{"id":26359,"date":"2012-12-18T13:16:58","date_gmt":"2012-12-18T03:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/power-up.space\/?p=26359"},"modified":"2012-12-18T13:20:07","modified_gmt":"2012-12-18T03:20:07","slug":"total-war-rome-ii-first-playable-faction-revealed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=26359","title":{"rendered":"Total War\u2122: ROME II \u2013 first playable faction revealed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The new <em>Total War\u2122<\/em> Wiki now <a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.totalwar.com\/w\/factions\">offers gamers a glimpse<\/a> of the historical factions that will be playable in <em>Total War\u2122: ROME II.<\/em> The first faction to be revealed is Rome itself, and will be followed by all others in the coming weeks and months.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/news\/faction.jpg\" width=600><\/p>\n<p>Featuring maps showing each faction\u2019s starting position, plus information on its military, political and civic strengths and vivid depictions of its armies in battle, the <em>Total War\u2122: ROME II <\/em>Faction Hub is an essential destination for Tot<em>al War\u2122 <\/em>fans. Each faction within the game offer greater richness, depth and variety than any previous <em>Total War\u2122<\/em> title to date, and brings the ancient world to life like never before. The distinctions between cultures aren\u2019t simply cosmetic; each offers a fundamentally different style of play.<\/p>\n<p>Representing key powers within the Greco-Roman, Barbarian, and Eastern cultures, every faction features its own agents and political system, and three tech trees representing civic, military and engineering disciplines. Each will have its own dilemmas to face and different styles of army to manage. Certain factions \u2013 such as Rome \u2013 are split into a number of playable families, which bring further unique benefits to their base faction traits.<\/p>\n<p>The faction hub will be updated regularly with new faction information. Keep tabs on the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/TotalWar?fref=ts\"><em>Total War\u2122<\/em> Facebook page<\/a><em> <\/em>and <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/totalwar\">follow us on Twitter<\/a> for future updates and announcements.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/wiki.totalwar.com\/w\/factions\">http:\/\/wiki.totalwar.com\/w\/factions<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The new Total War\u2122 Wiki now offers gamers a glimpse of the historical factions that will be playable in Total War\u2122: ROME II. The first faction to be revealed is Rome itself, and will be followed by all others in the coming weeks and months. Featuring maps showing each faction\u2019s starting position, plus information on<\/p>\n<p class=\"more-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/?p=26359\">Read More\u2026<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26359","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-game-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26359","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26359"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26359\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":26362,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26359\/revisions\/26362"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26359"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26359"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.impulsegamer.com\/wordpress\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26359"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}