

This isn’t the first time female characters in games have riled up some in the gaming community. “Whether you get female generals or not is the luck of the draw, but if it bothers you (and as previous posters have pointed out) mods exist to reduce the likelihood of you getting female generals, or indeed remove them entirely.”

On the historical authenticity, McConnell wrote that “there are many aspects of the games that aren’t as they were in history, and for a variety of different reasons,” in a Sept. Some negative Steam reviews even mention McConnell by name. This comment, among others, brought McConnell under fire from some users unhappy with her response. “People saying they won’t buy the game because there are too many women in it is fine with us – if that’s their reason, we’d rather they didn’t anyway.” “‘Total War’ games are historically authentic, not historically accurate - if having female units upsets you that much you can either mod them out or just not play,” McConnell wrote. Make it optional.”Ĭommunity content editor Ella McConnell responded to some of the backlash via the Steam forums in August.

Angry users gave the game negative reviews with comments like “Rome SJW Edition,” and “I play a game to escape from radical political agenda’s, not embrace them. On the Steam page for “Total War: Rome II,” negative reviews spiked starting on Monday. This response from the developer is despite the game getting review-bombed on Steam, meaning it has received a sudden insurgence of negative reviews, despite the fact that the game’s release date was in 2013. The developer also noted that spawn rates can be affected by marriage options due to the Family Tree feature.

The factions which are an exception to the 10% to 15% rate are due to “cultural differences during the time the game is set.”
