I mean for example, that the map is too complex. Almost the feeling of Civ4, but it's not Civ4...
The Rome map has not the "elegance" of the Shogun one. Too much details, things to do, to keep in mind, etc. And the artistic direction is poor and criticable (the colours are ugly...).
If I want a very complex map to explore, conquer and defend, why not play with Civ4 instead of play with that poor copy ?
Shogun was really like an "epure", a transposition of chess concept applicated to a medieval japan game.
it's not the same game experience to play with rome and Shogun. Althought Il really like to play with Rome, I still prefer the Shogun gameplay. I liked to go to my trone to encounter visitors or listen (In japanese ! ) to some strategic or philosophic ideas. I like to see these big units in whood and metal, just on a paper map with graphisms inspirated by japan "estampes". What, in the map or in the units of Rome, evocate something close to the antic world ? Nothing... neither colours, models, etc.
Rome is big, really enormous, but there is some lake like this diplomatic screen we had in Shogun. Surely a choice made to put more things like genealogic tree (not really funy in fact), Senat attitude and missions (good idea, but without enough polish...), etc.
Of course, the tactic part of Rome, with a 3d more impressive than this in Shogun, is brilliant. And the screen of medieval 2 make me dream a lot !
But it is not enough, for me, to garanty a masterpiece. Shogun was a masterpiece in its time...
All this is my own opinion, of course
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