“Oh no”, you shout, “I’ve been tricked into having a great time, those devious bastards!” Total War: Rome Remastered is unabashedly aimed at folks for whom the phrase “I hate Gauls” holds an almost spiritual significance, but it does so in such a generous, pro-consumer package that it’s hard to see it as anything more than a love letter.
To bait someone implies luring them into some sort of horrible trap, except that with so-called nostalgia bait, the trap is just a kindly, wizened grandpa reminiscing about a thing that was good.
