Rome Total War: Barbarian Invasion Expansion Pack | 
 enlarge | From: Sega of America, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Avg. Customer Rating:  31 reviews
Sales Rank: 4868
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Xp, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows 98
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows 2000
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 7.6 x 5.3 x 1.4
MPN: 100722
Model: 85157
UPC: 010086851571
EAN: 0010086851571
ASIN: B000B6JASQ
Release Date: September 27, 2005
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
Condition: DVD CASE EDITION - $3.99 USA 3-7 business day shipping. 24/7 customer service. Shipping/tracking emails. Shipped direct - not drop shipped
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| Features:
| • | Defend Roman Empire from invading barbarians; set in 363 A.D. | | • | Expansion pack to the award-winning Rome: Total War game | | • | Experience brand-new generals, maps, battle conditions, and more | | • | 10 new playable factions, each with strategic options and exclusive army units | | • | For 1 player |
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Product Description
The expansion moves the action on 350 years to a time when the Roman Empire is in deep trouble, beset by enemies inside and out, and possibly even dying. The year is 363 AD, and the Roman Empire has split into two parts ruled from the cities of Rome (for the Western Empire) and Constantinople (for the Eastern Empire). If this weren't bad enough, barbarian tribes have been massing on the Imperial frontiers in Europe for many years. In the East the Empire faces a renewed threat from the Persian Empire, under new vigorous rulers, the Sassanids. This is an exciting and turbulent period of Roman history: the Fall of Rome itself and the collapse of the Western Roman Empire, the slaughter of Emperor Valens and a complete Roman army at Adrianople in 378, the arrival in Europe of the terrifying Huns, the political in-fighting that saw Rome's best generals hounded as traitors, and the final humiliation of the last Emperor of the West being forced to retire in 476 AD as a barbarian took his throne. Romulus Augustulus simply wasn't enough of a threat to be worth killing.It starts just after the last Emperor of a unified Romehas died. His successors in Rome and Constantinople are now uneasy allies and rivals for power. The ?barbarians' are massing along the borders, and in some cases are living inside what used to be Roman territory. There are many, many challenges for a Roman to face - and some may be almost unbeatable!
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| Customer Reviews: Read 26 more reviews...
 Och it's alright September 8, 2008
Barbarian Invasion is cool but Rome Total War is a bit better as the Romans are divided into the Julii, Scipii, and Brutii, not into the Eastern and Western Empires.
Good expansion pack to a good game. June 2, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Much has changed since the original rome:total war, this game is set in the downfall of rome era. Instead of rome being in charge now its the barbarians. Unfortunatlly there are some factions you can play as like the Vandals,Western Rome, Eastern Rome, Saxons, Huns, Goths, Alemmini, Franks,Sassaids and a few more. But there are factions you can't play as such as the Berbers, Slavs, Romona Britans, Lombardii, Ostrogoths, Western Rome(rebels), Eastern Roman(rebels), ad a few more. I just wish they let you play as all the factions.
Not good, not great, just...different. March 20, 2007
While I extensively enjoyed the gameplay in the original Rome: Total war, I think that Barbarian Invasion lacks something. The game is much shinier, giving a better visual appeal and obviously some bugs have disappeared, making it better quality. However, the campaign is too short, leaving the player to "expand, expand, expand or die." Okay, so you won't die, you just won't meet your goals.
If you thought that the original Rome: Total War was slow, this might be the game for you. The new aspect of religion in each settlement will make you wonder why it wasn't there before, and the fact that each faction has different - though similar - victory conditions is very nice, too. But because the game ends so quick, it seems like there isn't enough time to stomp your enemy into the ground and laugh at the idea of them defeating you.
 Not so Hot January 3, 2007
0 out of 5 found this review helpful
Barbarian Invasion installation corrupted Rome Total War, requiring a complete reinstall. I did not include BI in the reinstall.
Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion November 10, 2006
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Great Game. Slightly different rules than the original. Unlike the original, your group plays differently. Good for all levels of play.
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