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Players stake claim to one of the greatest empires Earth has ever known in this third PC strategy game from The Creative Assembly. After winning critical success with its Shogun: Total War and mainstream popularity with its Medieval: Total War, the developer visits the age of Caesar with this third entry in its cross-over strategy series. Choosing to lead Rome, Carthage, Gaul, Macedon, Germania, or Britannia, gamers set out to conquer the world as it was in the early centuries of the Common Era.

While holding true to the basic "turn-based empire-building, real-time combat" formula of earlier games, Rome: Total War offers a strategy map in full 3D, which includes rivers, trade routes, mountains, other natural and artificial features. When it's time to go to war, the new game engine allows for bigger, more detailed battles, featuring as many as 10,000 3D units in a single conflict. Other additions include the chance to command Scythian chariots, Roman war dogs, and — of course — Hannibal's elephants. ~ T.J. Deci, All Game Guide