IMPERATOR: ROME's 2024 COMEBACK is REAL

Is Imperator Rome returning to life?! INCREDIBLE THINGS are happening in the Imperator: Rome scene these days, and it's not just because of the quality of the game, but also because of dedicated Imperator lovers who's decided to return to the game, and muster support for it. New players are playing for the first time, old players are returning, modders are modding, and Imperator days are celebrated!
Thing is though, can Imperator return, and can Paradox pick it back up? There are signs out there that Paradox is still thinking about the game, with several devs or community managers making comments on its possible revival, and we do have presedence of other games being picked up later on, like Total War Rome 2. Plus, with double the player numbers compared to just a month ago, can Imperator: Rome reach even higher numbers?
The future of Imperator: Rome is uncertain, but this Ides of March, I wanted to do my part to support the game and create hype around this very beloved game of mine!
But what do you think? Can Imperator return? Have you played it lately, or are you planning to? Let me know in the comments, and make sure to leave a like and subscribe to the channel! :)
#imperatorrome #imperatorrome2024 #imperatorday #idesofmarch #imperatorromemods

[@mikemcguinness92]

If guys are always thinking about Rome, by default, they are always thinking of Imperator Rome, lets bring it back!

[@oddindian1]

shhh don't tell wamen...

[@theflame5919]

Actually, Macedonia for me. Rome may have built the Macedonian dream of Hellenistic world under one polity, but it was Macedonia what dreamed it first, and created the foundation, Rome built it's Empire upon. Far more fascinating to me.

[@theflame5919]

Macedonia is kind of like British Empire with regards to US, or Byzantine Empire to Russia. Russia and US are both major global powers, very impressive civilizations... But the foundation for both, was created by England and Byzantium, respectfully, long before US or Russia, became global powers of today.

[@theflame5919]

@@basilraphaelbokos9043 TTW Rome, is fun in terms of killing large groups of ppl in a visually satisfying way. But AI is dumb, and game mechanics on world map, are very shallow. IR, is quite the opposite. No visually satisfying masses of ppl to kill at all.. but the game mechanics are very complex, and AI is fairly savvy.

[@theflame5919]

@@basilraphaelbokos9043 the ideal game, would be to combine grand strategy of IR, and in-game battles of RTW. Be best of both world. A dream. But alas.

[@francescoparisi1081]

Random person: How influent is this Oversimplified guy? 2024:

[@BaronVonMott]

Critics: "This looks like a trap." Paradox: "Of course it's a trap, and I'M FALLING FOR IT!"

[@JustinCage56]

​@@BaronVonMottHis Hannibal series is legit his best work

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

Who doesn't want more Classical Anqutity DLC or more games set in this time period? There was a Call of Duty concept for a Roman game but that got scrapped :( I want MORE of the Classical Period in video games.

[@Aerozona23]

I am intrigued by this call of duty roman game lol

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

@@Aerozona23 You may scoff but this was real! kzbin.info/www/bejne/j2rJeJasedlnmqM

[@Annoxium]

A COD game about Rome sounds awful. @@Aerozona23

[@nrbmemes2414]

​@@Aerozona23COD game without guns is like Minecraft without blocks.

[@theflame5919]

The Hellenistic world in Imperator Rome, is largely complete. It's very deep. What Imperator Rome needs, is similar deep content on Persia, Babylonia, Assyria, Egypt, and deeper dive into Spanish, Germanic and Gaul tribes, all of whom had deep impact on ancient world, particularly military, and are largely generic tribes in the game.

[@thunderbagel3886]

If they bring the game back, I hope they name the first patch "Laith" because nobody has worked harder to bring back IR than that guy

[@marsultor6131]

Or „Invictus“ in honor of the modding team that kept the game alive to even get to this point.

[@thunderbagel3886]

@@marsultor6131 good point

[@Leo-yr5jb]

Jesus 🤣 + years for game and Jesus.

