14 DAY TRIAL // The development team at The Creative Assembly and publisher SEGA are launching a new major patch for Total War: Rome II, the fourteenth since the title was launched, which is designed to introduce a set of important changes to all aspects of the experience.
The stuttering that was affecting individual soldiers in combat has been fixed, and gamers are now able to run battles with more than 14,000 troops on the field at the same time without fear of a CTD.
At the same time, the campaign now uses a smaller amount of overall memory, which means turns should move faster for most players, and a number of crashes associated with it have been removed.
The much criticized Battle-focused Artificial Intelligence has also been upgraded, and players of Total War: Rome II will be happy to learn that it now performs much better during sieges, using all the equipment that it has and offering more of a challenge to player-controlled troops.
Previously it was rather easy to use a small garrison to take out large attacking armies in fortified cities, and the changes should make the entire campaign more challenging and enjoyable.
Patch 14 for Total War: Rome II also introduces other changes to tactical battles and the overall campaign and makes the interface of the game easier to use.
The multiplayer has also been updated and the game now evaluates which player is in a better position when a disconnection occurs in order to award a win, rather than always generating a draw.
The team at The Creative Assembly says that it is open to feedback for patch 14 and the game as a whole and that it is taking into account all bug reports coming from players in order to create future fixes.
So far, the studio has launched two campaign expansions for Total War: Rome II, one focusing on the exploits of Caesar in Gaul and another linked to the major conflict between Carthage and Rome.
The fan community has been asking the development team at The Creative Assembly to fix the problems that the game still had before announcing and working on more downloadable content.
Total War: Rome II is a very good strategy title, which mixes real-time and turn-based elements, and the integration of the Steam Workshop allows gamers to access a wide range of mods created by the dedicated community of fans.