14 DAY TRIAL // The development team at The Creative Assembly might be working on Total War: Attila, but it still has the time required to introduce more content for the already solid Total War: Rome II, with a new expansion called Wrath of Sparta set to be launched on December 16.
The new campaign map that gamers will be able to explore is more focused on the Greek world, especially the cities of the mainland and the adjoining islands as they looked in 432 BC, with 22 provinces, 78 regions, and more detail for one part of the world than the studio has ever created before.
In Total War: Rome II – Wrath of Sparta, gamers will be able to see 12 wonders which include the impressive Trojan ruins, the majestic temple of Zeus, and the Royal Tombs of Macedon.
Each turn played will represent one month of real-world time, allowing players the space they need to create and implement cool strategies to take over the Hellenistic world.
The announcement states, "As the legendary warriors of Sparta are called into open conflict against an arrogant Athens by scheming Korinthos and Boiotia, Wrath of Sparta challenges you to dominate the Hellenic world. However, while the City States vie for control of their homelands, across the Aegean sea the vengeful Persian Empire watches its old foe closely…"
The development team says that the period covered in Wrath of Sparta is characterized by highly tactical battles and by use of units that will define the way warfare evolves for the coming centuries.
Total War: Rome II has evolved all through its lifetime
When Total War: Rome II was launched, the team at The Creative Assembly was criticized for the relative lack of depth of its new strategy title and the fact that it did not come with some core features that gamers expected, like family trees and deeper politics systems.
Since then, patches were offered to tweak the core mechanics and increase the tactical elements of the experience and the studio also delivered a number of downloadable content packs, designed to both add factions to the map and to introduce more focused campaigns, covering the Gallic wars, the conflict between Rome and Carthage, and the fall of the Republic.
At the moment, most of the resources of The Creative Assembly are focused on Total War: Attila, which will be offered in the middle of February next year and will deliver a more brutal take on history as the Roman Empire falls and the Huns invade.
