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Parthia unveiled in Total War: Rome II
Posted: 07.03.2013 15:54 by Simon Priest Comments: 14
SEGA and Creative Assembly band together another bunch of tribes who go by the name of Parthia, an eastern empire that was "one of the few who came close to matching" Rome in power and wealth.

They blend "Persian, Hellenistic" and local cultures; they also venerate Greek and Iranian god figures. Their greater tolerance of foreign culture eases their paths of conquest; so no travel visas.

This is the seventh faction to be revealed by the Total War developer, with others including power houses like Carthage and Macedon, as well as tribals Iceni and Arveni.

"As an Eastern faction, Parthia profits from the rich heritage established by the Persian Empire both in its capacity for trade and in its cultural strength. A degree of tolerance for foreign cultures further eases Parthian conquest of new lands, but their Zoroastrian practices mean an aversion to slavery, which is detrimental to both the economy and to public order."

"In battle, their great marksmanship and mastery of cavalry makes them a force to be reckoned with when fighting on open ground," continued the blurb of the official Total War wikia.

Total War: Rome II releases on PC this autumn.

Comments

By danfreeman (SI Core) on Mar 07, 2013
danfreeman
Dacia,now!!! >:(
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Mar 07, 2013
SirRoderick
Patience Dan, they'll get there :)
By nikola1010 (SI Member) on Mar 07, 2013
nikola1010
I liked playing Parthians in R:TW, their horse archers were unstopabble... until I faced Greek hoplites who smashed my fully experienced horse archer army :( Good cavalry, but their infantry was worse than ordinary peasants. But more or less, many factions will duplicate from original game...
By nocutius (SI Elite) on Mar 07, 2013
nocutius
I loved plowing through infantry with a bunch of cataphracts :)
By danfreeman (SI Core) on Mar 07, 2013
danfreeman
i just want to fight with my ancestors instead of against them for once,why is that so hard to do?
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Mar 08, 2013
herodotus
Burn them, burn them all! Damned Parthians (sorry Dan:p).
By wwallace61 (I just got here) on Mar 09, 2013
wwallace61
Dan, no Dacia for you man, sorry. May be they will release it as a DLC as a playable faction.
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Mar 09, 2013
SirRoderick
They aren`t even close to revealing all the factions...and I bet you a twenty that Dacia is in the selection
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Mar 10, 2013
herodotus
Go fo mfrl...!
By wwallace61 (I just got here) on Mar 13, 2013
wwallace61
I think Egypt will be next and last as playable. There will be only 8 playable faction in firt release as the studio announced. But Dacia will surely in game as minor factions.
By SirRoderick (SI Elite) on Mar 13, 2013
SirRoderick
Sure for the stsrting lineup, pretty much all of the possible factions will become playable I should hope though
By nocutius (SI Elite) on Mar 14, 2013
nocutius
And not for free probably :(.
I really hate this practice of making the factions only available as DLC when they are clearly already present on the map from day one.
By herodotus (SI Herodotus) on Mar 15, 2013
herodotus
Interesting still to see how it will all pan out. As different from the original as "Shogun 2" is, is what I am hoping for.
By nikola1010 (SI Member) on Mar 16, 2013
nikola1010
In original RTW you could only play the Romans at start, and you would unlock the factions as you defeat them. I think that this willalso be the case...