The Creative Assembly the developer of the total war series is offering 1 free piece of DLC (out of 3) to anyone that already owns Total war: Rome 2 from their total war access platform (which totally isn't intended to collect your data so they can spam you later) in anticipation of the upcoming big update that supposedly overhauls some of the base game's mechanics.

You'll need to sign up and can only pick 1 out of 3 which is activated by giving the site permission to redeem keys on your steam account to avoid reselling, the titles being offered are:

Total War: ROME II - Wrath of Sparta Campaign Pack

Total War: ROME II - Black Sea Colonies Culture Pack

Total War: ROME II - Nomadic Tribes Culture Pack

You can sign up and redeem your DLC from: https://dashboard.totalwar.com/home

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Added a poll for you guys since you seem to love them

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Is Rome 2 the worst total war game so far?

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I have never played it

Thank you for the heads up. Already own all 3 of them. However if I could pick one, I would choose the Wrath of Sparta DLC.

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I'd say it's the one with the worst design issues and edges out Empire which was mainly a case of then new engine.

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Spot on, Rome 2 lacked ambition imo and the dev. visibly cut corners during development like fleshed out skill trees and family trees making it a dull experience for players familiar with older titles especially during the late game.
Empire's whole issue was being too ambitious while building the game on a new engine leading to so many bugs that the devs would never get around to fix, but overall still a really good experience.

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thanks, got wrath of sparta.

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Ah, only need Black Sea Colonies Culture Pack, I may sign up, .... I'm uber lazy.

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Thanks. I got the Black Sea Colonies DLC

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This is SPARTA!!!!

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if u own known, get wrath of sparta just cause its worth more.Money wise. Its literally the price of the other 2 combined.

Thanks for the heads up

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Thanks!

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It's most likely the state the game was released in that makes people consider it bad.

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First impressions are important, and when a first impression is as bad as that which Rome 2 gave, it's no surprise people did not give it a second chance.

Also, I really wish they would improve the AI at some point. I got bored with Rome 2 pretty quickly because the AI did not seem to have improved since prior games, which had really bad AI.

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Last time I played the game, it still had some bugs. It was not a broken mess, but it was at about the level it should have been on launch (rather than a few years after launch).

As for the AI, while it is indeed bad in Warhammer, I found it to be less of an issue in that game. It's still less predictable in Warhammer, due to all the other elements that stir things up, while in previous Total War games, it was super predictable, and that was its main problem.

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Shogun 2 probably had the most problematic AI in the series, due to its complete inability to handle siege battles.

I've played all the total war games, except for Attila, and their AI has always been pretty bad. And it's in the battles that I find the AI to do the most predictable moves, which makes any form of shock cavalry completely overpowered, as flank moves are too easy to pull off.

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Thanks took wrath of Sparta dlc

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Thanks for the heads up, grabbed the Wrath of Sparta.

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Thanks man

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Thanks for the heads up!

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Damn i hope can choose freely, already have warth of sparta :'(

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Thanks for the helpful news, konyo42 !!!

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Thanks. I grabbed Wrath of Sparta.

I don't think Rome 2 is the worst TW game so far. I believe it was the worst TW release (maybe Empire TW was worse? I can't remember), all buggy and broken, but they fixed it with the Emperor Edition.

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Requires prior ownership of the base game to acquire the free DLC.
You can also get a coupon for 66% off, but that same offer is already being offered on Steam without a coupon.

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I didn't have Black Sea Colonies and now I have it! Thanks <3

Is there any way to revoke their access, couldn't find it on Steam?

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Same, mate! It is the only DLC of ROME II that I was missing on...

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Thanks for the heads up! :)

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Thanks! Was only missing the Black Sea Colonies!

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Thanks!

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I thought Medieval 2 was worse, but maybe that's because I though the pope was annoying. I like Rome 2 though.

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