Imperator: Rome plays like a bloody setlist of Paradox’s greatest hits

Imperator: Rome feels like a synthesis of all of Paradox Development Studio’s previous work. It mixes the setting and certain concepts - such as barbarians - of its spiritual predecessor, Europa Universalis: Rome, with the more refined empire-building of Europa Universalis IV. The population system from Rome and Victoria returns. Even distant cousin Stellaris has had an influence, in that you no longer have total control over your research - instead, you’ll spend civic power to buying inventions from a menu that is populated at random. The character system has cribbed some ideas from Crusader Kings II, such as impactful traits that can be gained over time, but jettisoned others, such as every character having an opinion about everyone else. Like the Roman Empire itself, Imperator picks and chooses from its past conquests, taking on the aspects that suit it. This comes with the expected caveat that Paradox will flesh out Imperator over several years, as the studio has done with its other grand strategy games, and will continue to do as long as gamers continue to buy the results, according to lead designer Johan Andersson. As ever, Paradox is monitoring the community’s appetite for additional features.

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