meaning they have different (generally more difficult) victory conditions, special event-chains that explore the history of their leader (and which can give you different bonuses depending on the choices you make,) tech trees which also help tell the story of these leaders too. Some factions no longer exist (Greek influence is definitely on the wain,) new factions have risen (such as the powerful Sassanid Empire,) and some familiar faces may not be quite where you expected them to be (e.g. But at the same time Empire Divided has various new elements to consider, like Sanitation/Squalor/Plagues, Cults and Banditry.Īlso in the 300+ years between Imperator Augustus and Empire Divided while the geography may not have changed, the geo-politics have. Well, it's a Rome 2 campaign so there's going to be some similarities. Rob:does the campaign play similar to the augustus campaign? I can't really compare it to Attila as I haven't played that much for various reasons. Only thing I really have to add is my enjoyment of Empire Divided has only increased since then, especially as they updated several things in Patch 19, including the visuals for many of the Roman units to make them look more in keeping with the 3rd Century setting, and adding a new dilemma which triggers if you capture Rome as one of the Roman factions, giving you the chance to move your capital there. I hope we see more Campaign DLCs like this! Haven't tried the other factions yet, but they all look interesting to me. I'm also really enjoying the Saxones, who are a force to be reckoned with on land or sea, with a series of techs that make raiding and sacking very lucrative and boost your ships and their crews so that a Saxon Fleet turning up near your shores is a real threat. Finally, as their name would suggest, Gallic Rome are great on the offense, charging into battle with all the ferocity you'd expect from the Gauls, but with a backbone of Roman discipline. Palmyra's Legionairies prefer to field spears, pikes, scythed chariots and camels, for a Hellenic and Eastern flavoured Roman army.
The Aurelian lead Rome have the solid infantry you'd expect from the Roman Legion, but add to it heavily armed and in some cases armoured cavalry, that could easily be the ancestor of the Medieval Knights. The three Roman factions have a surprising amount of variety. The unit rosters have a focus on faction specific units which give each faction character, and combine with interesting faction traits, tech trees and events to mean the 10 playable factions each offer a different experience. One of the best Total War Campaigns I've played in my 15 years of playing the series (I started with Medieval 1.) A nice variety of factions which each feel unique, some interesting new mechanics which add to the campaign challenge, makes full use of the new politics system introduced in the Power & Politics free update, and brings to life the Crisis of the Third Century, a little known but interesting piece of history. This is the Steam Review I wrote back when it came out, which may help.
I too shared your concern when it was first announced that Empire Divided would be too similar to Imperator Augustus, but I've found it to be a very different campaign. Is Empire divided worth buying, or should i just play Attila?Įmpire Divided is one of my favourite campaigns in any Total War. Rob:I am somewhat dissapointed by the Augustus campaign, since the other roman empires didnt actually declare war and i won by accident atfer 60 turns.