Rome: Total War - One of the Greatest Games Ever Made

Rome: Total War is one of my favourite games of all time, and a game that has aged incredibly well over a decade after it came out. So let's enjoy one of the finest strategy games ever created...

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[UncannyXander]

I keep having the time warp issue with this game where I sit down at 11PM and I stand up two hours later and it's 9AM. God.

[krustygaming]

“There is no shame in fear, there is only shame in letting fear control you” that is actually really good advice, I want this game.

[TylerD]

All I wanted in Rome two was this but updated graphics and better pathfinding

[maxpne]

It took me eight years of continuous play for me to chose them, but I found the long Parthian campaign to be amazing, having to fight for your life against a united front of Egypt and Pontus. And then having finally defeating them and expanding westwards you face a fully developed and powerful Rome. So difficult and yet so satisfying.

[rikwouters]

who is here for a rewatch after the remaster announcement? :D

[awordabout...]

The best speeches come from generals with traits like 'Crack-brained' and 'Hooting' - they include references to 'our lovely hats', enemy aliens, and moon-based weapons.

[thomaskimbro]

It's nice to see a genuinely intelligent youtuber who seems like a normal person

[Cass-]

I miss the little zoomed in camera for when a general gets killed.

[Deadly_Laser]

"We need high taxes"
*immediately accidentally changes taxes to low losing 500 per turn*

[ManyATrueNerd]

I feel I should clarify, as some overzealous editing garbled my meaning, Julius Caesar was absolutely of the gens Julia - I meant to point out that the Julii had no connection whatsoever to Gaul/Gallic prior to the associations created by Julius Caesar, as the world map and Julii introduction suggests, though I appreciate I didn't make that at all clear.

[thattwitalex]

Can we have a never ending Rome Total War series?

[mattholtz]

I have at least 250 hours on this game, and I just learned about the formation button -_- So many headaches could've been avoided

[apertureemployee]

And can I just say how much I'm looking forward to 40 minutes of classical history with Professor Jon every Tuesday and Thursday?

[alexanderthegreat]

1 million views...thoroughly deserved for the best total war series of all time.

[imperatorcaesardivifiliusa]

I don't like the Brutii because green is not a creative color.

[robkyle]

Scipio also fought a war with Brock Lesnar. I never paid attention to ancient history.

[mattfick]

I've watched all of these already, this is the series that got me into playing Total War, and what got me hooked on MATN videos.

I decided to start watching again. I'm currently away from my family in a very foreign country, and feeling kinda lonely. Coming back to this is like a warm blanket; it reminds me of being at home and trying to explain to my family why I'm watching someone play a video game, and why all the comment cosplayers were genius.

So yeah, it's nice watching this again.

[KesselRunner]

Bought this game on first release in 2004, and still play it regularly to this day. Medieval II pushed the engine to the maximum, and the games evolved and improved graphically (Shogun 2 is by far the superior, overall), but there's just something about Vanilla Rome 1 that always pulls me back, and it never disappoints. No two campaigns are ever quite the same.

[theflyingcatz]

I've re-opened this dusty tome once more. No matter how many times I've read the story of Julianus and Rome, I'll never stop coming back. One more time.

[cinder]

Rome: Total War released September 22, 2004.