Thanks to some anons here I decided to play expeditions rome and I just now finally finished it. Pretty good game and conquering was fun but sometimes it felt like a drag and turns were taking too long.
Plus both final quests in act 4 are really stupid. The writers made every ally retarded and weak to asspull their bitter sweet endings. Res Publica is a fucking embarrassment where even smart characters ignore the obvious schizo BBEG shenanigans until it's too late, Syneros dies from the most obvious poison trap , assassin that runs away like Minago from WOTR and etc. Everyone likes the legate and knows the truth but they still prefer to see their saviour either dead or exiled for protecting all his people . The worst part is that somehow dictator's bro and former accomplice get away with everything unlike your character. The die is cast is slightly better but involving legion was still overkill and allies were drama queens instead.