First of all I want to thank to Creative Assemby for this great war game. What they did with this game is great. There are some flaws, but every creation have some flaws; and there can't be a flawless production. In this game, we have no clone troops. Every soldier is different from eachother, and that makes the battlefield more "colorful". Every unit battles with the enemy in front of him, if there is no enemy in front of him, he runs to an enemy, just like in the movies. When 2 charging armies impact, the view so real and good; that I have lost many battles because of "just watching". Now units hit eachother and we can see the effects of that hit, they block, hit and die, in a way it should be really. It's like viewing a historic-movie.
I didn't like the world map of Rome: Total War and I didn't like this games map. Yes, it is just like the classic game Lords of the Realm. But the oldschool style Total War was better in my opinion. As an good improvement, but lowering the reality factor, units produced in a city doesn't need population, so newly conquered small cities can produce troops. Heretics, priests and assasins skill system seemed not so good to me, and the merchants are not useful. The money they produced is so low, that you may finish the game without having one. On the other hand, AI sends merchants all the time to seize your merchants assests. If you are not in a island (Britain) you constantly lose your merchants assests.
Right, five hours in and I'm on crusade, seven hours in and my crusade is no more thanks to a pesky inquisitor, twelve hours in and I'm debating whether or not to take on the pope as well as trying to defend my borders f... Read Full Review
The good: Very pretty, captures the flavor of the era, lots of choices, big map. Interesting new gameplay with city/castle choices. The bad: Horrible, horrible tactical AI. Lots of bugs. Time limit seems short. T... Read Full Review
