Imperator Rome In 2024?! Worth Playing?

Join Alex on an epic journey through Imperator Rome as he navigates the open Beta 2.0.4 update. Will Rome rise victorious or fall into internal strife? Subscribe to see if Alex can lead the Roman Republic to glory!
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[@TheSocialStreamers]

THE BIGGEST ADDITION TO UNOFFICAL OFFICIAL IMPERATOR: ROME DAY! :D

[@justanotherredbeard4439]

Abandoned at the point it started to get it's own vibe and actually good, still sad

[@homoe7976]

Classic Greek tragedy.

[@dr1o761]

Just need someone to make a mod to implement total war tactical battle like ck3

[@Arenumberg]

At least the Invictus mod has kept it going, more or less, I've played it a lot over the last two weeks - and some of the LOTR mod, good times.

[@sfrog4683]

Yea it was def under appreciated as they started implementing their late changes. I used to watch their dev streams. Need to give it another go.

[@AbitantedelVault]

Like they did with Empire at Sins... Why must in last years video-game company abandon thir new projects?

[@AlextheRambler]

*Time to revive Imperator?*

[@Sergeant.Arch.Dornan.]

yes!

[@UserStillLoading]

Now play Imperator Rome A-Z.

[@LaRaGEourney]

Yes

[@josthobic9860]

YES!

[@icyovarian1286]

i was depressed, my wife left me and i had no future in life, and then i downloaded the Invictus mod and now i am the ceo of google and amazon. my bed is made of 100 dollar bills. i cannot recommend the invictus mod enough

[@mbaird4]

I hope this video gets a good amount of views. If it does, it would be cool to see Alex play one of the successor states of Alexander the Great empire.

[@cathemeraltheenby6840]

Alex as the Antigonids would be a hilarious car crash lol.

[@KreepKii]

How can you return to Imperator and not play the essential community-made Invictus mod. It has been regularly updated and maintained all this time and adds a ton of cool features. You gotta try it out sometime Alex.

[@josthobic9860]

This!!!

[@nataliiateteruk585]

Can with mod make any acheivement?

[@NismoWill]

oh I wasnt watching your videos around one month , because I fall in love again with Imperator:Rome , with some mods its finally gorgeous and Im enjoying a lot again after release.

[@TaeSunWoo]

15:36 you can actually have them join Rome diplomatically, the option was around that menu somewhere 😂

[@kallias]

I was thinking of picking this up again the other day, low and behold a good ol' rambler review to help me.

[@robertalaverdov8147]

A couple of tips for those who've tried the game and were frustrated by the mechanics. Unlike EU4 you want to have a fort in every province and not just on the borders. Forts reduce unrest which increases province loyalty. So at least 1 fort per province and 2-3 for newly conquered states. That along with theaters and temples when you can research them. Second trick is if a province has declining loyalty of less than 34, you can switch the governor out and back and they will usually change to harsh treatment without wasting PP. At a small cost of loyalty, hopefully you didn't assign the governors job to someone with low loyalty beforehand. Third is to have only 1 city per province, obviously your province capital. It's more efficient to have have 1 city with 90 pops than 3 with 30. Pick a place with the best habitability even if its not the best resource available. Exceptions being a low population province (below 30-40) where it may be ok to have a 2nd city strictly as a granary silo. More available food increases pop growth, doesn't works as well in high pop states. Also your capital region where 4-6 cities may be ok for the trade bonuses. 4th and more challenging; Tyranny is your friend. Not a good one but it's the best source for AE reduction, plus adds to slave output, more tax money. So sack/destroy cities that you don't need. Just be weary of loyalty, maybe research loyalty techs. Next once you get legions there is an exploit where you can get them almost unlimited morale. It just depends on how many foreign holy sites you have access to, each one is supposed to give a 10% permanent morale boost to a legion when sacked. Its supposed to only do it once. But due to the game being perfectly balanced. What you can do is split up which ever legion you want to do this to and send one to however number of temples you want. Then pause the game and go through all the units and destroy each holy site with the legion. You'll see the event pop up repeatedly. I've gotten a 400% morale boost in Ironman. Usually I restrict myself to a meager 50-100% boost as I try to spread it around all my legions. And morale actually increases your damage output. My legions can easily fight 4-5 times their number, such victories give more rewards and bonuses. Eventually you'll have a single 10k legion smashing 100k troops. Lastly horse archers are OP, just like in real life. If you have access to the Persian military branch use them instead of heavy infantry and cavalry. Don't give them logistics or engineers. Have dedicated siege legions with infantry set aside. Because they can move at speed for 4, double the speed of infantry at 2. And they have 5 maneuver in battle. Basically they can hit everyone around them. Combined with the Persian bonuses and the special doctrine they're like roving helicopter gunships. The only thing that can stop them is a dedicated army of light cav but the AI never makes such an army. And they're good as far as army weight, not having the extra weight modifier that heavy cav has. Early steppe horde goes BRRT!

