I’ve been wondering for years what a Paradox grand strategy game would look like if it was designed for regular humans, and in Imperator: Rome I have my answer. As long-time readers may know, I’m a ...
While Paradox the publisher has expanded its reach and remit over the past decade - from the hooded spell-splashing of Magicka, through the civic-minded megalomania of Cities: Skylines, to the ...
Imperator Rome is a grand strategy game all about reshaping history and leading your nation to victory over all others. This can be done militarily, economically or diplomatically, and even on the ...
Imperator: Rome feels like a synthesis of all of Paradox Development Studio's previous work. It mixes the setting and certain concepts - such as barbarians - of its spiritual predecessor, Europa ...
For a while now, Paradox Interactive have been the masters of diplomacy when it comes to 4X strategy games. Other strategy mainstays may have them beat when it comes to combat (Total War) or civic ...
The launch of a new Paradox Development Studios game is one that’s greeted with open arms by their fans, even when it isn’t Victoria III. Imperator: Rome instead takes us back to an age where grand ...
The hardest part of writing up Paradox games these days is trying to extrapolate where they’ll be in three or four years. A pioneer of games-as-a-service, Paradox’s grand strategy titles have a habit ...
Of all the periods in history, the rise of the Roman Republic is easily one of the ripest for grand strategy games to tackle. It’s incredibly evocative, from the marching armies that swept aside ...
Paradox Development Studio (known for such grand strategy staples as Crusader Kings II and Stellaris) last tackled the Roman age back in 2008 with Europa Universalis: Rome. But while that was a ...
The final announcement of PDXCon 2018's Saturday stage introduction saw veteran designer Johan Andersson dressed in a toga, flanked by Roman soldiers. There, he announced Imperator: Rome—a sequel to ...
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Paradox’s Imperator: Rome feels like an obligation, a necessary addition of an ancient world strategy game to add to its stable of medieval, renaissance, Victorian, and World War-era historical works.