Mike Simpson (Development Director): 'The challenge we set ourselves was to create a next generation engine that would 
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remain true to everything that made Shogun: Total War™ and Medieval: Total War™ such successful games - and yet make 
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a huge leap forward in terms of technology and accessibility. We want to give fans who loved the other games everything they 
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could wish for, and at the same time we want gamers who’ve never played a strategy game before to look at Rome and say 
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"Wow! that looks incredible - it’s worth a try!"'