The Aggressor Imperator: Rome

The game “Imperator: Rome” was developed and published by “Paradox Interactive” in 2019.

It belongs to the genre of “Global Strategy." It features both single-player and multi-player mode.

The game is classified by the database as one with a “Dynamic Aggressor,” a “Fictional Setting,” and an “Active Player Role."

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Aggressor Type: Dynamic

• This game features the “Dynamic Aggressor.” This means that the game allows for a flexible engagement with the Aggressor role, i.e. that actors within it change whether or not they are perceived as an aggressor. This type of game often features a way in which aggression is measured by a game-internal parameter and makes aggression a conscious decision that players can choose.

Setting Type: Fictional

• This game has a fictional setting that, nonetheless, is strongly influenced by historical events or processes. This can serve to provide a layered sense of meaning or separation between darker or more serious topics of history and sometimes requires the player audience to do more decoding in order to grasp the historical commentary.

Player Agency: Active

• In this game, the player's agency towards the Aggressor(s) is enabled by the game and they are able to take actions. This can include resisting the Aggressor or acting as one themselves.

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This part of the Paradox games puts players into the era of antiquity with focus on Europe and the Mediterranean. “Imperator: Rome” lets players choose a faction to control through the ruling family that is subject to change. Relating to the Aggressor, this game adheres to other games of the Paradox brand, with a system that rewards war and conquest - here, even more since taking a territory in a war enslaves part of the population to become workforce in the player's faction country. The mechanic of the ruling families limits player control through illoyal generals and possible civil wars.