To showcase the incredible detail in ROME II’s campaign map, we thought we’d give you a Greek-peek of how city growth looks in the game, using the walled city of Massalia in southern France – or modern-day Marseille – as an example.
Settlements and cities in ROME II grow in a very organic way, and can expand in a number of different directions, while reflecting some of your key building decisions. Each city has a number of potential slots which can be developed ready for further construction, and it’s this process which physically expands the city. These construction slots can then accommodate new structures such as temples, training grounds, marketplaces and so on, which then appear within the city on the campaign map. You’ll also see greater works represented in the city too. As you can see here, we’ve upgraded our way through the Forum building-chain to a full-blow amphitheatre, with a typically Roman aqueduct thrown in for good measure.
As your city grows, it begins to impact the landscape around it. Urban sprawl appears outside the walls as the city increases in size. If your building choices support agriculture, farmland blossoms around the city, and forests are cut back to make way for new works.
Not all cities boast walls however, only provincial capitals. This gives the player a much greater range of battle types across a broader variety of settlements, and reduces the number of siege battles you’ll face compared to Shogun 2, which in turn keeps battle gameplay fresh and interesting. Across Rome II’s 49 different settlement, city and port-town battle maps, you’ll see a tremendous amount of urban battlefield variety while you’re storming your way through enemy provinces!
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