ROME

What reviewers actually said

Built only from these 120 real reviews (foreign ones translated). Superscripts jump to the quote here. Apple has no per-review links, so [ref] opens that app's reviews on the App Store.

1. [R3] 5/5 · US 100% of everything you remember: This is the real game and it’s great you could sit here and play it on your phone for 4 hours straight if your battery would let you lol
2. [R5] 5/5 · US Best game hands down: Hesitated before but 100% the best thing I ever bought. Well worth the money
3. [R9] 5/5 · US Best game ever: ★★★★★ Rome: Total War is honestly one of the greatest strategy games ever made. The scale of the battles feels incredible, especially when thousands of soldiers clash at once while siege weapons fire across the battlefield. Building your empire, managing cities, and commanding armies makes every campaign feel unique and addictive. What really makes the game special is the atmosph
4. [R20] 3/5 · US Like old times: Love it
5. [R30] 3/5 · US Too tedious: The campaign is fun but then it’s death by micro management
6. [R42] 5/5 · US The best mobile game.: It is simply the best mobile game I’ve played. The first time going through a campaign was so fun and it took a while. I really enjoyed launching invasions of various countries and campaigns into regions
7. [R53] 5/5 · US 500/5: Best Turn based game on the AppStore, nothing beats this game
8. [R7] 5/5 · US Naval battles could be a great thing in this great game: This is a great game, and if you’re thinking of buying it, it’s worth the price, and there’s a reason why it’s still alive after 20 years. Now, for the reason that I wrote this review: naval battles. Actual naval battles where you can control the ships would make this game even greater. Because naval ships are a very important part of this
9. [R14] 5/5 · US Love it: Good game
10. [R35] 5/5 · US Love this game!!!: I’m not new to the total war series but the only one I’ve played so far has been empire and now Rome. I’m looking forward to playing medieval and I would love to see total war Napoleon Make it to mobile as well
11. [R24] 2/5 · US Keeps crashing: Love the game . Had it on pc back in the day with all the disks and what not . However I’m in the middle of a campaign on my iPhone and each time I hit the same part the game crashes on me it’s happened 4 days in a row I can’t get past it . Could really used a solution, other then that’s its 5 stars
12. [R47] 1/5 · US Annoyed with crashes: I don’t know what it is with this game but the further you get the more likely it is to crash. I’ll be selecting building upgrades on my forty towns and staffing the cities with peasants to stem uprisings and next the next thing I know the app crashes. I go back and re do everything I did (in a different order) that turn.. the app crashes again. Do i dare try a third time wit
13. [R80] 1/5 · US Reinstalled and continually crashes after intro: Reinstalled game after not playing for a while. Crashes continually during start up. Sound does not work during intro. Currently unable to play after owning since it came out on iOS
14. [R139] 1/5 · US Crashes: Game will not run beyond the first attempt to build in a city. Crashes every single time. Unplayable.
15. [R1] 5/5 · US It’s okay but needs a improvement: It’s fun I like it but it would be cool if there was better controls the game is very fun tho but controls are hard and not ez but cool!
16. [R10] 2/5 · US Please read: It’s so hard to get the controls down and it is so complicated to start a war. Also when u do start a war u can barely walk. Have to tap were u want to go and as e z as that sounds its not cause the way the u look around is so weird u have to like pinch ur fingers in a weird way. Any ways i DONT recommend this game.
17. [R15] 5/5 · US Rome: Hello, developers. The first thing I want to say is that this is a great game, but as I’ve been playing it for quite some time, I’ve started to notice some issues with the units, sometimes they don’t move when you give them a command, or they stay in one place when you tell them to move, especially when attacking cities. This causes all of the units to be killed by arrow towers. Please update
18. [R32] 1/5 · US Unplayable and Deeply Frustrating UI: I fundamentally don’t understand how the developers thought this was ready to publish. They managed to simultaneously add meaningless features that overcomplicate the campaign view while removing QoL improvements found on the original game. Battles are fought less against the AI and more against the unpredictable and devious machinations of the UI. Sometimes c
19. [R27] 1/5 · US Terrible: When I'm in a battle and I close the game, when I log back in, my troops are fleeing with heavy losses or some have disappeared. This sometimes makes me lose battles. Terrible game.
20. [R56] 3/5 · US The new update…: Idk why but the newest update has ruined the unit placing for me, it has bugged it and flips my soldiers for no reason
21. [R57] 3/5 · US terrible but decent i guess: troops won’t move on command commonly issue that definitely needs to be fixed needs more troops and better physics too then it would be a hella decent game still good tho but a lil terrible
