They are held back only by a staunch defence led by Palmyra. To the east, the Sassanids set out on a grand conquest that culminates with an assault against Roman lands.

This is its gravest crisis yet.Įager to capitalise on Rome’s instability, barbarian tribes gather like a storm on the borders, to plunder the riches of civilisation. A string of inept emperors and usurpers vying for power has led the Roman Empire into near-total economic collapse. ◾Restructured technologies and unique new buildings ◾New Campaign features: Plagues, Cults and Banditry ◾New period-specific events, dilemmas and missions ◾New Heroic Factions with elaborate victory conditions, famous leaders and crafted event-chains ◾Play as one of ten different factions across five cultural groups ◾Plunges players into the crisis of the third century, a critical turning-point for Rome ◾A new grand-scale Campaign Pack for Total War: ROME II PLEASE NOTE: This content requires the base game Total War™: ROME II to play. Both are due on November 30, 2017, and here's the expansion's Steam page. More information on both the Empire Divided DLC and the Power & Politics update is provided via this Q&A. Sega notes that the Politics & Power update applies to Total War: Rome 2's base game and all of its DLC, bar Caesar and Gaul as it operates its own political system. Here, influence and political support can be gained from winning battles and completing missions. Careful consideration of a cult’s benefits and disadvantages is required but, if used correctly, they can become a powerful tool.Īlongside Total War: 2's Empire Divided campaign pack, Creative Assembly will launch 'Power & Politics'-a complimentary update that overhauls Rome 2's existing politics system. In order to remove a cult building, a significant expenditure is required and a public order penalty is incurred required as this is considered persecution. This makes cult bonuses relatively easy to obtain, though cults spread foreign culture, bringing disorder into your provinces. Here's publisher Sega with the skinny:Ī cult building may be built for no cost, as its construction represents your empire permitting disciples to settle within your territory. That last part sounds particularly interesting. With that, it's on you to restore the capital to its former glory (or, you know, run it into the ground) as you assume control of ten different playable factions across five cultures (each with its own cultural and faction-driven traits), negotiate new victory conditions, and handle new campaign features-not least plagues, bandits and cults. Set in 270 AD, Empire Divided visits the Roman Empire as it faces economic collapse and its 'gravest crisis yet'. And today, the turn-based strategy expert has unveiled Empire Divided as the new DLC heading to its 2013 stalwart. This week, the developer teased something new for Total War: Rome 2. Last week, Creative Assembly discussed the direction of its historical Total War series.

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