Total War: ROME II - Beasts of War Unit Pack

Beasts of War was developed by The Creative Assembly, published by SEGA and released on 17 February 2014.

About the Game

Beasts of War added 7 new animal themed battlefield units to Total War: ROME II's diverse unit roster. Terrorise your enemies and slow their progress with beehive, scorpion and snake-pot ballistas, or crush them under the weight of heavily-armoured Cataphract Camels and Mercenary Syrian Armoured Elephants, and when their will is broken and they flee the field, run them down with two new breeds of ferocious war-dogs. Beasts of War brings introduces the following recruitable units to ROME II:

Molossian Dogs

Beehive Onager

Scorpion Pot Ballista

Snake Pot Ballista

Camel Cataphracts

Celtic Warhounds

Mercenary Syrian Armoured Elephants

Wolf Warriors

Sobek Cultists

Mercenary Leopard Warriors

Skills and Experiences

Beasts of War went through a few design iterations, before it went into production. We gave a bit of the "Historical Accuracy" side of Total War: ROME II slightly more leeway on this project. For example the Beehive Onager, a catapult which threw pots of bees.

Beasts of War was a small project, and some of the art was outsourced to external contractors. At this point, we had split off a team to focus primarily on DLC and patching Total War: ROME II. Patch 10 released alongside Beasts of War.