[@mohamedjear8917]

​​@@marsultor6131 Or better, Laithus Invictus

[@mindboggling258]

The average users for the last 30 days is around 1/8 that of Victoria 3 which is their newest grand strategy title! We can easily get rather close to that and why would Paradox not pick it up then? It is essentially free DLC money for them since the expensive core game development is done and now they can just produce flavour content and sell it at unreasonable prices :)

[@nathanbean8763]

To be fair, Victoria 3 is not much competition.

[@XMysticHerox]

That ... I mean Victoria 3 is doing absolutely terrible.

[@1992zorro]

It has to be Unreasonable prices, otherwise we not gonna buy it !

[@luiscamejo2379]

Combat update can include more decisions. If you’ve played Expeditions Rome there’s a battle mechanic that if you choose to use your cavalry to chase enemies you can roll the dice and lose the battle. I want that in imperator Rome

[@winzyl9546]

No that is unnecessary micro

[@luiscamejo2379]

Better than modifiers and men at arms@@winzyl9546

[@Rex1987]

That seems too random

[@BoloBouncer]

When Project Caesar actually turns out to be a global version of Imperator Rome, I'm going to laugh so hard

[@yasserbencheikh2626]

it doesn't make sense to add the americas to an antiquity game tho

[@BoloBouncer]

@@yasserbencheikh2626 The Mayans and the Roman Empire both peaked around the same time.

[@clarencekeller7684]

@@BoloBouncer but the trading routes still suggest otherwise .. along with the clearly Byzantine province hint at the end of Tinto Talk 3.

[@BoloBouncer]

@@clarencekeller7684 I'm sure it's EU5. You're right. I'm just holding out hope that they're bamboozling us for an April Fool's announcement.

[@clarencekeller7684]

@@BoloBouncer be one of the best AF's ever!

[@gregc6535]

Highly recommend playing with the terra indomita mod... it bundles victus along with other mods.

[@jorgeruizibanez2318]

The best game ever, by far, from ancient civilizations...

[@BonyiG96]

I actually bought the game after seeing paradox youtubers praising it heavily lately and I was very pleasantly surprised. There are multiple things in this game I like even more than in EU4 which I've been playing for 10 years. Thank you for the recommendation.

[@wojownikmaryi1910]

bought this game few days ago, seems to be very good and not that hard to learn

[@joxbarros5054]

lets do it guys. Lets revive the game

[@vittoriobr_6271]

I swear I just added this to my wishlist on steam and I logged onto KZbin to search videos of the game. The coincidence here is incredible

[@theflame5919]

If u enjoy the time period, especially the Hellenistic world in particular, just get it. There is no better game of this kind, about that era, even remotely. This is the best we have, and it actually quite good, if u willing to sink some time into it.

[@theflame5919]

Also, has probably the best Elder Scrolls strategy mod, of all games, and Lord of the rings mod, maybe not exactly better then CK3 one (arguably the best one), but certainly not any worse.

[@MedjayofFaiyum]

Excellent video Andy, this is one of your best! I want this game to have more roleplay mechanics and the decisions to decide laws and make trials on individual citizens cases, I feel the game needs way more dilemmas and events. This is great to see this game coming back! I too will make a video but only one thing holds me back; how to learn how to play Imperator.

[@Bossarcham]

I just wanted topoint out that PDX games best peak was making CK2 F2P, which was able to get way above 100K players at that time

[@benstewart7970]

Hell yeah, I still contend that this is the last release to actually feel like a paradox game, at least in my opinion. Still praying for that that barbarian rework🤞

[@Xenphobic]

Fall of Rome or crisis of the third century as an expansion would be awesome

[@WallachiaTacos]

There is a crisis of the 3rd century mod btw

[@theronnett]

When I was on a Rome Binge, I got this game, but then I saw all the reviews and people saying the game was dropped and would never reach the level of content like other PDX games, so I never installed it and played it. I guess it is time to finally give it a shot.

[@olenickel6013]

Get at least the Invictus mod, it's basically unofficial vanilla and makes the game feel very polished. If you want a more obviously modded experience, get Terra Indomita instead. It expands the map to all of Asia and integrates a bunch more mods into Invicta. Obviously a strain on any system and feels less polished than Invicta, but adds so many fun things.

