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Medieval II: Total War - Gold Edition (PC DVD) | 
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| From: Sega
Category: Video Games
List Price: £29.99
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Rating:  8 reviews
Platform: Windows Xp
Genre: historical-strategy-games
Rating: Parental Guidance
Media: Video Game
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.5
Dimensions (in): 7.4 x 5.4 x 1.1
EAN: 5060138434660
ASIN: B0012BFK0G
Release Date: February 1, 2008
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: UK DESPATCHED - BRAND NEW UK PRODUCT fully guaranteed. Email notifications and returns by freepost address if not fully satisfied.
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 Saddam could have used this for tactics February 2, 2008
Mr. G. Paterson (East Kilbride, Scotland)
12 out of 15 found this review helpful
great game, great package. Everything they were seperately in one HUGE box. Runs really well on my 8800gts which other total war games don't. p.s. do not buy shogun,vikings etc if you use 8XXX series.. it will not work
Ambiguous Review March 25, 2008
C. ASHTON
10 out of 11 found this review helpful
I must say right now, before I go on, one minor detail: my computer isn't fast enough to play the actual battles, which is arguably the most important part of the game- my 1.8 GHz Intel computer can only play the campaign map, and that is all I can review at the moment.
Nevertheless, the campaign map is really quite entertaining. The cutscenes, oddly, play flawlessly on my computer, and they truly are amazing. There have been no budget cuts when it comes to voice acting, or synchronising the animations on screen with the sounds that you hear. And the game itself is far more tactical; factions won't enter war with you quite so lightly as they used to (i.e. in Rome Total War) and the options open to you have tripled in size.
To really enjoy the game, I would recommend a computer with at least 2GB RAM and 2.2GHz processor. Even on the lowest graphical settings, my 0.98 RAM computer cannot cope with the battles. If you can fulfil this game's requirements, however, then this is a companion that your computer quite simply should not be without.
Medieval II : Total War April 15, 2008
D. Evans
6 out of 7 found this review helpful
Medieval II is the successor to 'Rome' and the original 'Medieval: Total War', combining the best of the two games while adding a lot of great new features to the gameplay.
It puts you in command as a Medieval King, Sultan or Emperor, where you must lead your armies to victory over Europe and Asia, while building and maintaining a sprawling empire. The game is essentially split in two, allowing you to command huge armies in real-time battles in one section, and a turn based empire-builder in another.
The graphics are truly stunning, and the game is easily the best looking RTS on the market. The battle animations are also a wonderful new addition, allowing you to see your soldiers pull off some nifty sword work on the battlefield. The artillery and cannon loading sequences are also pretty good. It's the little details like these that make the game worth buying.
The game itself is packed full of features. You have the ability to play a 'Grand Campaign' which puts you in control of a certain Medieval faction over the course of 450 years of warfare. The 'Kingdoms' expansion allows you to play through several historical scenarios such as the Spanish conquest of the Americas, the Crusades, the Teutonic Wars and the 13th century conquests in Britain. Each scenario allows you to play as various new factions, be it Ireland, Lithuania or the Aztecs etc.
You can also try your hand at winning a historical battle such as Hastings, Pavia, Otumba or Acre. This puts you in command as various historical personages such as Richard the Lionheart, William the Conqueror or Hernan Cortes. You can even design your own custom battles!
With so much features, it will take months of gameplay to go through it all. I still haven't seen a quarter of what the game has to offer.
I've been wanting to play Medieval II for around 2 years, but my old PC wasn't up to the game's huge system requirements. Now that I have a new computer, I can safely say that the wait was worth it. Still, it is worth noting that even with a beefy computer you still need to turn down some of the features. For instance, I need to have features such as grass or shadows switched to the lowest settings if I want to play a medium sized battle - and that's with 2 GBs of RAM, a 512 MB Geforce 8400 card, and a powerful Intel processor. The game is also compatible with Windows Vista Home Premium, but it's better suited to Windows XP, especially if you want to edit the game files.
Medieval II: Total War is defiantely worth getting!
Addictive June 14, 2008
Mr. D. P. Witter
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Having owned and thoroughly enjoyed the first 'Medieval Total War' my expectations were quite high for this edition. Some reviews had also made me a little worried about the progression in game play and concept, but this was all dispelled upon my first play. Rather than armies simply being moved from region to region, mountains and lakes have to be negotiated as armies shape their way through the terrain. These paths can also be used as important strategic strongholds, or ambush locations for other unsuspecting passing armies. The first edition lacked terrain on the main campaign map and this is perhaps the biggest change when first playing the game.
The main beauty of Total War II is how detailed both parts of the game are. For those who have not played the game, the game is broadly divided into two sections - firstly a map style campaign, similar to Civilization or the board game Risk and secondly individual battle scenarios. The game can therefore be played as both a strategy game and/or a battle one. Battles can be resolved automatically or commanded personally depending on how long or short you want the game to be.
In terms of playing time, the game does require a large amount of attention if you want to succeed as a ruler. Turns cannot simply be skipped in order to save money or for a building to be finished, as otherwise other `factions' will leave you in their wake. With experience and patience a huge European Empire can be under your grasp, but just when you think you have the game cracked, new and more powerful factions appear from the east, natural disasters strike cities, the plague sweeps through Europe and then America is discovered. Unlike many strategy games that become tedious and repetitive over time, these events help keep the game interesting.
The expansion pack features four mini-versions of the main game. Each is as detailed as the main game, but concentrates on specific areas such as Britain and the Middle East. These are equalling rewarding to play and I found the Crusades Campaign (which I still have yet to complete) perhaps even more compelling and addictive than the main game.
Overall Medieval Total War II is an absolute masterpiece of a game and coupled with the expansion pack it becomes the only game you will want to play for a long time.
Great game + 4 campaigns May 16, 2008
SAP rookie (Stockholm, Sweden)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
M2TW is a great game with many new nice touches. For instance you can use your unmarried princesses on the field and game features short films with action sequences.
The game play and graphics are also great. However the graphics engine is demanding and you need a powerful computer in order to make the battles work perfectly. But even if you can't play them it is probably still worth buying the game.
As far as the expansion pack I only played the Americas campaign. This campaign is different from the main game. It contains some small bugs and some faction could perhaps have had more different building types; especially since cities like Tenochtitlan in reality where huge. My guess is that the developers didn't have time to perfect all minor details in the 4 campaigns. But there are 3 more campaigns to play.
The overall score is 5, because the main game is just superb and because you get 4 campaigns in the expansion pack.
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