Guessed by Farsala
During my console blues and when I turned to PC, there were a bunch of PC games that made me see the light; this platform was better than consoles. 'Rome: Total War' was one of those games. It just 'clicked', and it was the right thing at the right time, just when I needed it. This was my first introduction to the Total War series. This game however does it more in a grand strategy style, commanding armies across the map instead of individual units.
Of course there's two sides to this and the other Total War games; the turn-based campaign map and the real-time battles. Though the aspect is quite impressive and fairly realistic across the series, I've always been more of a fan of the campaign map part and usually auto-resolve the battles unless there's something specific. The game got a sequel in 2013, 'Rome II', that game got a bad reputation when it released because there were launch issues. However, Rome II is actually almost as great as the original and in some ways even better. The first game though has the edge of being the first. If a game's good enough, that edge is hard to beat.
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