


If you click on the cog icon at the upper-right corner, you’ll see the advanced graphics settings. This panel also allows you to tweak the resolution scaling, color scheme, and campaign map vibrancy. You can change your preset (low, medium, high, ultra, and custom), resolution, frame limit, V-Sync, and UI size. This isn’t like later offerings from Creative Assembly where expansions are integrated into the base game, allowing you to start them from the main menu.īelow, you’ll see the general graphics settings for Total War: Rome Remastered. Likewise, I should add that the launcher will pop up, allowing you to select which game you’d like to play (i.e., Total War: Rome Remastered, Barbarian Invasion, or Alexander). However, it’s worth noting that the remastered version’s recommended specs are more demanding compared to those listed for the sequel, Rome 2.

As you can see, I’m well above the recommended specs. The system requirements can be seen on Total War: Rome Remastered‘s Steam Store page. GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 8 GB or AMD Radeon RX VEGA 56 8 GB.CPU: Intel Core i7-4770K 3.5GHz or AMD Ryzen 5 2600X 3.6GHz.

I think the best compliment I can give is that, with the changes made, the graphics look as good as nostalgia says they looked 17 years ago. The battles especially just look lackluster because the battlefields are so bare of features. They're better by leagues, with lots of sad building models getting remade, especially on the campaign map, but they're nothing compared to any modern Total War. The music especially is much higher quality than the old game, and whatever magic was worked there has revitalized one of the best soundtracks of an entire era. That's not to say the graphics or sound are lacking. The somewhat-aged rig I played it on was able to chop along at maximum settings and peak unit sizes quite happily, with no stuttering in even the largest battles. The old Rome: Total War didn't always play well with modern hardware. As a remaster, a lot of attention is going to be given to how it looks and sounds, but what you really get out of this remaster is how it plays.
