Total War: Rome 2 out now for Rs 1,499

Grand strategy game Total War: Rome 2 is out now. The game is exclusive to PC and is available through both digital distribution platform Steam as well as retail channels. On Steam, the game is priced at $59.95 (Rs 4,000 approx), and the retail version, being distributed in India by e-xpress Interactive, is priced at Rs 1,499. To commemorate the launch, publisher Sega has released a launch trailer. Check it out:

Games in the Total War series are split into two parts: a Civilization-esque giant “board game” where players and the AI take turns to do various things like improving cities and states, and a more traditional real-time strategy view where the game’s gigantic battles take place.

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The newest game in the Total War series takes the action back to the same setting as the third game of the series—ancient Rome. The original Total War: Rome was when many considered the series to have come into its own, despite previous games in the series also receiving critical acclaim.

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Here are the minimum requirements to be able to run the game:

• OS: XP/Vista/Windows 7/Windows 8
• Processor: 2GHz Intel dual-core processor/2.6GHz Intel single-core processor
• Memory: 2GB RAM
• Graphics: 512 MB DirectX 9.0c compatible card (shader model 3, vertex texture fetch support).
• DirectX: 9.0c
• Hard Drive: 35GB HD space
• Screen Resolution: 1024 x 768

And here are the recommended specs to run the game:

• OS: Windows 7 / Windows 8
• Processor: 2nd generation Intel Core i5 processor (or greater)
• Memory: 4GB RAM
• Graphics: 1024 MB DirectX 11 compatible graphics card.
• DirectX: 11
• Hard Drive: 35GB HD space

• Screen Resolution: 1920 x 1080