Is there still any interest out there for EU Rome?

[Cheexsta]

EUR has been suffering a little from a general lack of interest - both from players and developers - but it recently received a beta patch that fixed one of the biggest flaws of the game: cascading alliances. IMHO, this fix is even better than the one for Divine Wind. Not to mention that the end date for the game is now moddable...you have no idea how happy that has made me as a modder...

Considering all the talk that's been happening this past year or so since the last patch about how much a new one was needed, this update seemed a little...disappointing.

(I don't know about other people, but I stalked Johan on Twitter for most of October to watch for any hints... )

So, since the EUR subforum is still fairly quiet, I figured I'd ask this question to the wider Paradox audience: who is still interested in the game, and if you aren't, what would it take to make you want to play it again?

As a secondary question to the devs: what have the download numbers for the patch been like so far? Understandably, you might not want to give out numbers, but did they match your expectations?

 

[EightDeer]

Rome is still my second favourite Paradox game. Only Crusader Kings is better IMO.

 

[podcat]

Rome is one of my favorites too, with the expansion anyway.

 

[Romtos]

Perhaps "Is this Rome 2?" will replace the old running gag of CK2.

 

[steveh11]

I thought it already had!

 

[Ordo Impavidus]

Rome shall always be.

 

[Romtos]

I thought it already had!

Maybe. I saw it used at least once I think.

 

[SAS]

I am proud of all the members who have stuck through the hard times and kept the Rome forum going.

 

[Fookison]

I must confess that I have been more of a lurker lately in the Rome Forum and have played the game even less prior to the most recent beta patch. Mostly because of the cascading alliances, but now I will have to go get the patch and give it another go!!

 

[Murmurandus]

All roads lead to Rome anyway...

 

[AKronblad]

I love the roleplaying aspects of EUR and the time period. But I have given up on EUR due to the lack of interest from Paradox.

the epigoni mod is great though.

 

[Camara]

I think Rome still needs more work, I can have nowhere near the fun I have with EU III, but I think it's not only the game's fault, the setup doesn't help (opposed to the zilion country setup of EU III and a much much larger map which will last fun for centuries to explore).
I mean, Rome is a great game, if nothing else from Paradox existed it would be one of my favourite games, but when I play it I really feel it is a diluted EU III.

 

[Sam L]

I love the game but it needs a lot of polishing and it has so much potential. Whatever they're doing with CKII can be brought into Rome and furthermore you have so many other possibilities with internal politics.

I would say that Victoria II and EU III (complete) now have taken over as better games than Rome right now but I think Rome will be back.

 

[liamgamer55]

I love the game but it needs a lot of polishing and it has so much potential. Whatever they're doing with CKII can be brought into Rome and furthermore you have so many other possibilities with internal politics.

I would say that Victoria II and EU III (complete) now have taken over as better games than Rome right now but I think Rome will be back.

I'd say the various features of the eu3 engine have come a long way since eu rome to the extent where a roman mod/port to/for CK2 would almost certainly be better in every way. It's a fun game... but the scenario is pretty simple (there's only about 7 nations I'd find interesting, wheras it's at least 30 for eu3) and that would be alright but the character dynamics was a bit disappointing. The game seemed to be a bit confused as to what you were actually playing, the way I could keep playing when barbarians took over but not after a civil war made things very confusing on a roleplaying level (I think this might've been changed in a patch). It's just the character side of things wasn't very strong in it's eu rome implementation. Hopefully a rome 2 will get made some time in the future after CK (even if it's 3 years away). I'd say an expansion but I think quite a few things need to be revamped.
Unless there's some major modding interest or a seriously beefy expansion for eu rome I don't think it's something I'll play again. It was a fun game for a while though.
I've heard it has a lot more of a casual appeal than the more complex paradox games, so I'm greatful for it's existance. Definitely has a niche for the first paradox game to play if someone's not into strategy games more complex than civ or something (e.g. as a stepping stone for getting a gf into gaming).

 

[AndrewT]

I love the roleplaying aspects of EUR and the time period. But I have given up on EUR due to the lack of interest from Paradox.

the epigoni mod is great though.

You are aware that a beta of a new patch for Rome VV was released just a couple of weeks ago? How does that equate to lack of interest?

 

[gela1212]

Rome was what introduced me to Paradox and shall always hold a special place in my heart.

 

[AKronblad]

You are aware that a beta of a new patch for Rome VV was released just a couple of weeks ago? How does that equate to lack of interest?

A patch does what is says: it patches. An expansion would be another thing.

But I will give the patch a go and see what's new in there.

 

[Cheexsta]

You are aware that a beta of a new patch for Rome VV was released just a couple of weeks ago? How does that equate to lack of interest?

Considering it came out more than a year after the latest official patch...

I can't help but get the feeling that EUR would be just as popular as EU3 if it had the same level of attention. But that's purely my own (completely biased ) postulation.

 

[BurningEGO]

I gave up on rome completely. Pratically like Sengogku - both were and are a complete dissapointment. I wonder how people actually like those games - you have little to do in those games. They feel "empty".

If they had made Rome's character system like the one in Crusader Kings, it would have been a much, much better game.

 

[Cheexsta]

To those who dislike the game: I can totally understand. I probably wouldn't be playing the game right now if I wasn't obsessed with the time period.

But out of curiosity, would you guys be more interested in the game if it received a significant update (either officially or by modding)? More to the point, what would you consider to be the main detrimental points of the game?

I'll be honest, I'm mostly gauging interest for my own modding purposes And if this is getting too OT for this forum then I apologise - it's good to get some feedback about the game from people who don't frequent that quiet little subforum.