You'll end up going up against a myriad mix of enemy unit types, but most times, it's a very similar experience. The main story plots of the game will intertwine and take you across several locales.
Doing that, however, will rob you of the ability to generate new units. In capturing settlements, you also build a tower and essentially garrison your commander in the town itself, losing him unless you choose to pull him out and continue onwards with him. I found it a bit disconcerting I could march in as a Roman general and boss a bunch of random people to don armor in my stead, but what are they going to do against the men holding swords at their throats? The townspeople themselves create the "resource" pool you use for unit creation, and they regenerate within a relatively okay timeframe. Instead, players are forced to "capture" local settlements they find across the map and conscript the locals into service for the empire. Topped with what seemed like a brutally tough game, even on the easy difficulty setting I lost, it became a pile-on of slogging through the game.īut, that being said - one of the odder aspects of the game, coming from never playing the original, is essentially a lack of resources or base building. I kept thinking, at points, how much parts of the game were stuck in the past (go figure). It's neat to go back and see some of the ways we initially approached these elements, but it's also frustratingly difficult to truly enjoy. I don't know if it's just the change of the RTS genre over time, but much of what forms the Praetorians experience has either been refined or dropped in the intervening years since the original release. What I need to say though is this – do I enjoy the game? It's hard to say ultimately. You'll control massive groups of spearmen, centurions, archers, and more as you march your way through the game's maps. Set during the rise of the Roman Empire, the game takes you across the empire's territories in Gaul, Egypt, and of course, Italy itself. A challenging game at its core, it's an exciting experience to essentially step back in time to a much different approach to the RTS scene.
That being said, Praetorians is a faithful remaster of a classic RTS title. I'm grateful RTS games have changed dramatically in the last 20 years.I am grateful for the change in standardized keyboard controls for real-time strategy (RTS) games.While it's not Thanksgiving, I'm going to start by saying things I'm grateful for.
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