[@BoblopZmuda]

I enjoy imperator but Christ it's no surprise it turns people away.

[@vidk.6304]

Glad to see Imperator Rome is back on this channel, would love to see some more :)

[@topproducts9976]

Thanks, i started playing again and i really enjoyed it past 2 days

[@cathemeraltheenby6840]

Imperator Rome is the only paradox game I actually enjoy playing, so I'd say yea it's worth it.

[@besacciaesteban]

I like to rush "census data" with the first innovation points. It gives you free pops (6 if i remember correctly). It's also important to stack character loyalty modifiers, you can totally avoid civil war if you get two or three of those.

[@ee9269]

It's a good day when Alex posts

[@GuusvanVelthoven]

I would not mind more of these ❤

[@Reivehn]

Characters intrigue have more allure in monarchies and dictatorships but character and family Interactions mean a lot in tribes and repiblics too and are a viable focus for making a strong "state"

[@Pydgin]

I love Imperator Rome, I honestly don't know why it's not more popular. No one ever wanted to give it a chance.

[@schlootle]

IIRC it was pretty terrible on launch. It feels good to play now but a poor release hurts a lot. Rome 2 Total War nearly bombed with how atrocious it launched as until they gave us the free Augustus (is it called that?) version.

[@belphegor_tv]

We did give it a chance by buying the game.

[@gingacenturion492]

I tried a few times in the past to play this but couldn't get into it. I gave it another chance last week and am hooked now

[@FuzzhyFoo]

Always happy to see I:R get some love. :) It might be rough, but I was really happy with how much we managed to steer 2.0 in the right direction.

[@joshtaylor9626]

The streams people were doing was great

[@joeycostanzo9755]

Play more of this, I’ve always wanted to see more of it and play but i just never looked into it, it looks fun.

[@fkmkl]

More of this please!

[@vantaplat7411]

Will ISP be participating?

[@markjones952]

How are you feeling, Alex?

[@Sergeant.Arch.Dornan.]

just bought it the other day 🎉

[@carlv8415]

Seen this game earlier on game pass and thought I would give it a go. This video should really help me understand what I actually doing.

[@romanmorozov6974]

You can integrate certain vassals, so yes you can tell your little vassals “bow down to me” in a sense

[@josthobic9860]

You need to check out and play the best mod for Imperator - Invictus. It adds A LOT of flavour, missions and some mechanics. Its a gem!!!

[@user-qn5os9gq8i]

Dnt forget to add debug mode for the cheat, allowlegions, so u dnt have to wait for them

[@SebastianSoong]

Play the Terra Indomita mod. You'll enjoy it.

[@MirceaIliePloscaru]

For a second I thought it was a 2024 borders map mod for Imperator Rome. Good content nonetheless :)

[@isterlings]

Nice!

[@fakename6004]

Let's go!!

[@sarahlynn7807]

Hell yeah! Love Imperator Rome! I still dream of the revival!

[@Frisia-]

open beta even enables achievements with mods

[@naturalbornpatriot6369]

It is absolutely worth playing. The Diadochi states are my favorite to play as. Titanic wars, whereas Rome you have a war with Carthage a few times and then steamrolll the barbarians. Not that fun. It took me the entire game to reunite Alexander’s empire as Seleucid’s. I remember rushing to get it done before the time ran out, and I did it with a couple years remaining. Seriously good fun to be had with this game. It truly is a shame that it doesn’t get official support anymore.

