Warrior of Rome II

{{Short description|1992 video game}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=August 2024}}{{Infobox video game

| title = Warrior of Rome II

| image = Warrior of Rome II Coverart.png

| developer = Micronet

| publisher = Micronet

| designer =

| released = {{vgrelease|JP|May 28, 1992{{cite web |title=Software List (Released by Soft Licensees)|url=https://sega.jp/history/hard/megadrive/software_l.html |website=セガ 製品情報サイト |publisher=Sega |access-date=May 15, 2023 |language=ja}}|NA|May 1992}}

| genre = Real-time strategy

| modes = Single-player

| platforms = Sega Mega Drive/Genesis

}}

Warrior of Rome II, also known as Caesar no Yabou II (シーザーの野望II, "Ambition of Caesar II") is a real-time strategy video game developed and published by Micronet in 1992 for the Sega Mega Drive/Genesis as a sequel to Warrior of Rome.

Plot

Warrior of Rome II is a game in which the player is Julius Caesar, utilizing the armies of Rome to defeat uprisings in Asia.

Gameplay

The game features a three-quarter perspective overhead view, although the two-player mode features a split-screen view. The game plays as a real-time strategy, although the player can change the movement speed based on the difficulty level. The player has the choice to play a single stage at a time or play through the entire campaign of 15 increasingly difficult stages.

Reception

The game was reviewed in 1993 in Dragon #189 by Hartley, Patricia, and Kirk Lesser in "The Role of Computers" column. The reviewers gave the game 4 out of 5 stars.{{cite journal

|title=The Role of Computers

|last1=Lesser|last2=Lesser|last3=Lesser|first1=Hartley|first2=Patricia|first3=Kirk|name-list-style=amp

|journal=Dragon

|issue=189

|date=January 1993

|pages=57–62}}

Reviews

  • GamePro{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/game-pro-issue-36-july-1992/page/46/mode/2up | title=Game Pro Issue 36 ( July 1992) | date=19 May 2023 }}
  • Electronic Gaming Monthly{{cite web | url=https://archive.org/details/ElectronicGamingMonthly_201902/Electronic%20Gaming%20Monthly%20Issue%20031%20%28February%201992%29/page/n67/mode/2up | title=Electronic Gaming Monthly (1989 - 2003) }}

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