Expeditions: Rome

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User Score
7.9

Generally favorable reviews- based on 79 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 57 out of 79
  2. Mixed: 15 out of 79
  3. Negative: 7 out of 79

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  1. Joewashere
    Jan 25, 2022
    3
    Both RPG and RTS promise a degree of autonomy, the suggestion of risk, reward, and reactivity to actions taken within the game. This title, however, has very narrow parameters which discourage meaningful play let alone player agency. You have a set objective, try anything else -such as preserving a fleet instead of burning it or appropriating arms being smuggled by your adversaries insteadBoth RPG and RTS promise a degree of autonomy, the suggestion of risk, reward, and reactivity to actions taken within the game. This title, however, has very narrow parameters which discourage meaningful play let alone player agency. You have a set objective, try anything else -such as preserving a fleet instead of burning it or appropriating arms being smuggled by your adversaries instead of burning them and the game just sends waves of enemy reinforcements until you succumb to sheer boredom.

    Your legion starts at half strength. Want to bring it back up to full? No matter how few or how many casualties you take in any given combat, you will be attacked every time you cross the 3/4 mark and knocked back down to half strength. Your legion can gain experience. Does it make any difference? No. Does morale make any noticeable difference? No. Do the cards (sorry, "tactics") make any difference? Not really. Big army wins.

    Any effort to improve gameplay was squandered by conventional industry standard and consumer safe design choices. The voice acting is good; However, in persuading others, you can't be witty, charming, and driven. You have to choose one, which will lock you into that path and out of all others. It would have been far more interesting to have dynamic dialogues where you have to try and figure out what sort of approach was most likely to work with guarded, jaded, and intelligent adversaries instead of just being relegated into predetermined outcomes based upon arbitrary criteria.

    Could have been great, but as it stands it simply is subpar. The fact that the devs disbanded and went to make NFT games doesn't really come as a surprise.    … Expand
  2. cyberdamn
    Jul 29, 2022
    2
    This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I want to say it's a good game, but scenario is simply terrible. By the time the game forbade me from letting gauls kill lurco just because it was clear that the screenwriter is impotent.
    Also every fight with 10+ participants is really slow.    … Expand
  3. jupoan
    Jan 29, 2022
    0
    Immersion is not happening because of totally unbelieveable characters. The game advertises that you play a party of praetorians, an elite legion of the roman emperor. I uninstalled on the first appearance of Julius Callidus - a make belief tough woman in mans disguise. This would not have been possible within the praetorians. This PC **** in games is cancer. The only thing that works isImmersion is not happening because of totally unbelieveable characters. The game advertises that you play a party of praetorians, an elite legion of the roman emperor. I uninstalled on the first appearance of Julius Callidus - a make belief tough woman in mans disguise. This would not have been possible within the praetorians. This PC **** in games is cancer. The only thing that works is boykott of such pathetic tries to reeducate society.
    For everbody else i hope you can get rid of that Juli(a)us character and dont have to drag her with you the whole freaking game.    … Expand
  4. nurii29
    May 23, 2022
    0
    if you gonna write a dialog for some npc to call me "little one" at least give me option to cut him down gotta refund just for this because im "petty one"

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Metascore
80

Generally favorable reviews - based on 38 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 31 out of 38
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 38
  3. Negative: 0 out of 38
  1. Jeuxvideo.com
    Mar 27, 2022
    75
    Expeditions: Rome touches a bit of everything and, if it does not succeed in making a perfect copy on its conquest and exploration component, it does rather well on its tactical combats and its very pleasant story to follow. If you're not too sensitive to technique and some heaviness in the game's pace, you should have a good time in the heart of the Roman Empire, building your own legend and pursuing your quest for revenge.
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  2. Riot Pixels
    Feb 23, 2022
    68
    The worst problem is that combat, skill management and trying out tons of various swords are quite boring as a main dish, and Expeditions: Roms has nothing extra to offer.
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  3. Movies Games and Tech
    Feb 23, 2022
    85
    Thanks to a solid turn-based combat system and an extremely convincing set of characters and an enthralling story, Expeditions: Rome manages to be a great RPG but a not so great strategy game.
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