Medieval II Total War
by Sega of America, Inc.
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Video Game Reviews of Medieval II Total War
Customer Review: Fun, but has flaws
Summary: 3 Stars
Building up your empire and getting new types of units is fun, as is the variety of countries you can play (Poland takes over the world?). Graphics look really good and its fun to see the fights up close. However, the battles can get a little monotonous - fire missiles (optional), send your infantry in, attack with your calvary from behind, chase down broken units with calvary, repeat. Missile troops aren't that useful in general, except when fighting missile cavalry or defending a bridge (any missile) or wall (flaming archers only). The flaws in the AI don't bother me as much as some other reviewers, but some things it does are really dumb. For ex, the AI will leave very valuable cities right next to an enemy virtually undefended. There are several things that aren't realistic, for ex, the whole siege process seems much too easy for the attackers. Also, troops in the town square won't break, so even peasants become more powerful. I have fought off MUCH larger formations just by putting all my defenders in the town center. Overall, a fun game but has some flaws. Customer Review: Rome: Total War in a shiny coat
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm going to get to the point, if you already have Rome: Total War, you do not really need to buy this game. For anyone who is just jumping into the Total War series, this would be the best place to start. Since Rome: Total War was so good, Sega decided to redo the whole Rome: Total War formula. There are some inprovements here though, these include
- Better graphics
- Unit diversity
- More units
- Better pathfinding
- A very anoying pope
- Medieval units
The graphics are very good, but don't expect to be putting the bar that high unless you have the lattest graphics card and computer system. Sega also introduced a feature that adds diversity to your units. In short, they don't look like clones. Cities are very detailed, and completely desructable. If you are buying Medieval 2: Total War for its graphics over Rome: Total War, you have a legitimate reason to upgrade.
Sound, well, not impressive. Standard booms and clanks. The music is halfway between the genius of Beethoven and an unmusical teenager trying to compose.
Gameplay, Rome: Total War, there is not much new here, not to say it is not good.
Well, all you Rome: Total War fans, if you are buying this for something new, you are going to be very disapointed (as I was). Yet, all you strategy gammers, this is a great place to jump into the Total War series
This game is great as an individual, but in the Total War series, it falls a little short of what was expected.
Graphics 9/10
Gameplay 10/10
Sound 6/10
Presentation 7/10
Stability: No problems on medium to high end PCs
Score 8/10 - Good
Customer Review: Good Simulation
Summary: 4 Stars
This game was pretty good. The only thing that kept me from giving it 5 Stars was the fact that it is too similiar to the Rome: Total War Games. It basically is like a new version set in a diferent time period. It could have used a few more changes.Customer Review: Medieval 2: Total Freeze
Summary: 1 Stars
This program freezes after only a few seconds of gameplay in the campaign mode, requiring a cold boot of the computer to regain control of the OS.
Here is my system specs:
XP Pro SP2 with all upgrades from the Microsoft website
AMD Phenom 9500 Quad Core
GeForce 8500 with 512 MB RAM
3.3 GB system RAM
Realtek Audio integrated 7.1 sound card
For whatever reason it just doesnt work on this system. If you have a similar system, you might want to stay away from it.
Customer Review: Great Program!
Summary: 5 Stars
Sent this to my son who is a Marine in Iraq as a christmas present. He only has a laptop and he was specific in his request for this game. He said it works great and he and his buddies enjoy playing this game when ever they get a chance. The shipping from Amazon was super fast.