I started out with 93% influence in Macedon. Things like Gravitas, Influence, and Ambition, which should be at the core of the design, make zero sense in execution. It's impossible to make a mistake in this game because nothing really matters. You have no real control over what it thinks, it's just there to be conquered. Don't worry, the diplomatic AI doesn't matter. You can resurrect the army with all its upgrades intact back home. They all give similar bonuses and your general will be dead soon anyway. Creative Assembly obviously had some cool design ideas about limited resources with the agents, provinces, and armies, but it's all lost in an empty game that scrambles at every turn to assure you that nothing's of any real consequence. Well, I've put in thirty hours of digging and the depth is nowhere to be found.
Most people take it all in good faith and assume that the depth is there if they just start digging.
It puts on a brave face, so if you're new to Total War games, strategy games, or just games, it plays pretty for baby. The game is completely and totally broken. The fact that most reviewers were only willing to damn such a mess of a game with faint praise has been really frustrating.
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