However, the economic missions are where the game has much to offer. Combat consists solely of mashing together columns of troops and the only way you can step in is to choose how much of which kinds of troops you want to use.
Unfortunately, the military missions don’t really belong to the game’s strengths. Therefore, by deciding whether you want to side with, for example, Marcus Tullius Cicero or Pompey Magnus, you are able to influence the future of the Roman Republic! It’s completely up to you to decide which missions to do and in which order, but the choices you make will influence the unlocking of new missions. The campaign mode offers various missions to choose from, focusing either on military skirmishes or economic development of the city and some of them even combining both. The player can decide which missions to do and in which order Even though your character doesn’t physically appear in the missions, they play an important role in the game since each of them has some unique traits that benefit you in military, economic or civic ways. At the beginning of the campaign, you choose from characters representing different families. The alpha and omega of Grand Ages: Rome is the campaign, which takes place during the final years of the Roman Republic. Will you manage to build up a successful city and preserve the imperial glory of the Roman Republic? In the city-builder Grand Ages: Rome, you become a leader of several expanding Roman colonies spread throughout Europe.