Medieval: total war....The best game of the century.
Battle's- I know that everyone like the battles in all total war games but then they go say that the graphics wheren't very good. Like the other reviews how is it that you are comparing this game to Medieval: total war 2. this game is like 7-8 years older then that. Sure the graphics might not be as clean as Medieval: total war 2 but then again if you dont like it then why are you playing it. Got get MTW 2 (Medieval: total war 2). I don't enjoy the fighting on this game as much as the campaign but the overall battles where good when a friend came over and they said they where a better general then you. I remember playing the 100 year war 5-6 times so that i could prove that I was the best (of course i was :D). And the grpahics for a game that old are amazing. I could see my 3000 men army marching towards the city i was attacking. There was no big blobs on my screen i could see everyman on the battle field.
Campaign- Why everyone hates the campaign i don't know. This is what i think really makes the Total War series what they are. I had this game for about 1 year. and after playing 1 easy campaign that took a week i started a hard campaign. In the year i played it i had only wiped out 2 countries (french and spanish). and was know working on the british and the germans. I was a muslim religion and had to stop lots of crusades against me. I was not even the military power in this game it was the German's. They gave a wonderful fight before i was able to defeat them. The campaign is all in all a very important part of the game. without it all you do is go around and battle and battle and battle. This gets very boring after a while.
Sound- The sound of this game is terrific. The music changes as you tell armies to do different things on the battle field. When you march you hear the feet stomping and when you attack buldings you hear your general tell them what to do.
Down sides- The only downside i had with this game was the boat travel on the campaign map. i spent a year trying to get ships and to move people on water with my ships. This is the only down side of Medieval: total war