This game is currently in the Humble Choice for December 2023, and this is part of my coverage of the bundle. If you are interested in the game and it's before January 2nd, 2023, consider picking up the game as part of the current monthly bundle.

Exploring an ancient civilization through murder and dialogue trees.

Expeditions: Rome takes the CRPG genre and drops the player into the time period of Ancient Rome. Meeting Julius Caesar in the first scenes, players will take on the role of a man or woman who quickly ascends to a powerful military position and then joins the war efforts while trying to solve their father’s murder. The writing here is good, though it does use a lot of Roman terms so players might need to look those up for full comprehension. However, the story does seem interesting, and the battles are strategic and suitably large.

The Strategy RPG genre though is a mixed bag. While Expeditions: Rome does a great job of making it clear what each attack does, it also sometimes will feel unfair just due to how the genre uses random dice rolls. Also, the story has historical inaccuracies which won’t upset most fans, but feels odd because the game shows a lot of love for the period as well though that’s ignoring the pronunciation choices. And the tactical gameplay won’t appeal to everyone.

Pick this up if you liked the original Fallout games but can do with less humor. It’s a strategy RPG, where you get a large party, cruise around, talk to everyone, and wage war on an epic scale. It might be a bit of a niche, with its heavy story and long gameplay, but it’s also perfect for those who like the genre.

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An RPG with a tactical battle system.

Expeditions: Rome takes players and throws them into Roman times, while you flee from enemies who kill your father, and look to make a name for yourself. You meet a lot of interesting characters, many of which are based on real people like this member of my party Gaius Julius Caesar. I wonder if he’s known for anything. Now, I probably mispronounced it, but the game does an amazing job pronouncing each character’s name, and shows a love of the time period, even if it’s not always fully accurate.

While the opening had several interesting battles that all felt different, this is a game that feels like it’ll eventually devolve into the typical “kill everyone you see” or fail to create interesting locations. The dialogue works well but does seem to fall into the binary moral systems just with more categories represented at times. The movement outside of combat requires the player to wait until their entire party does some action like climbing a ladder.

Pick this up if you’re a fan of Roman times, or want to play an RPG. Expeditions: Rome is good, and the writing and characters are interesting, however it switches between RPG sections with heavy dialogue and combat sections with minimal dialogue often. Still, I'm interested to see where this game goes and what happens to the characters in it.

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