[@theronnett]

I'll try the 1st one 1st. For I'll be new to the game

[@kingsuperbus4617]

i played the diodachi in the vanilla campaign and it was the best experience i have ever had in a game like this. as a alexander buff, i cannot even describe the feeling i got with SO MANY events. the empires are huge and dynamic, there really is nothing even close

[@peytondrews703]

Honestly, I may jump on the bandwagon. Sounds fun :)

[@1992zorro]

​@@peytondrews703do it

[@thanasisbratzos8754]

Imperator has the most challenging ai in all paradox games, making even late game challenging to play until you conquer all

[@winzyl9546]

Not really, easily snowball once you earn enough money.

[@mw5549]

Why not hope for a completed game rather than continuous updates? Maybe that is what people want but having a finished game without buying any more dlcs isn't bad in my book. Does it really need many more patches or updates?

[@peterj4741]

Exactly. I don’t get all the begging Paradox to do more over priced DLC for a game (with Invictus/Terra) is a complete and finished. New DLC will break mods.

[@Constatine95]

I personally always loved the game even since its launch, and loved it more with the improvements they made. It hurt when they dropped it. But to hear people coming back and realizing how good it is makes me happy, and Paradox taking this game back up would be AWESOME.

[@emregungor7]

Thanks for reminding me this game. I always thought this is not a good enough game after its first release. But your video makes me give another chance now.

[@lug7077]

I:R is already very good but it desserve a trade system update: the production of good by slaves should be less "gamey" (per cluster of pops is crap, production should be calculated per slave), bonuses should depend on the quantity of good (production+import) depending on the total population of the country, and especially the province-by-province trade system is fun at the start of the game but when you find yourself with a huge capital it quickly becomes boring as hell, and to top it off all the automatic trade in the others provinces hardly works, imho an empire to empire trade system would have been both simpler and more consistent with the bonus system.

[@alfonsklapa3353]

its a joke that a giant company like paradox can not spare 1 or 2 guys to keep working on it how minor it is.

[@charleynilsson5543]

Paradox is still quite a small company with about 80 employees.

[@DovahFett]

@@charleynilsson5543 They just give the impression of being large due to how many projects they have development at one time. The individual projects teams on each game however aren't very large at all.

[@cedricdavis513]

​@@DovahFettIt's probably easy for them to have multiple games in development due to the fact they really don't need many 3d artists or animators or world designers.

[@eveei]

"small company" by choice @@charleynilsson5543

[@PDXKatten]

There was once a dream that was Rome...

[@stanleyrosella7042]

I wished they extended the timeline a bit. The timeline ends too soon. At the height of Romes dominating the world, so it should be an option to go for a bit longer.

[@krullet3560]

That CK2 trailer was amazing. I can't see it exciting totally new players, but it sure does excite me who play map painting simulators regular. Maybe they could do something silly with imperator and reeeally lean into some Romeaboo jokes in a trailer. Can't think of any good examples right now, maybe overly arrogant and snarky senators looking down on the uncivilized plebs. Could also be "war propaganda" against the literal demon barbarians who don't even dilute their wine with water *gasp*

[@hydra5758]

If they do pick it up again, I wish they worked more on regulating the noble families. You'd deprive a specific one of any position of power (sometimes that might even be because they don't have enough eligible candidates for public office), and they'll still have a crazy influence bonus to provoke a civil war.

[@user-qq3kj9pc4c]

I still remember that CK trailer like it was yesterday…

[@comradep8519]

imperator rome's issue was paradox's usual release method, drop a shitty broken game and then make people pay money for the complete product in the form of the first 5 dlcs, but that only works when you're backed by having hoi, eu, or vic in the title

[@NuparusProgramming]

Another reason is that unlike the other Paradox games, Imperator: Rome was a passion project on which only a few people worked while developing the engine, that was later on used for CK3, Vic3, Project Caesar" (and obviously Imperator itself).

