Medieval 2 Total War Gold (PC DVD)

This compliation brings together Medieval total war 2 and the expansion 'Kingdoms'. It includes a thorough guide for each and if my experience is anything to go by then it loads and plays without flaws or fuss. This is very similar in looks and feel to Rome total war but this later incarnation is more sophisticated and complex.Rome is fantastic, quite possibly the best pc game of this genre so far which means Medi 2 (this game) has its work cut out if it is going to impress. And impress it does. On a 1650*1080 screen the units look absolutely amazing with layers and layers of detail. When units come together to fight on the battle field the little choreographed sequences look realistic and are thoroughly involving.Cities and castles too look really amazing with all the walls and towers you could ever wish for. This detail translates equally well on to the campaign map where you now have the ability to zoom in and out of the action according to taste (Rome had a fixed camera viewpoint).When cannons fire (over an increased distance) the earth shakes and caste walls are torn down...charge!!!So is it a great game and is this version value for money. The answers are yes and yes. I have been playing the Mayans in south america and my jaguar warriors have been making short work of the pompous technological spanish...who needs guns, not us!!! The expansions in Kingdoms appear to be well thought out and add some diversity to what was already an amazing game.However i have some criticicms that will not go away. For one, units now have the ability to ignore your orders as they please, so i now have to run around the battlefield like an old hen re-issueing ordrs to charge or engage. Tis is tiresome and detracts from the fun. it makes battles quite a bit more labour intensive without any increase in fun. At times when defending of engaging a settlement units get confused and start running around like headless chicken, the odd unit seemingly doing anything but obey the orders you just issued. They get stuck, confused and then just as likely mullered.My biggest criticism concerns the campaign map where the movement of units has been lets say s-l-o-w-e-d- down. Click on a merchant and click where you want him to go. Then go off and make a cup of tea. With fresh tea in hand, as you are sitting back down your merchant is just coming to a halt. So you get frustrated click on the space bar and everything zooms around the map. This is silly, poor and needless. In Rome you have about 550 turns to complete the main campaign, in Medi 2 you now have just 225 so you really have to get your skates on. No summer and winter turns as in Rome (and that worked so well) in stead each turn covers about two years. Sixhundred turns at 2 per year would have been much better and it seems that the slow speed of characters moving around the map serves no other purpose than to hide how short the main campaign is and how few battle will be fought.In conclusion this is an excellent game but my concerns are that the things that worked so well in Rome and were far from broke have been changed here for no gain. The game looks fantastic but it is alot less fun and as i have gone back to Rome i guess i have to say that for me Rome is the better game.

I have to be honest I have the complete total war series. And I have always loved the way in which it mixes Civ style game play with battlefield rts. Their is something about Med 2 that holds dear to my heart that makes it even far superior to empire or Shogun 2 in my eyes. And that is simply that it is by far the most epic, and can only be rivalled in my opinion by Rome total war.The variation of units is vast, depending on where you are on the map varies the way the factions fight. The joy of this is that you must change tactics accordingly to suit the strength and weakness your faction posses. Not all factions are balanced either, some have early game advantages but trail off later (Byzantium) while some are vice versa (Turkey), where some are pretty bloody strong all the way through (England and France especially).Another favourite of mine in this series is the town and castle system, different troops coming from places made for different combinations in armies. Not only that but defending a castle differs hugely from defending a town. Throw along with this the trade system, religious politics, crusades and Jihads and you pretty much have a recipe for epicness.And if that isnt enough, they pretty much put the icing on the cake with the Mongul and Timur invasions. If you own the holy lands when they arrive, then you bloody well be able to defend it. A game that always keeps you on your toes, always improving and doesnt shy away from epicness. The only down point for me is the battle A.I. is not so challenging after you understand it, even on the highest setting wall baiting (when you draw a huge host of the enemy straight into you walled archers and ballista/cannon towers, works great with elephants) attackers is very easy and says little for enemy generals intelligence. And when attacking with superior artillery the enemy just watches you devastate its ranks. The best Total war has to offer, on top of that a brilliant addition pack with 3 long games in one (I especially love the Incas pack). This is well worth the money if you do not have it, then why not?

Gioco immortaleCredo uno dei migliori in assoluto e con i mod disponibili in rete praticamente illimitatoCi gioco da anni e per anni ci giocheròbuon divertimento

Incontournable jeu à posséder pour les amateurs de stratégie, mêlant batailles en temps réel et campagne médiévale au tour par tour.Les 4 campagnes proposées avec la principales sont excellentes et permettent de découvrir le monde médiéval en guerre. La justesse des faits historiques et des événements marquants du Moyen âge nous plonge dans un vrai livre d'Histoire.

das spiel ist genial und ist neben rome total war eines meiner lieblings spiele es unterscheided sich kaum von rome total war außer der verbesserten grafik ist aber genial und verbessert dieses großartige spiel deutlich

ha pasado tiempo desde el imperio romano. las características del juego y jugabilidad son muy parecidas al rome total war (campaña y batallas), cambiando las armas del combate cuerpo a cuerpo. buena mejoría en los graficos partiendo del 1er roma. además puedes controlar muy diversas naciones.la pega es que tdvía no he conseguido controlar como es debido el movimiento de la cámara en batalla. no se por qé no se me graban bien la configuración de teclas...en general como total war que es, me parece de lo mjor en estrategia. en este caso medieval

１０年近く前のものですが日本の某戦国ゲームしか知らなかった僕にとってはかなり衝撃的なほどすごいです。ただ単にごり押ししようとすると必ず財政的に破たんするバランスが絶妙で、常に考えさせられるところがおもろい！インストールから起動まで問題なくできましたちなみにｐｃスペックはwindows8.1 x64Intel Core i5-5200UHDD 393Gメモリ　8Gグラボは内蔵のIntel HD Graphics 5500ですがグラフィック設定を中にすれば全く問題ありませんでした