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shieldwolf23 |
Posted on 08/30/11 @ 09:45 AM
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1 |
Needs AoC?: |
No |
The Great Roman Civil War (49–45 BC), aka Caesar’s Civil War, was one of the last politico-military conflicts in the Roman Republic before the establishment of the Roman Empire. It began as a series of political and military confrontations, between Julius Caesar (100–44 BC), his political supporters (broadly known as Populares), and his legions, against the Optimates (or Boni), the politically conservative, socially traditionalist faction of the Roman Senate, who were supported by Pompey (106–48 BC) and his legions.
After a four-year-long (49–45 BC) politico-military struggle, fought in Italy, Greece, Egypt, Africa, and Hispania, Caesar defeated the last of the Optimates in the Battle of Munda and became Dictator perpetuus (Perpetual Dictator) of Rome. However, his rule would be cut off with his assasination in March 15, 44 BC, during the Ides of March.
The changes to Roman government concomitant to the war mostly eliminated the political traditions of the Roman Republic (509–27 BC) and led to the Roman Empire (27 BC–AD 476).
Credits:
~ Rome Season 1: HBO Series
~ Wikipedia.Org
~ Playtesters: scutarilegion, soty, altec tek, mr. unleash
~ Empire Creations
Includes a strategy guide inside. |
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Aquril |
Posted on 10/31/11 @ 11:01 PM
First of all:
It's HUGE & good, that's very rare! :)
I have to say,
this is realy an epic one scenario campaign.
Playability: 4.8
( The time factor really kicks in here on a for the most part positive way.
i spent almost exactly 5 hours to finish it,
but it's allsow what made it less attractive. )
Balance: 4.2
(In the begining it was balanced when you basicly had to conscript to get more infantry and you where constantly attacked by barbarians. Altough even here you could pump out cavarly and catapults and zerg the enemy to death very easily.
In my opinion the player should have been restricted to like max 10 cataphracts and 4 catapults and the auxillary/barbarian units restrictions according to current pop cap.
Later on when you fight Pompey/republican side,
I noticed when i foughr their armies: was to easy!
At the famous Pharsalus battle,
i lost less then 30 units and mostly by the enemy towers(!)
i think the reason is that the enemy had mostly shortswordsmen + Cataphracts,pilums and not as mutch Phalanxs, while the player could only build phalanxs as infantry and later special unique units which was a welcomed addition, but no more Shortswordsmen could be created..
(unless you used the "conscript" thing, however that costed more and where quite time consuming )
Allsow the towers where really overpowerd:
2-3 towers where enough to slaughter a quite large enemy force and when i tried to attack Alexandria with my ca 90 strong army with only 2 catapults it almost got wiped out :/
)
Creativity: 4.9
(The trade system, naming all the towns with diffrent names (!) dunno how ya did that but it was really helpfull and looked cool ,
the option to choice side after Caesar cross the Rubicon and the "conquest" abillity to take towns and the infantry recruit abillites was awesome!
Altough a slight minus here due to the fact that EE: AoC features a very similar scenario and it's a historical campaign/scenario,
so it wasn't really an original story.
Map Design: 4.8
( Overall the map is almost perfect for a few town/geographic "flaws" like:
~there isn't any Rubicon river, only a hill (?)
~the river Nile seems to have dired out completly O_o
~Rome was the largest city at that time,
yeat in the scenario it's smaller then: *Alexandria which is gigantic, 2-3 times larger ?!
and Utica is almost 2 times the size of Rome,
this brought down the would've been a 5 point map design )
Allsow the inabillity to creat more shortswordsmen (without the quite long process of using the conscript thing )
really made it look like you commanded an ancient Greek army instead of a roman which brought down the score aswell.
Story/Instructions: 4.8
( This was annother thing which bugged me:
several dialogues at some points cut off to early and they where somewhat wierd.
)
Additional Comments:
An EPIC 1 scenario campaign (at the moment)
by shieldwolf23.
It was totally worth the download and time, definantly among the top 10 best scenarios i've played ! |
Mr UNleash |
Posted on 11/06/11 @ 11:55 AM
Finally finished and remembered to post a review, as promised. My review is mainly based on the Pompey side.
Playability: 4.8
Considering the size of the campaign, having no bugs in it, even in playtesting, is very well done. The game ran smoothly for both sides. As the campaign progressed, it got a bit repetitive though. I felt like I was doing the same thing over and over again.
Balance: 4.5
The balance was good overall. In the beginning the enemy to your troop ratio was nearly perfect. Not too easy, not to hard. After I conquered most of the map though, I realized that I have been using the same army to take down the rest of the map. It's hard to balance this out, as the player chooses which city to conquer first, but it did get very easy towards the end, as my army was huge.
Creativity: 4.7
As ususal, your campaigns ability to allow players to choose sides boosts up creativity. Normally, a campaign like this might not get as high of a score, but little things like time, random allying or betraying cities, and legionnaire training added to the creative aspect of the campaign.
Map Design: 4.8
THe map was huge, so it is hard to make a map that big look good in all parts. You were able to achieve this though. The map was great in all parts.One thing i'm unsure about is how I got from Africa to Spain without a boat :/
Also, maybe a few more plants here and there would be nice. Other than that, nice job.
Story/Instructions: 4.9
Your instructions and story are always complete and flawless. No spelling errors, all instructions were given at the right time. The only thing that would have been better is more story between the time when Caesar conquers Germania and him being branded a traitor. It was kind of random when you conquer Germania, tribute troops, and all of a sudden, Caesar betrays Rome out of nowhere.
Additional Comments:
This was another great campaign. It takes a while to complete, but was enjoyable as I retook a few cities a week to finish it. |
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4.7 | Breakdown |
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Playability | 4.8 | Balance | 4.3 | Creativity | 4.8 | Map Design | 4.8 | Story/Instructions | 4.9 |
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Downloads: | 1,642 |
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Size: | 750.62 KB |
Added: | 08/30/11 |
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