'Total War: Rome 2' Patch 1.5 Beta Reaction: Developer Comments

Creative Assembly has issued an official comment regarding "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 1.5 Beta, which was released and made available to the public for download yesterday. Here's what they had to say.

A Creative Assembly employee said that "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 1.5 "hasn't helped everyone" after numerous complaints flooded in on the game's official forums, citing low framerates among other issues. "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 1.5 was supposed to fix an issue with low framerates experienced by gamers when using the Campaign map on systems that combine high-end graphics cards and mid-range CPUs only. You can read the official "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 1.5 patch notes here.

However, low framemate isn't the only issue facing "Total War: Rome 2" players after "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 1.5 Beta was released. At least one gamer is reporting game crashes after installing the patch.

Another gamer said that "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 1.5 Beta "breaks" the game for them.

Creative Assembly initially hinted that "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 2 would go into beta yesterday, but then backtracked, saying that the patch needed additional testing. Creative Assembly decided to "move back Patch 2 slightly" in order to "increase the amount of fixes included in it." Creative Assembly also said there will be more news regarding "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 2 "later this week."

What do you think of "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 1.5 beta? Did "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 1.5 beta fix the issues you were having with the game? Did "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 1.5 beta create any new issues like "Total War: Rome 2" Patch 1 did when the red sky bug was discovered? Sound off in the comments below.