Rather than Rome 2, when are they going to finish the patch? Personally, I think they should take the time to tweak the current game like they have with EU3, Rome only has one expansion, and seems to be still dealing with issues. I think they could do quite a bit with the current game to make it more playable and more visually appealing (mainly the portraits in my opinion) I would love an expansion, maybe that expands the game a bit more into the empire era which had a LOT of intrigue. maybe even into the eras near the fall of rome.
because more countries to play is more fun? After the conquer of the mediterranean basin, which is the inevitable outcome of every rome game, the next step would be to rival/trade with the big empires of Persia, India and China, and to face off the nomad invasions such as White Huns and eruopean barbarians. The Eurasian empires had all a very similar political structure so it would be easy to model (heck, even the current Rome models well India and China, see Magna terra).
The game of course would become an ancient EU rather than a game only focused on Rome, and this would benefit replay-ability and fun factor.
I agree, there is still room for another expansion(s).
Also I would love the game to start at 1 AVC and conclude at 410 AD (1163 AVC) at the time Rome was sacked by Alaric's Visigoths.
Also I would love the game to start at 1 AVC and conclude at 410 AD (1163 AVC) at the time Rome was sacked by Alaric's Visigoths.
That won't be EU Rome, but rather EU Ancients.