Rome 2: Total War Release Date & Collectors Edition

Well it seems September is now starting to fill up with new releases as well, with Kingdom Hearts being added to that time slot the other day we now have the new Total War joining it.



I love the Total War series mostly because I love to start up a Skirmish map with several thousands troop on the screen and duke it out. I really could do with trying out the singleplayer story more but that's for my to do list. Anyway the release date was announced as the 3rd September and will be a world release so that's pretty sweet. Also if you watched the trailer you will also see that for pre-ordering you get the first DLC pack for free.

The Greek States pack offer three factions to play with their own units, buildings, tech tree, missions and win conditions. I would love to play the Sparta but I think everyone would since how much attention they have had in the movies and tv shows.

Big that got me was the announcement of a collectors edition, normally the games come with a Limited edition that will offer extra DLC. Sometimes they do come in a nice looking box case and then with Shogun 2 we had a chess set which was ok, mine was broken when it arrived so I was never able to keep it.

This time they have gone to town with it and the collectors edition is also numbered with only 22,000 being made worldwide.

In the UK this is exclusive to GAME and can be picked up for £109.99, just put my order down for one last night as soon as they started. So what do you get in this great edition? well a nice giant box that looks stunning with the Roman eagle. Steelbook case for the game which looks so nice, my steelbook collection is getting some nice additions this year. Also since they putting a number on each edition it will be done in Roman Numerals, the little details always gets me.

You get a working catapult kit to put together, meant to be around the 26cm mark so it's not a small thing. Canvas campaign map from the game as well and finally two games to play as well. First a Punic wars card game in a total war style art work and a set of replica Roman dice and roundels which the collectors box can be opened to make the playing board for. No idea how to play these two games but I cannot wait to give them a try.

I'm very impressed with SEGA and this collectors edition, they have really out done themselves with it and although the price tag is quite high it makes sense with what you getting inside. Especially when you normally have to fork out £35 for a board game these days. So yeah I've got my order in and I cannot wait to play it.
~Iznic