[@marviniusremolus6795]

I currently play a new Imperator Rome Campaign as the Seleucid Empire. I played perhabs 5 hours as Rome before, so I am relatively new to the Game and I like it. I played mostly CK 3 and Vic 3 in the Paradox World (besides that EU 4 and minimal HOI 4 and Stellaris)

[@JOGA_Wills]

Imperator Invictus makes this playable, got 1250 hrs going..

[@spacebunny4335]

I remember buying this game just before 2.0 and l remember loving it from the beginning. I'm glad to see it getting the attention it deserves.

[@hia5235]

Been playing this game since launch and havent stopped

[@tenohira5424]

I'll play imperator if someone made a mod where when you get into a battle you get redirected to Rome 2 battles. Someone already made the Crusaders Wars mod so I think this is possible.

[@nickxplore4265]

It's SUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUCH a great game, if you can get through learning it. It really does have the biggggest return for doing so. Infinite hours of infinite satisfaction.

[@Zephyriia]

About Rome trailer, maybe it’s because Rome is too scholarly ambiguous as a subject to trivialize it into our Imagination of what is Rome. About the map, even though many good arguments exist about why Terra Incognita map mechanics is not necessary, I still want that EU4 function, just because I want to “discover” Rome as China

[@Vaquedoso]

I'm sooo here for an Imperator revival! Glad it's now getting the recognition it deserves! Edit: that ck2 trailer hit it hard with the nostalgia

[@Zivudemo]

ended my first campaign in Imperator with Carthago at 300+ pops

[@Tubehauge]

One of the most beatiful map games, Ui Ok

[@DoverUSMC]

I just have a very hard time understanding how to play. I even spent 5 hours with guides and completely invested into trying to learn it and couldn't. I'm willing to try again, but I must be able to be in a learn as I go environment. Is there a setting I should change to ensure my learning mistakes won't cause my game to end as I play with Rome? Is it like CK2 in that it is almost impossible to actually lose the game?

[@MeninoMendigo]

I would love to see the game being updated. The biggest problem with IR is that the game has little flavour and, thus, replayablity. For the first few gameplays, I had a true blast. A little later, the thrill just burned out. I think that we should show them our support for the game, and our desire for it to continue, but we can't lie to say that it was released on par with other paradox titles. If the player base and the developers "work together", we can and will make this one of the best strategy games of all time, but for that, they have to work with us, and show their desire to make it happen, not simply abandoning it. It was a big blow to my confidence on Paradox Interactive when this game was released, not because of the game itself, but because of how quickly they dropped the game and how they valued my money. Until that point, I had bought ALL GAMES AND ALL DLCS they had in steam (apart from Stellaris), damn, I even bought Magika and other smaller titles. But after Imperator Rome, my confidence went away. Before, I believed that even if my money didn't pay out at first, they would eventually make it worthwhile. But after Imperator Rome, I lost my faith on them. Now I always think a lot before actually paying them. I still like Paradox, but trust is another thing entirely.

[@rcmunro22]

Thanks for putting this out. I dodged the game in 2019 despite being very close to picking it up. I love Paradox Games, especially CK and I love Antiquity Content so I was really interested.. but the Reviews were terrible and it looked rough when I looked into the game. Game looks like it has come a long way, and it's on Sale right now, think I'm gonna pick it up and try it out the next time I wanna mix things up.

[@russpit34]

Coincidentally picked up Imperator Rome a week ago

[@napoleonbonaparte7692]

There is the crusader kings 3/1212ad cross over mod, would this be possible with imperator and Rome 2?

[@theautomaticfiend]

i honestly think that patch last year was someone going into IR to use it's engine as the base for EU5. Also if we get up to 8k like Vic3 i think we have a chance.

[@MrMonsterwar]

I really want a polished paradox game for this period.

[@linkluver_izn]

Our max numbers were actually 2.7k 😊

[@wariacix750]

2600 players rn, good job!

[@ForeverTributesNL]

It's 70% off now on Steam. A bargain if the game is OK now.

