2008 video game
2008 video game
Europa Universalis: Rome is a grand strategy game developed by Paradox Development Studio . Published by Paradox Interactive and released in 2008, it became the fourth installment in the Europa Universalis series. It was the second game to be based on Paradox's Clausewitz Engine .
Gameplay and release
The game is set during the time of the Roman Republic , beginning in 280 BC with the start of the Pyrrhic war , and ending with the rise of the Roman Empire in 27 BC. Players have a choice of leading any of over 53 factions, which represent 10 prominent cultures including Carthaginian , Celtic , Egyptian , Greek , and Roman .[ 2] The game was released for Microsoft Windows in April 2008, followed by an OS X version ported by Virtual Programming in July.[ 3]
Editions
The game's only expansion, Vae Victis , was released in November 19, 2008.[ 4] Paradox had ideas for a second expansion based around the timeline of Alexander the Great , but this was never developed.[ 5]
Virtual Programming published the Mac OS X version of the Europa Universalis: Rome Gold Edition on 23 July 2010, which includes the Vae Victis expansion pack.[ 6]
Reception
See also
Notes
References
^ "Europa Universalis: Rome game ships for Mac" . Macworld . Archived from the original on 2023-04-24. Retrieved 2023-04-24 .
^ "Europa Universalis: Rome" . Archived from the original on 2008-12-17. Retrieved 2008-10-01 .
^ "Europa Universalis Rome Released as a box product" . Virtual Programming. July 4, 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-10-18. Retrieved 2008-10-01 .
^ Thang, Jimmy (August 27, 2008). "EU: Rome Expansion Vae Victis Announced" . IGN. Archived from the original on July 17, 2012. Retrieved 2008-08-31 .
^ Andersson, Johan (May 27, 2010). "What do you want our download team to do?" . Paradox Interactive Forums . Retrieved September 11, 2018 .
^ "Virtual Programming Releases Europa Universalis Rome Gold Edition" . MacGamer . July 23, 2010. Archived from the original on July 14, 2011. Retrieved November 30, 2010 .
^ "Europa Universalis: Rome - MetaCritic" . MetaCritic. Archived from the original on 2008-10-02. Retrieved 2023-11-08 .
^ Chick, Tom (April 18, 2008). "Europa Universalis: Rome Review - 1UP" . 1UP. Retrieved 2008-08-31 . [permanent dead link ]
^ Allen, Darren (June 19, 2008). "Europa Universalis: Rome Review - EuroGamer" . EuroGamer. Retrieved 2008-08-31 . [permanent dead link ]
^ Rausch, Allen (April 15, 2008). "Europa Universalis: Rome Review - GameSpy" . GameSpy. Archived from the original on 2008-09-13. Retrieved 2008-08-31 .
^ Butts, Steve (April 14, 2008). "Europa Universalis: Rome Review - IGN" . IGN. p. 2. Archived from the original on April 20, 2008. Retrieved 2008-08-31 .
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