Grow Empire: Rome vs Shogun: Total War
Grow Empire: Rome
Grow Empire: Rome is an epic amalgam of strategic and tower defense gameplay based on the ancient and the mighty Roman setting.Players get to assume the role of the glorious Caesar as they defend their strongholds against the attacks of four European factions. The game includes more than 35 different kinds of troops for you to train and upgrade, along with 4 heroes with exciting special skills. Moreover, you get to upgrade buildings and defenses to survive the waves of enemy attacks. You can also attack and conquer more than 100 unique themed cities to expand the realm of your civilization.
If you have a knack for fun, history-based strategy games, Grow Empire: Rome is the perfect pick for you.
Shogun: Total War
Shogun: Total War is the first original title in a legendary, 15-year (and counting), award-winning, real-time strategy game series that currently spanned across multiple themes and settings. However, this game is set in ancient Japan - 1542 to be exact - when the last shogunate collapsed and the entire nation is thrown into conflict as multiple daimyo (faction leaders) vie for the most powerful seat. To make things worst, Europeans have also ventured to island at this point, bringing guns, religion and disease - factors that you'll eventually have to deal with if you are to attain the people's support and conquer the whole of Japan.The gameplay in Shogun: Total War is akin to Rise of Nations in the sense that each battle is carried out in real-time, but moving your troops on the world map is pretty much turn-based (Risk-style). However, unlike the latter, the battle itself is purely consisted of the actual fighting rather than having you build a base and amassing resources and an army. Instead, Shogun lets you view the entire battlefield from any view you like and send commands to your troops as the battle unfolds. This is basically something that's unheard of until this game came along.
Shogun: Total War may be an old game by modern standards, and due to this, many players might simply opt for its sequel in order to have a taste of that this game has to offer. However, if you truly want to experience the very first of the Total War series, this is the game to play.