22. [R185] 1/5 · US Not worth it with newer iPhones: This game ran great on my iPhone XR but now with my 13 pro I can only have 40 per unit? The XR had 160 per unit and ran great but my newer iPhone won’t let me go above 40. I went into settings and the unit size was already set to larger. To me 40 per unit is not even fun or worth my time, I want my large battles back.
23. [R191] 1/5 · US Wack: The game won’t let me have more then 40 troops in my units, very wack
24. [R200] 1/5 · US Only 40 men on “larger” unit size: I just got an IPhone 13, swapped over from Samsung and one of the first things I did was REBUY this game because I loved it on my Samsung. I could have 80 men on that phone. A phone that was 5 years older than this one, then for this one I have 20 once I load it up?? I then up the unit size thinking that’s the problem but then I reload the game and it only allows
25. [R221] 2/5 · US Love this game but: It’s absurd that the unit size was much larger on my older iPhone XS Max (160), but now on the iPhone 13 Pro Max the largest unit size available is (40)? This is for sure an easy fix and it would ensure my resuming of enjoying this masterpiece of a game. Hope you guys read this.
26. [R23] 5/5 · US Just doesnt recognize touch screen anymore and no sound: Something with the newer update. The game just no longer recognizes touch screen. Nothing wrong with my phone or ipad. Also sound doesnt work on either. I’ve deleted and redownloaded it like 5x now on both. Please fix this issue!!
27. [R29] 3/5 · US Sound doesn’t work: Would give it 5 stars if the sound worked. Other than that, solid game and run really well
28. [R224] 1/5 · US There is no audio, music, or volume. Requesting a refund.: There is no audio, music, or volume. Requesting a refund.
29. [R227] 1/5 · US Bugs bugs bugs: Love this game . But the fact that there has been no updates in over 2 years is mind blowing. Please release updates to fix bugs and make play more like the original game . Come on you can do this if you could be bothered
30. [R230] 3/5 · US Is there any new patches on there way / and possible Medieval 2 version?: Love this game the nostalgia of it all is great but with the total war Rome remastered out and the last patch for this mobile version being 2yrs ago when will we get a update to this amazing game or maybe a medieval total war 2 game that was a classic that can be done the same way this was
31. [R144] 1/5 · US Fix the towers.: One enemy unit that is routing is stuck on one of my towers while my flags are still on top yet the towers are shooting at my troops!!!! Also the enemy hasatii have unlimited pillums. They do more damage than my archers. If you’re still charging money for this game then there should still be support and issues should be fixed!!!! 3 years ago last update is embarrassing.
32. [R13] 1/5 · US Trash: Unable to navigate past the main menu, absolute trash.
33. [R38] 1/5 · US WONT WORK: Games that cannot be started on my phone should be refunded
34. [R43] 2/5 · US Why doesn’t it load me into the game: It got stuck in the loading files screen and I tried to delete and reinstall it over and over again a but it doesn’t fix it, please fix this 💔
35. [R4] 1/5 · US -+30: Heats up after the update
36. [R79] 3/5 · US Great game but,,,: I loved this game on pc so thought I would try it out on my iPhone. First there is not a menu to exit the game. Also controlling troop movement is something to be desired. Unable to face them in the direction I want. Also I wish it was easier to turn off/on control of city building. And it will drain your phone battery.
37. [R328] 3/5 · GB Good but: Drains my iPhone 6S or 7 or whatever it is and it’s great to be able to play Rome while travelling but I can’t get the troops to face a direction or change unit depth using two fingers.
38. [R33] 1/5 · US Not for phone: What a joke couldn’t even click and give directions. Screen is way to small and giving directions via attempting to zoom in and out is terrible and near impossible would like my $10 back
39. [R6] 4/5 · US Battle: I would like sea battles
40. [R8] 5/5 · US We need mods: Game great but it needs mod support like android I’m on iOS iPad
41. [R11] 5/5 · US Childhood game ❤️: Everything is great, but I'd like to suggest a few new features. 1. Add a toggle to start a "Civil War" from the first turn. 2. Make the "SPQR" faction playable. 3. Add a toggle to disable "Marius reforms." · translated
42. [R44] 5/5 · US Great game few suggestions: Overall is an excellent game. One question: why can’t you play sea battles!!??? Around half of the reviews I’ve read ask the same question, some from 8 years ago! And by the way why does it keep crashing? A civil war, Wild West, revolutionary war, French Indian war, ww1, or ww2 game would be very popular. Very good for iPad\ iPhone. All in all, best strategy war game
43. [R52] 5/5 · US Navel warfare: Why y’all just don’t add navel warfare to the the game
44. [R169] 3/5 · US Crashes every time I try to destroy a building: The title literally explains for itself. I take a settlement, I click on a shrine/temple to destroy and the second I hit the destroy button, the game crashes. I tried restarting the game but every time I attempt to destroy a shrine, the game just simply crashes. PLEASE FIX THIS ASAP!!!
45. [R69] 2/5 · US Stick to the PC: This title should have never been ported to a mobile device. The campaign map is passable, but the battles, absolutely atrocious with unit control.