[@gannonpatton2858]

The perfect Paradox game was in front of us the whole time.

[@smintili]

Ask and you shall receive? Just yesterday I was asking myself if I might pick up Imperator if it goes on sale, because I kinda need some change of scenery after hours of HoI, Stellaris and CK 😅

[@FunkyMonkeyI]

Emperor Laith, the sole true Imperator of Rome has been single handling reviving the game.

[@lo18razakus15]

I enjoy this alot

[@joelhicks5468]

let's gooooooooo

[@geraintthomas4343]

Though surely imperator day should be the ides of march 😉

[@poltek32]

i have severe brain damage

[@particlesnz3570]

lets go!! imperator rome day!!

[@larrylobster9896]

MOAR

[@trentgarland522]

I believe this video single handedly carried Imperator Rome to it's most played day in over a year.

[@RobBeresford-mq4hm]

IMPERATOR AMO! ~ I love Imperator!

[@SHDUStudios]

I see Laith has gotten to everyone.

[@Hammer7955]

hi

[@maximus5668]

Ansewer, yess

[@hanshanson7156]

Please use the Invictus mod, its a community project that single-handedly kept the game alive! Its insanely good and the team is super friendly!

[@emadhassan1193]

Uppppppp

[@OmegaTrooper]

BRING BACK IMPERATOR!

[@aaronlonneker7613]

👍

[@azpont7275]

"Official unofficial official unofficial" land is how the US calls it's colonies at the present, so it doesn't have to give 'em rights.

[@hko2006]

You need invictus mod

[@Sergeant.Arch.Dornan.]

4 minutes!

[@solreaver83]

I have this game watched other people play, tried the provided KZbin tutorials, played a little hoi but still have no idea what's going on in this game. So disappointed I can't play it. Just can't figure it out.

[@AriNava1]

ooo im 10th

[@teaman1]

☕️

[@james2529]

Engagement

[@BoblopZmuda]

It's a shame this released how it did and that PDX have just abandoned it. There was so much potential. They should have scrapped the ck2/3-ish personality stuff early doors, it's something the players have always pointed out is useless bloat

[@command_unit7792]

I actually really like it for revolts and internal politics flavour(for example I had a fairly fun civil war when a family rebled taking a fleet and 2 provinces with them)

[@Vogelkinder]

\o/

[@captaincole4511]

So this game is basically HOI4 but Roman?

[@moskaumaster1594]

More like EU4 with a bit of Victoria 2 but Roman.

[@sindresolsnes7246]

Romr playtro

[@Tbpoilspill2010]

I remembered getting this game like 6 months early in hopes of uniting the barbarian world under the might of the Getae. Then realized after research they only gave a crap about "civilized" nation's. I tried every couple months after but nope nobody gives love to the barbarians

[@moskaumaster1594]

PDX abandoned the game too early so the modders have been focussing on the more iconic civilisations, the barbarians will get their day eventually.

[@association3cm675]

What do you mean, the Getae have a custom mission tree in Invictus, although less than 6 months old, but tons of barbarian nations have had ones for a long time.

[@fredrikmadsen3778]

Are you perishing? I hope not, but...

[@disasterandchaos5985]

You should save Ukraine in the 1919 start date from the OG Great War mod

[@PS-G1]

just played a campaign for the first time after launch shit was boring af

[@moskaumaster1594]

Did you use the mod Invictus?

[@valentinotto88]

No it's not worth your time!

[@oofoutoofout6059]

First??

[@zackfranklin9320]

First?

[@maxxgrumpy]

tell me paradox pays you to make this kinda video? cannot be just coincidence that 2 YT channels made the same video about the same game in the same day... kzbin.info/www/bejne/bZDMZqWVeLyLb7M 2 that i follow, sure there is a lot more around there...

[@moskaumaster1594]

He literally said why he is doing this at the start of the video. The youtuber Laith from the Social Streamers likes the game and has organised with several other content creators to try to revive its community to try to get the game picked up again by Paradox.