The game looks absolutely great. If you like RTS games this is a must have for your collection. You control multiple units and the amount of action happening on the screen at the same time is fantastic. I have a Dell Studio XPS 13 notebook. Intel Core 2 Duo 2.4ghz, 1066 FSB, 4GB DDR3 RAM, Nvidia 9400M, 320GB 7200RPM HDD... I would've thought I'd have enough to run the game on high... but the framerate drops to unplayable. I can only run it on Low graphics settings for it to play smoothly. Granted the Nvidia 9400M operates only on shared RAM being it's a motherboard integrated chip I know it's not as good as having a card with dedicated RAM... but it should work decent enough with DDR3 RAM. Nonetheless... this is a good looking game that plays great and has rave reviews. I'd recommend picking it up only if you have a graphics card with at least 256MB dedicated RAM and a minimum 2.0ghz dual core processor.Vollständige Rezension lesen
A great game for anyone who thought that Civilizations IV needed more depth. Visual aesthetic is great for every aspect of the game and music incredible. The gameplay is a wonderful fusion of turn-based 4X style and a different, seldom explored, style of real-time battles. The campaign takes place on a top-down 3D-Rendered world map. If you've played any Civ games then you know essentially how it works. The battles, however, are practically another game in themselves, putting you in command of the armies in the field to run in real-time. All the resource management and building takes place on the campaign map so the battles focus on using the forces already at hand to win. The way the units perform on the battlefield depend on a vast array of factors including experience, Terrain, weather, the command ratings of the respective generals, and more. Properly using the units at hand in the battles is just as important to success as building the right units in the campaign map. Only real complaint I have is that it took an solid hour and a half to install. Other than that, it just takes a large time-commitment to wrap your mind around the different factors involved in both the campaign and the battles. Which I suppose is a mixed blessing, since, once you do figure it out, it provides a great deal of depth. One more thing: Despite what the Product description says, it is compatible with Vista. Just follow these instructions: 1. Make sure you have DirectX 9 installed as DX 10 (which is included with Vista) is not backwards-compatible. This can be downloaded for free online. 2. Do NOT run setup from the Auto-play launcher. Instead open the CD files from My Computer; find the Setup.EXE; Go to properties (right-click) and set it to run in compatibility mode for XP service Pack 2, then run the Setup. 3. Do the same for installing the expansion (bring a book, this is the part that takes an hour). 4. Once installed, run normally. *Note: It may seem logical to try running the program in Compatibility mode since you installed it that way, but that actually causes Vista to be unable to read the CD. I don't know why, but it does, so just run it as normal.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Kingdoms is the most content-rich expansion ever produced for a Total War game, with four new entire campaigns centered on expanded maps of the British Isles, Teutonic Northern Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. In Medieval II, you were only given a tantalizing glimpse of South America, but in Kingdoms, vast tracts of land in both North and South America have been opened up for you to conquer. All-new factions from the New World are also now fully playable, including the Aztecs, Apaches, and Mayans. Along with the new maps in the Britannia, Teutonic, Crusades, and New World Campaigns, there are 13 new factions to play, over 110 units to control, and 50 building types, adding up to 80 hours of new gameplay. Kingdoms also offers new multiplayer maps and hotseat multiplayer, a first for the Total War series, allowing you to play one-versus-one campaign games on the same computer.Vollständige Rezension lesen
Finally a strategy game that is actually about strategy. I have come to resent the genre standard of build-orders, resource gathering, and en masse tactics. Medieval 2: Total War is a masterpiece of tactical play. Execute feints, flank charges, diversions, shieldwalls: as it claims, all the tactics a medieval general would have used. It's a relatively simple interface, using mostly the mouse and arrow keys if you are so inclined. Overall a great game, and one I would recommend to any tactically inclined general.
I bought this product after playing it at a friends house. As a history fan I immediately fell in love with the game. I have been looking for a good purchase of it for a year now. So you can imagine my excitement when I found a well priced Gold edition BRAND NEW! I immediately bought it and love it. It is one of the best REAL TIME STRATEGY games I have played. Excellent Graphics for its time (2008) and a lot of attention to detail. The campaign involves everything you might look for in a war game: Politics, Battle, Strategy, and interactive characters!
It's a fun game. It's open ended. No game is the same as any other. Not exactly challenging if you know how to play RTS games, but the medieval world is well done and the politics are a nice touch. plenty of units, factions, and campaigns to have fun with. I bought it on ebay used to replace my copy that got damaged. liked it enough to pick it up again. there is a newer total war game on the market that is more advanced and polished, but M2TW is still good for a casual gamer.
If you liked Rome:Total War you'll love this game. The battles are not as hard to do well in, in fact in Rome:Total War I will sometimes play out battles that are close, the computer tends to win every time. But with this game your better off playing out the battle yourself, you have as good of a chance to win as the computer. Thats a bonus itself, in my opinion. The campaign map is just as challenging as the Rome:Total War was. Overall, a good game if you like the genre.
This game is exactly what I expected, absolute WAR. I wasn't let down one bit. It can be as challenging as you think you can handle, but I would advise starting out on the easy settings first as it's hard to figure out. I'm not sure how long one game can last, but I've been playing on my first game for over a week now for several hours a day and I've only just gotten started. Basically, every game just one long, tough challenge that stimulates your mind. I've become addicted to it already. Cool stuff!
Good overall playability. If you like being the godly commander over battlefield elements like artillery, infantry, cavalry and the like, you will probably like this game. Sadly, you wont be able to actively play a first person role on the battlefield. Your task is to see to it that your army gets the upper hand over the enemy. This is not always an easy task. Things get out of hand really fast because there is much to do. Overall, the game is a lot of fun.
This is a great strategy game. This series was revolutionary to turn based strategy games when it 1st came out, adding turned based strategy with real time strategy battles. This game is great value after beating it as one nation you have many others to pick from. The total war expansion Also has many tribes to pick from. All they way from southern Mexico to California and Florida.
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