
This visual upgrade extends across a multitude of features, including re-modelled buildings and objects, and environmental effects like dust clouds and heat haze. Total War: Rome Remastered brings the classic Rome visuals up to date, with 4K optimization, ultra-widescreen and native UHD resolution support. If you already own the original Rome: Total War on Steam you will receive an extra 50 per cent off.Total War: Rome Remastered includes the Alexander and Barbarian Invasion DLCs, as well as a copy of the original ROME: Total War Collection if you don’t already own it. Total War: Rome Remastered is scheduled to be released on 29th April and you can already pre-order it via Steam, if you wish (£24.99 in the UK). Merchant agent types are now available, as in later games in the series, and cross-platform multiplayer is open across Windows, Mac and Linux to let you battle with your friends.įinally, if all the new stuff is a bit too much for you to start with, you can use the new UI to toggle on/off all the improvements made across all aspects mentioned above, to bring the experience back as close to the classic experience as is sensible. Modern game mechanics are embraced with players being able to expand their armies and experience 16 additional factions that were previously locked, giving a grand total of 38 playable factions. This includes intuitive WASD control, plus rotation and zooming. Moving onto other improvements, the developers say that the in game camera works just like in all the more modern Total War games. Additionally, there is a scalable UI to avoid the embarrassing extremes of menus and UI elements being too big or too tiny.

New environmental effects are applied to the remodelled environments – cities, ports, landscapes etc. Textures have been redefined, models reworked and a mix of new units and objects added to enrich the visuals. Running through the improvements, first of all we get 4K UHD and widescreen support. The same developers have a history with this game as they created the ports of the original for Mac and Linux.Īs is usual for such a remaster project it is claimed that the developers have managed to add all the modern accoutrements you could wish for without sacrificing the gameplay that made the game a classic. The new Total War: Rome Remastered includes spangled 4K graphics plus other visual enhancement plus some gameplay and UI improvements as a "comprehensive remaster" project from developers Feral Interactive. Sega's 2004 vintage Rome: Total War is getting a remaster next month.
