What makes Rome unique?

[ECLoco]

All Paradox franchises have their unique flavour:

- EU: Grand Strategy.
- HOI: Military sim.
- CK: Dynastic sim.
- Victoria: Politics.
- Rome: It's not CK. It's not EU. What is it?

It's probably been asked before but: What makes Rome unique?

 

[Avindian]

To me mind, the one thing Rome does better than any other Paradox game is Civil Wars. They're dynamic and interesting. Rebels are interesting, although I'm not a fan of barbarian-whack-a-mole.

 

[Mer77]

Internal political unrest and faction fights. Your 10-martial general will win you wars and territories - but which each victory, he'll get more cocky and get more units personally loyal to him. Imprisoning that 8-charisma populist leader may solve problems in the short term - but you better time that move. Also, I find that in Rome single decisions (e.g. putting the right guy in charge of an army in an advantageous position; investing hard in building ships before getting into trouble with the Ptolemies) have pretty major and severe consequences. There's less opportunity to come back after messing up than in CKII.

 

[Marc_Octavian]

amazing feel of internal Politics. Only Crusaider Kings 2 Republic DLC gave me the same (well slightly the same) feel of internal faction power struggle. I love internal politics. To me Rome is a brilliant attempt.

But now it's time to repeat the glory with Rome 2

 

[Emperor Hans]

Unit loyalty, character dynamics and of political parties, character goals and gains (a army leader with lots of loyal troops wanting to be emperor)

 

[unmerged(12876)]

When playing a monarchy, such as Egypt or Seleucid Empire, the amount of internal political intrigue, especially during a succession crisis, is endlessly interesting. Coups, assassination attempts, mysterious "accidents" abound and the results can be game changing. Fascinating.