Expeditions: Rome only release date is January 20, 2022 last week. From tomorrow, you’ll be able to play four hours of the RPG campaign in a demo that lets you conquer Lesbos.
Here’s a new trailer, showing off some lovely scenes in Greece and Rome:
Expeditions: Rome is a historical RPG, but in which you play as a fictional character who can chart an original path for yourself and for Rome. You also have command of a Roman legion, leading battles on multiple continents between chat and politics. Nate saw it earlier this year, found it to be a much more detailed and ambitious game than its predecessor, Expeditions: Vikings.
Four hours is a considerable amount of time for the demo, but luckily your progress will carry over to the full game if you choose to buy it next year.
Twitch celebrities are also gaining access to a larger part of Rome. From tomorrow until December 20, live streamers will have the first full action to play, allowing you to watch other regions of Greece. Viewers can also participate during the live stream, with spectators able to “direct AI targets, heal or take down both opponents and streamer warriors, rename units with their TwitchIDs, launch battlefield fire” and more.
I love games with Twitch integration like this, and multiplayer RPGs are perfect for it. There are also Twitch drops that you can unlock by watching, and they can be used in both the demo and the final version of the game when it releases next year. Demo will be available via Steam around December 17.