[@omnissiahmasterr]

I always enjoyed playing I hope to return one day

[@timerunhistory2604]

5k would definitely make it worth a small team developing or 3k consistent for a few weeks/months

[@CitingAnt]

I hope EU5 takes lessons from I:R. I’d love to see the pop system, trade, modular army system and graphics, among others, on a massive EU4-like scale

[@andreweaston1779]

Can we get a let's play tutorial for 2024? 1 that is for new players? I'd love to start playing, but it's pretty dense and the learning curve is super steep

[@jeffy32]

Lotr and elders scrolls mods. Haven't touched vanilla in years. All praise to the two moddrs, Lonely modder (ES) and the War of the Ring team. Think they are the true drivers in these increased numbers.

[@ZubiForce]

One can dream

[@Aerozona23]

I love this revival

[@adisokolovic]

Frankly, I think you'll need to hit 3k players for them to give it another shoot. I just don't know how profitable it is for them to make a large update or even a DLC for 1.5k players. HoI4 has 30-day average player count of 33,621.5, EU4 is at 14,167.4, CK3 is at 16,133.8 and Stellaris is at 11,043.5. For continuous updates and development, I'm thinking these numbers need to be at least 5-7k for Imperator. Still, hope for new updates. Love the game.

[@awegjlappenaeofgihn]

I really hope they come back to it to some extent. TTW Rome 2 is my absolut Favourite Total War Game, not Only cuz of the Timeline tho. I wanted a Ck3 like Game but in the Roman Timeperiod and i startet getting used to Imperator Rome over a span of like 2 years? Because first i didnt know how to do anything at the Game but it was like Ck, you have to spend some Hours til you get used to how to play the Game. But than it makes great Fun! Thanks for the Video and giving it more attention :) P.s.: After seeing this i set the Goal to Play IR 2-3 Times a Week when i have time to higher that Number :D

[@jamiemgr]

I played this game at release for a bit but haven't touched it since. Has it changed a lot since then?

[@inquerion8867]

Yes. Especially with mods like Invictus.

[@alvarovazquez128]

how do I pull up those graphs about players?? I need theeeem

[@YourDeadMommy]

Type the game name then type steamchart beside it

[@hajsu5875]

I love the game I started playing it while the peak players was 50 at a time and I never understood why paradox abandoned it

[@spatrk6634]

people did not like it. its mix of crusader kings and europa universalis, but not as good.

[@TheOneTrueGriswel]

Here's hoping.

[@alexandrpavlov5664]

Roma Invicta ❤

[@cherub3624]

This was thr big game I was waiting on for a long time and when I saw the reveiws it just pissed me off to the extent that i said to hell with it. Then they did the few big patches and it sounded like it was good now, but then Paradox threw their hands up and abandonded it. I was jaded about that so I never played.

[@brayden9091]

It just got updates today

[@maldegaar]

I'll give it a go again but I need a list of mods that won't break the game to install.

[@napoleonofdorset]

The map is good but the rest of the GUI needs improvement There are too many beige and grey windows and they could do with jazzing that up a bit to make it more user friendly

[@grafneun]

Let’s bring it back

[@brafianblackfyre9220]

They should go balls deep and make an empire-divided expansion for Imperator Rome. Imagine the Hype of an Aurelian Time stamp with some added mechanics. I know it steps away from the ancient world, but the hype would actually revive that game. Then they could go back to the original time stamp once the player count had been reestablished.

[@eskehl2251]

If its being revived, lets face the facts - there is A LOT that can be brought over from mainly Vicky3 but also in some part from CK3. What Imperator is still struggling with is a form of identity crisis of what it wants to be. Does it want to be EU4-styled? Or CK2? Or have its own take on Vic2? I think that CK2 styled character interactions are wrong for this sort of title. I think the classical period is perhaps one of the most interconnected in history up until pre-modern era. I think that it is a title if revived should not completely abandon character interactions. It could look at certain things CK3 has, for example. It should however look way more to Vicky3. A Vicky styled game set in the roman period - that would in fact be awesome. And lets face it. CK3, Vicky3, HOI4 has opened some doors that even even PDX Tinto will have to take into account if EU5 is on the way. The way paradox games worked up until EU4 is fairly obsolete by now. And I think Imperator is the definite proof of that, even if I really enjoyed the game.

