Logic Artists and THQ Nordic hosted an announcement event for Expeditions: Rome, which Game Rant attended, where creative director Jonas Waever reveals interesting information about the game’s setting.
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Stepping It Up
The Expeditions games have never shied away from creating a big world for players to get lost in, which holds true for Expeditions: Viking as well. Set during the Vikings’ attempt to colonialize North America during 790 AD.
Expeditions: Rome aims to create a similarly rich and expansive world of Rome during the Late Republic period, which is around the time of Julius Caesar. Of course, the setting and this particular time period has been explored multiple times in video games. When asked about the inspirations behind such a setting, Waever replied,
In addition to using the more well-known characters, Logic Artists took the time and effort into including some lesser-known characters in Roman history. This is sure to provide great depth to the world at large, while also feeling fresh as games based on a particularly well-known part of history can get exhausting after some time. Thus, the team decided on weaving the larger narrative and involved politics with deeply personal stories, which Waever describes as,
All in all, Expeditions: Rome seems to be a significant step-up from Vikings, and with a release later this year, the wait won’t be that long to find out.
Expeditions: Rome is set to release in 2021 for PC.
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