Still better than Rome II! One of the best pc games of all time!

Turn based strategies were my least favorite in the strategy genre but even so, I loved Rome:Total War. Turn based on the big map, real time on the battlefield...amazing combo! And if you choose the longer campaign version at the beginning and don't manage your wealth well or move fast enough you can get a game over after dozens of hours of gameplay.

Okay. Found it a little tedious, tbh.

I barely remember how the vanilla game was but the mods were good, especially Europa Barbarorum