Total War: ROME II free Family Tree and Graphical update almost five years post-launch

Despite its release in late 2013, Rome II remains one of the series’ most popular entries, currently holding a concurrent playerbase that is larger than both Far Cry 5 and Kingdom Come: Deliverance, to of this year’s most popular game releases. This long-term popularity has prompted Creative Assembly to create more content for the title, including both free and paid DLC. 

Rome II has received its new “Family Tree” update, which not only implements changes to the family trees and intrigue screens of characters but also adds culture-specific agent skills, general skills and implements several quality-of-life improvements for those that have played newer Total War titles.   

Another significant change with this patch is the addition of several new graphical options and effects, which allow Rome II to look better than ever before, adding options for MSAA, Clouds shadow, Terrain noise for additional distant detail, increased LOD distances for Ultra and Extreme settings and improved shadow quality and performance. This optional patch will allow Rome II to look a lot better than before and will enable the game to make better use of modern graphics hardware.