A worthy successor to Rome: Total War, but it loses some of the magic.

User Rating: 8.5 | Medieval II Total War: Gold Edition PC
By majornougat | Review Date:
First off, let me say this is a great game. Any RTS/Strategy lover, or even history buff, will enjoy this game a lot. I consider myself to be somewhat of a fanboy of the Total war series, and have put in a great deal of time on every single game. I find Rome to be the best in the series, and for me M2: TW is a close second.

The good:
M2: TW Keeps the same relative feel as Rome, but with enhanced graphics, overall look is better, albeit a little more complicated.

Has the very best mods for Total war games, like third age, Stainless steel, etc.

The best thing they did was make the graphics good, btu not so great as to slow down the average PC on massive battles. I dont know why they try to make the graphics better for every TW game, i would rather have decent graphics on a huge scale than amazing graphics on a mid sized scale.
in this case, i believe quantity is better than quality, but with solid quality, which Medieval 2 total war delivers perfectly.


The bad:
A little more buggy than Rome, escpecially when it comes to defending city walls and tryign to move units on to the walls.

Not as balanced as other TW games, even though it historically makes sense, the gameplay loses a bit from it.


Overall: this is an excellent game, and if you liked R:TW than this is a deffinate must buy. I reccomend the Third age mod, which is truly stunning.

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