[@Davy-xw9vd]

2.5k players. Looks like you did something.

[@LuizHenrique-zw5su]

can someone send this video to paradox

[@ninodino444]

The only thing that I don´t like is that it takes decades to subdue a province through religion and culture, so that in the later game you can set the clock for rebelions....

[@dogukan127]

Whatever they do, they better integrate the invictus mod

[@legendrogue237]

Bro is cheating on us with his secret channel T-T

[@AndysParadox]

I’m so sad you had to find out this way 😭

[@saintaio8791]

What’s the other channel?

[@legendrogue237]

Ah it's called Andy's Take @saintaio8791

[@saintaio8791]

@@legendrogue237 thank you!

[@Rolatii]

I kinda don't want Paradox to pick up the game back up, but to instead become/remain a stark reminder to the publisher on the dangers of pushing out a game when its still half-baked with the intention of patching and forcing players to pay to improve the game.

[@arvidgreat]

Paradox did this game dirty.

[@borisnikator7060]

I just want 3 things in vanilla: 1) Extend timeline to 456 AD 2) Give us China to have a huge worthy enemy at the end for Rome 3) Give us 2 more timestamps -- triumvirate and empire divided.

[@omsmada]

think they messed up by not having *more* of a character focus like ck3, since you're *generally* playing at such a small scale, it only makes sense. it's still an ok game but idk still feels like a missed opportunity to me.

[@crassustheelder9665]

Restore Imperator!

[@earlofdoncaster5018]

I quit IR when I encountered the stupefyingly bad trade system. It seemed to me at the time like it was designed by a psychopath with OCD, who didn't know anything about trade.

[@borisnikator7060]

Trade is OK if you don't like it -- you can just automate it.

[@madmanmiles42]

See, I want to get into Imperator Rome, I own it, but I always end up booting up EU4

[@elmarm.5224]

Tbh, the Imperator Invictus mod is what makes the game playable

[@borisnikator7060]

I have played vanilla and it was good. Never thought about any mods needed.

[@CALIMA2000]

I hate that Paradox abandoned this title

[@TimaScribbles]

There's no way that they'll pick it back up

[@sandsiren4840]

🔥 REVIVE 🔥

[@labrynianrebel]

Two words: Imperator Rome

[@Zephyriia]

“Terra indomita” still have a lot to improve on the east Asian side I think, “To the end of the world” feels somehow better than “Terra indomita” despite Terra literally porting “To the end” in its mod

[@Zephyriia]

I’d love Asian soldier models despite knowing it hard to make

[@siamakyazimy8548]

I know it finaly

[@nikolaskraven2323]

Imperator has the best map ever made by Paradox, and serves my fetish well, which has always been a huge number of provinces in a strategy game. The problem for me was always how underwhelming the Diadochi Wars seemed, because you have these huge, wealthy, populous states, that have neither money, nor manpower in-game. I remember how futile it was to play as the Antigonids, fighting against everybody with an army less than 10k strong, and running a deficit, whereas the Antigonids controlled several royal treasuries from Alexander's time, and had armies in excess of 100k men. The initial years of the game should have been occupied by massive wars involving hundreds of thousands of troops, and money, at least in the Diadochi areas, running abundant.

[@restitutororbis5928]

I love the game

[@vfalavinhav]

Please Paradox

[@anteep4900]

is it tho

[@kcried1081]

ive revisited the game and have been playing it for the last month and a half and pleasantly happy with it. The only thing that needs to happen is the marriage mechanic is still a bit woke.

[@MrMrluuc]

if they revive it, i'll play. - 4k EU4 player

[@Geometrys]

They handed it off the the modders. And the modders are bringing people back. They arent coming back imo

[@MotivateHouse]

I just think the UI looks like it was made in the early 2000s

[@kronos_media]

The problem of this game was that the factions are not so different, you can choose a german faction for example and find the roman senate, wtf?!?