Grow Empire: Rome vs Total War: Shogun 2
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.
Total War: Shogun 2
Total War: Shogun 2 is the highly anticipated sequel to the groundbreaking original game, Shogun: Total War. Set in the darkest age of Feudal Japan right after the collapse of a unified government (in 16th century to be exact), many warring clans have risen through the chaos and out of them, 10 legendary warlords, or Daimyos, have their eyes set on the coveted position of shogun, but only one of them will be able to reunite a warring island.The gameplay is pretty similar to the original game. The campaign map features a turn-based, Risk-style gameplay while the actual battles themselves (rendered in glorious 3D) are played out in real-time. However, this time around, the game is filled with a ton of new units, including massive warships, as well as a more in-depth strategic gameplay based on the ancient texts in Sun Tzu's Art of War. There are multi-stage sieges, unique hero units who can be improved through standard RPG methods, and that the campaign map is now in 3D as well and can be rotated whichever way you like.
The campaign in Total War: Shogun 2 can also be played cooperatively (2 players), but if you truly want to test your skills, you can engage in epic online battles with up to 8 other players.
This game does the very first Total War game justice and is the sort of game that fans of the series would greatly enjoy. Also, considering that the game came out more than 5 years ago, the graphics in the game is still pretty relevant today... so I guess, that's another bonus.