Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion

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Description

This is the expansion to the strategy title, Rome: Total War. While the original dealt with the rise of the Roman Empire to glory, the conquest of the Greeks and Gauls and the clash with the Carthaginians, the expansion deals with its eventual decline. The Roman Empire splits in two, forming the Western and the Eastern Empires. Historically, the nomadic people known as the Huns, lead by the "Scourge of God" reached the gates of Rome burning everything in their way and turned back only because of famine and pestilence, while the Eastern part would rise again as the great Byzantine Empire. It is up to the player to assume the role of one of the two emperors or the warlords of the barbarian people and imitate or change history.

Once again, gameplay is split between grand real-time battles and engrossing turn-based building and managing. The core of the gameplay remains the same on the battlefield and the most significant addition is that of night battles (it seems that the barbarians favored this time for raids) and the ability to cross rivers. On a larger scale barbaric tribes such as the Huns and Vandals are not defeated if they lose their provinces, but form hordes and move to find greener lands. This feature imitates both the fearsome way in which the Huns overrun Europe and the major population shifts that took place in this dark time.

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Alternate Titles

• "罗马：全面战争 蛮族入侵" -- Chinese spelling (simplified)
• "RTW: BI" -- Common abbreviation

Part of the Following Groups

• Rome: Total War series
• Technology: amBX
• Total War series

User Reviews

Frustrating followup to the classic Rome: Total War

Windows

Mike Kew (7)

Critic Reviews

GameStar (Germany)	Windows	Sep, 2005	88 out of 100	88
PC Powerplay	Windows	Oct, 2005	87 out of 100	87
ActionTrip	Windows	Oct 10, 2005	86 out of 100	86
Gameplay (Benelux)	Windows	Oct 29, 2005	85 out of 100	85
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Windows	Oct 14, 2005	82 out of 100	82
GotNext	Windows	Oct 21, 2005		80
Jeuxvideo.com	Windows	Oct 03, 2005	16 out of 20	80
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Windows	Sep 30, 2005	8 out of 10	80
GameSpy	Windows	Oct 06, 2005		80
Computer Gaming World (CGW)	Windows	Dec, 2005		70

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Trivia

Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion was named Expansion of the Year in the 2005 PC Game Awards issue of Computer Games Magazine (March 2006).