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Mousing over each unit card reveals additional status information about that unit. The pottery style unit icons distinguish each unitвЂ™s role, rank, veterancy and status. The New UI can lead to a lot of information overload, but itвЂ™s extremely useful at communicating precisely what oneвЂ™s units are doing. In campaign mode, this can show other ancillary information about the regions one has discovered.Д¬onfrontational armies land up on a face-off in the battlefield.

There is also the introduction of a tactical map on both the battle and campaign maps which offers a birdвЂ™s eye view of the entire battlefield. The weather conditions also come into play and one gets the option to wait for battle in their preferred conditions. This allows for setting up ambushes and makes scouting a necessity. The minimap gives a good indication of the line of sight of your units in battle. Line of Sight plays an important role in this game especially in battles as units can now take advantage of the terrain to hide from the enemy. Traditions are independent of the units in the army, but are rather attached to the army as a whole. Traditions allow armies and navies to gain certain traits and if such an army is defeated or disbanded, these may be revived when raising a new army. The Traits and Followers mechanic for Generals, Admirals and Agents has now been extended to the armies and fleets they command. There are options to build multiple types of each building, each of which grants different bonuses. Buildings are once more managed through a common screen which lists all settlements and buildings in a region. Each settlement has its own garrison and the units in that garrison are dependent on the various buildings constructed in the settlement. Controlling all regions in a province grants additional bonuses to its wealth generation and allows for passing of province wide edicts. A province is made up of multiple regions allowing for a greater variety of battles than just sieges of the Region Capitals as in previous Total War games. The large campaign map is divided into provinces and regions. Transport ships are automatically spawned when an Army moves into the water from the campaign map which can be exploited tactically to surprise the enemy. Naval Battles are more about boarding and ramming, which is aided by strength of numbers rather than type of ship. Coastal Battles now involve combined land and naval forces which can do amphibious landings, a first for the series. However it sorely lacks a naval battle tutorial which does seem necessary given the supportive role naval combat seems to have been relegated to. There is a 2-5 hour prologue campaign to get you up to speed with the mechanics of the game. While this may seem less than what Rome: Total War had, Rome and Carthage allow you to choose a ruling family house from 3 influential dynasties which can change your approach to the game and acts as a faction in itself.

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While the Game launched with only 8 factions and 4 DLC factions of which one is free, developer The Creative Assembly (CA) plans to release more factions later on with some of them being free for all. The game has expanded in scope to cover a vast area of the ancient world covering most of Europe and the Middle East.

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The game seems to have quite a few teething issues at launch and a promised weekly patch schedule might end up making it truly shine in a few weeks or months. The game requires a significant time investment to be truly appreciated, and as seems to be the case, to be truly optimised. This saying is a pretty apt description of what your expected playtime with Total War: Rome II will be like.

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