Rome Total War strategy - how to open all fractions?

The game Rome Total War was released back in 2004, it is still one of the favorite for many gamers. It successfully combines an element of turn-based and real-time strategy. All strategic actions (troop movement, diplomatic negotiations, construction) are carried out step by step. And the battles are in real time. Yes, the graphics here are not the best. But still, this game is stored on hard drives or even CDs by many connoisseurs and is regularly held. But a beginner may have a question about how to open all factions in Rome Total War. We will tell you more about this.

What fractions are present in the game?

If you just started playing, then there are three factions to choose from - all of them relate to Rome. These are the houses of Yuliev, Brutov and Scipio. Powerful families not only have a huge impact on the external and internal political structure of the country, but also constantly fight for power among themselves. At the same time they have to fend off external threats, and there are many of them.

Conventionally, all fractions can be divided into several groups according to a geographical principle:

1. Hellenes (Thrace, Seleucid Empire, Pontus, Egypt, Greek cities, Macedonia).
2. Barbarians (Scythia, Germany, Gaul, Britain, Dacia, Spain).
3. Africa (Numidia and Carthage).
4. Eastern (Armenia and Parthia).

As you can see, the choice of fractions is really great. The geography of the game is appropriate - it includes almost the entire coast of the Mediterranean Sea, Asia Minor, Mesopotamia, the territory of modern Kazakhstan, Iran, as well as most of Europe.

Unfortunately, all this grandeur is closed. Therefore, for any gamer who first plays this strategy or decides to go through it again, the quite expected question arises of how to open all factions of Rome Total War. There are two options. We’ll talk about them, and you should choose which one is the best.

Choosing an honest way

Do you play Rome Total War? How to open all fractions, you are probably interested. In this case, you have to defeat the enemy. That is, it is necessary to destroy a certain state in order to get the opportunity to play for it at a new start.

There are several ways to do this:

• Firstly, just transfer the maximum troops to the territory of the faction you want to unlock. Surely the enemy will not be able to withstand such pressure and will soon be defeated. But in this case, you risk a lot - leaving your land without protection, you can remain without a base. That is, the player must be 100% sure that he will not need reinforcements and the task can be completed in one hit.
• Secondly, if it is important for you to unlock fractions, you can focus on assassins. Build fewer troops (only to be able to defend your interests in Rome) and more hired killers. Send them to the country where the faction of interest to you rules. And just methodically destroy the generals - family members. When the last of them is defeated, the faction will cease to exist, and you will be able to access it.
• Thirdly, you can go through the campaign. This is the most interesting way in the game Rome Total War 2 to open all fractions. And quite honest. In order not to waste extra time, choose a short campaign at the beginning of the game.

Thus, you can access all game fractions:

1. Germany.
2. Greek cities.
3. Parthia
4. Britannia.
5. Egypt.
6. Gaul.
7. Carthage.
8. Empire of the Seleucids.

Unfortunately, the choice is limited to eight fractions - the developers of the game did not foresee more. But if you are used to achieving your goal, you can do this. Below we describe how to cope with the task.

For those in a hurry

You don’t have much time to go through the main campaign, but do you want to get access to new factions? Or have you honestly unlocked all the available ones, and now you want to know more about those that do not open honestly? Then you can just hack the game. This is not so difficult to do:

1. Go to the game folder.
2. Find the text document descr_strat.txt located at Data / world / maps / campaign / imperial_campaign.
3. Open it with a notepad. Here you can see three lines: playable (available fractions), unlockable (blocked) and nonplayable (non-gaming).
4. Cut the names of all fractions from the second and third categories and paste into the first. Leave only the rebels (slave) and the Senate (romans_senat) - you cannot play for them.

Restart the game and enjoy all its splendor.

Conclusion

These methods are suitable for playing the classic version of the strategy. Those who play the Rome Total War Barbarian Invasion do not have a question how to open all fractions - here they are already unlocked.