I've played the game for almost 200 hours (Rome 2 has a little more), and I can say with confidence that it's worth the money and can take up more than one free evening.
For many, of course, watching the decline of their own empire, which they carefully and piece by piece built throughout the last game, capturing new territories, defending power in civil wars, etc., will be very sad. But bringing new, young, dreaming of greatness kingdoms to greatness and glory, on which the stories of the next centuries will rest, is much more interesting. Everything old will be burned to the ground, all the weak and those who have forgotten the heady taste of battle will be killed - the time has come for the strong to take what belonged to them by right. And for those who like to sow panic, destruction an… Read full