Roman Empire on X-Box

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Matt has a good point about games on consoles - Halo Wars, which was like the only console Real-Time Strategy they put a ****-ton of work and money into, was an absolute flop. It's something that's really hard to do.

However, he also has a good point about RPG games. That's what a Roman game should be - Skyrim. Some guy was making a total conversion for Skyrim on PC somewhere, but I don't remember. I can even think of main quests, expansions, side-quests, etc for a Skyrim-like Roman game. You could even do sequels, if you started in the Era of like the punic wars in the first game. Historically accurate armor, etc.

Also, the difference between PC and Console games is that a PC can do a hell of a lot better in processing and graphics (especially considering the next-gen consoles like xbone don't have a dedicated GPU). And PC games can be modded, like Skyrim, Rome Total War, and Europa Universalis III to name a few. You have everything from total conversions of games to mods that do nothing but "enhance" the women in the game so to speak. Graphics mods are the most popular usually, especially on older games.

Many companies refuse to release games on PC because of Piracy - after Halo 2 Bungie/343 said they will never release a Halo Game on PC because they will loose so much in projected income from piracy. Furthermore, many companies using PC as a medium are making their games less and less moddable because of Piracy and Hacking - Creative Assembly is one, Rome and Medieval 2 were praised for their ability to be easily modded by the community. Shogun and Rome II will be almost completely unmoddable, on top of the immense historical inaccuracy of the games.