Expeditions: Rome - the final Expeditions game from Logic Artists

[ERYFKRAD]

No pants either.

 

[Larianshill]

Alright, which one of you is Daniel Martinez?

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Seeing as I really enjoyed the previous games I will definitely buy this. Great to see that the developer didn't fold!

I couldn't help to chuckle at this though:

Create your own Roman Legatus! Customize your character’s look, gender, class, and skills to match your playstyle and role-playing fantasy.

To be fair both previous Expeditions-titles did exactly same.

 

[JarlFrank]

Seeing as I really enjoyed the previous games I will definitely buy this. Great to see that the developer didn't fold!

I couldn't help to chuckle at this though:

Create your own Roman Legatus! Customize your character’s look, gender, class, and skills to match your playstyle and role-playing fantasy.

You could play a female conquistador and viking too, so this was to be expected.

Nothing wrong with it, I like playing female characters

Ancient Rome is a good setting for this formula. Less overused than vikings and has lots of potential.

 

[Riddler]

Seeing as I really enjoyed the previous games I will definitely buy this. Great to see that the developer didn't fold!

I couldn't help to chuckle at this though:

Create your own Roman Legatus! Customize your character’s look, gender, class, and skills to match your playstyle and role-playing fantasy.

To be fair both previous Expeditions-titles did exactly same.

I know and it's still funny. For Vikings there was at least the fig-leaf of you being the child of the previous chief, hence your position of leadership, but a female legatus? Lol.

 

[Mazisky]

The game looks great but they could have done fantasy instead of boring Rome.

 

[Mark Richard]

Goes without saying this lands right at the top of my most wanted list. The Expedition series fits into a historical fiction RPG subgenre which still remains largely unoccupied, and I loved the previous two games.

 

[Riddler]

Nothing wrong with it, I like playing female characters

Why would willingness to play female characters be the issue here? The issue is breaking your setting to accommodate a PC of both sexes. They could have gone for a fantasy world or a role for the main character where either sex would have made sense but they chose not to.

This isn't a deal-breaker for me but it is a bit funny in the context of the historical setting and role they are going for.

Regardless, I'm really looking forward to the game!

 

[Jvegi]

Black people!!!!!!!

Oh no...

 

[Harthwain]

I know and it's still funny. For Vikings there was at least the fig-leaf of you being the child of the previous chief, hence your position of leadership, but a female legatus? Lol.

Indeed. There could still be avenues for having a female character in such setting. A wealthy domina from a prominent family could have a lot of pull, for example. Or - if you want to lean stronger into the route of historical fantasy - a fierce Celtic female warrior, taken as a slave (to explain her "import" outside the island of Britain). But I guess that anything which does not put both genders on an equal footing is too risky PR-wise by now.

 

[Thac0]

Looks cool. Maybe I will conquer my hatred of Expedition Vikings and finish that before Rome comes out. Then play a bit of Conquistador to actually have fun.

 

[Larianshill]

Looking at the gameplay trailer, the game is significantly prettier than Viking.

 

[Lacrymas]

A lot of characters gave you the side-eye if you were a woman in Conquistador, though.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Black people!!!!!!!

Oh no...

Africa is part of where they're going you nigger

 

[JarlFrank]

Yeah making you a legatus regardless of sex is kinda retarded.

What would be really cool as the next Expeditions game would be one set during the height of ancient Greek colonialism, those expeditions were usually led by private citizens on their own initiative rather than overseen by government officials, so extensive character customization would make more sense there.

Also pre-Hellenistic early classical antiquity is a really under-used setting compared to Roman Republic era.

 

[JarlFrank]

Black people!!!!!!!

Oh no...

Africa is part of where they're going you nigger

NORTH Africa.

Not sub-saharan Africa.

The "Africans" the Romans interacted with looked more like very tanned Europeans, or Arabs.

Here's a picture of modern Algerians:

That's the Africa the Romans were colonizing.

Africa =/= black people.

 

[Infinitron]

Updating OP with essential info.

 

[Ventidius]

This sounds relevant to my interests, I just hope they don't go all out with the woke nonsense. No one expects perfect realism in an RPG, but if nothing else, some degree of historical accuracy helps immersion in historically-themed games. Anyway, cautiously optimistic about this.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

NORTH Africa.

Not sub-saharan Africa.

The "Africans" the Romans interacted with looked more like very tanned Europeans, or Arabs

Ok didn't catch that North bit.

 

[Avonaeon]

when I left

Scusi?

Left Copenhagen to be closer to family and could work remote while we finished Fallen Heroes. Fallen Heroes was cancelled and I was let go.

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Updating OP with essential info.

Oh the simple joys of being a moderator.

 

[daveyd]

I know and it's still funny. For Vikings there was at least the fig-leaf of you being the child of the previous chief, hence your position of leadership, but a female legatus? Lol.

Indeed. There could still be avenues for having a female character in such setting. A wealthy domina from a prominent family could have a lot of pull, for example. Or - if you want to lean stronger into the route of historical fantasy - a fierce Celtic female warrior, taken as a slave (to explain her "import" outside the island of Britain). But I guess that anything which does not put both genders on an equal footing is too risky PR-wise by now.

I think it's probably more that that would almost be like creating a completely different campaign. The most we can realistically expect is a few special lines of dialogues based on character's gender. Anything more complex than that would probably be too expensive to be worth it from a business standpoint.

I'm looking forward to the game as I enjoyed the last two. My main complaints with Viking were the containers and combat became too easy even on the "insane" difficulty; especially disappointing during the final battles. So I really hope they make the highest difficulty a decent challenge this time.

 

[JarlFrank]

NORTH Africa.

Not sub-saharan Africa.

The "Africans" the Romans interacted with looked more like very tanned Europeans, or Arabs

Ok didn't catch that North bit.

This is what the Romans called "Africa":

 

[Taka-Haradin puolipeikko]

Black people!!!!!!!

Oh no...

https://www.worldhistory.org/article/1496/roman-expeditions-in-sub-saharan-africa/

Roman Expeditions in Sub-Saharan Africa

Besides "Nubian" is pretty common trope in fiction about Rome of that era.

 

[BinaryForest]

Oh shit, I never played this series cause it looked kind of jank but I'll take any chance for a decent Rome RPG I can get