In Barbarian Invasion it's the decline of Rome, barbarians invade and
conquer some areas. The Roman Empire is now divided into the western
and eastern halves. You can play as the Romans or either any of the
barbarians because they're already unlocked from the start. The game
has all new factions like the Huns, Franks, or Goths and the AI has
improved greatly having much bigger armies assaulting.
The new features in the expansion pack are small, but good. You can now
fight night battles with soldiers having torches in their hands
lighting up the night sky. If you are a barbarian tribe you can become
a horde where you're on the move looking for a new home to settle in.
The civilians that moved out are horde soldiers and if most of them die
you new city might not replenish its normal population. Last, but not
least, religion is a major concept in the game.
The bad is that you still can't fight naval battles and the results are
still confusing. The game doesn't really include much historical
battles, just 2 only.
It's a solid expansion pack and a great collection to your RTS games.
