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Medieval II Total War

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- How's the Multiplayer You Ask?
the game is a bit of a letdown if you prefer multiplayer games to single player games. for starters, the campaign mode in M2TW is single player only. you can play campaign mode multiplayer on the same computer via hotseat, but not over the internet.

so when you read about the Pope, Inquisitors, Spies, Generals, Bloodlines, Priests, Princesses, etc etc... you will only get to use these concepts in single player mode. when you see screenshots of a Risk like battle map of the world, with cities and unique units, again, single player only.

multiplayer is strictly made up of skirmish matches, for which there are around 20 maps. there are also about 6 scenarios, which are just skirmishes of famous historical battles, such as Agincourt. there are only 2 modes to choose from, a regular battle, or a defensive battle with one side defending a castle or city. you can choose from 17 factions, and have a nice variety of units to choose from. you can also make minor tweaks to the maps to change things up: summer or winter, morning, noon, night, and clear skies, foggy, or thunderstorms. it is also worth mentioning here that in skirmish mode you cannot play with a mix of live players and computer AI. its either one or the other.

the skirmish mode is very nice, and if thats all you want for online play you cannot go wrong here. i find the skirmish matches to be great fun in multiplayer, but at the same time it is not a game i would play all the time. without the campaign mode available for multiplay, the best part of the game is left for single player only. if you are looking for a good conquer the world type game with a rich and robust set of multiplayer options, i suggest you try the excellent Sid Meier's Civilization IV.

overall, i would say M2TW is a fantastic game, but the best parts of it are single player only. multiplayer is skirmish only maps, and while there is plenty of material to keep you occupied, you might find yourself wanting more for challenging online play.

a 5 star game, but i give it a overall 3/5 for lacking in multiplayer.

Rating:

- 5/5 for newbies to series. 3.5/5 for veterans
If you like turn based or real time wargames and if you haven't played any of the Total War franchise (Shogun, Medieval 1, Rome) so far, you are in for a treat. Medieval is a gorgeously rendered game that immerses you in lengthy nation & economy-building, back in the middle ages. But the key are the real time battles and boy are they fun to play and watch. In any case, the other reviews speak for themselves.

On the flip side, if you have played games in this series before, Medieval 2 is not without its flaws...

AI:

Med 2's strategic AI is pretty easy to beat, even at the highest level. This is unlike Rome which is much more challenging. My _guess_ is this: Rome and earlier games were heavily scripted, meaning that the computer would be _told_ to always play the same aggressive and effective way at the start of the game. With one script for each possible human player faction. I remember playing Scipio in Sicily 3 or 4 times before I finally learned how to stay alive. Sure, once you knew how to play a faction, you would win, but getting there was fun.

Medieval is, I think, less scripted and relies more on the AI actually figuring things out on its own. And it isn't very good at it, so the campaigns are actually a tad boring. If the AI does improve (a big if) then the game should have more replay value in the future. In the meantime, I'm not playing Medieval 2 much. The tactical battle AI is better, imho.

Graphics/individual soldier animation:

The graphics are eye candy. Graphics shouldn't make or break a game of this type. Wargames _can_ work with iconic/stylized graphics. I remember being thrilled by playing Harpoon, which had very very rudimentary graphics, even for its day. In fact, I rather prefer Rome's campaign map to Medieval's, because it is more stylized and easier to grasp at a glance. Granted, Medieval's battle map is a _big_ improvement, but I would have preferred to get naval battles instead of upgraded graphics.

Other new things:

The Pope: great idea. What a annoyance he is with his constant orders, just like Popes apparently were in those days.

Resources + merchants: good idea, would be better if resources weren't such a pixel hunt on the main map and if merchants weren't so preposterously difficult to assassinate.

Artillery: pretty good idea and fairly well represented - they are invaluable for city attacks and pretty good elsewhere. They sometimes can't fire somewhere and it is unclear why - no LOS? no spotters?

Princesses: what are they for anyway? I would have liked more strengthening of existing alliances by marriage, not just an underpowered Diplomat.

Religion: getting better and better in its effects.

Heretics: waste of time as shown, mostly useful to ramp your bishops' Piety and there aren't enough of them for that purpose.

City happiness: they've tuned the system a bit. Large cities do need lots of stuff to keep the locals happy. But it can be made to work and large cities don't _always_ oscillate between growth, revolt, suppression, growth...

May '07 addition: I've now installed the 1.2 patch and the strategic AI is as lame as ever, at 'hard' level. Nations that have me outnumbered send in their armies one by one so I can deal with them piecemeal. The AI really shows very little _strategic_ initiative. Again, this should not deter new players from this great game, but veterans will find little new challenge, just a different setting.

Rating:

- Cannot get the game to work!
They should remove customer support from their website. I installed the game on two different computers that both run Rome: Total War and Barbarian invasion without a problem (and any game out there) and I cannot get it to work.

I suspect the CD-Key they put in my package is the wrong one. I have tried everything I can think of and it still gives me an error prompt to install the correct CD to play the game. I have tried it with both CD's for the game.

This is very frustrating to say the least. Sega has the WORST troubleshooting FAQ's and online support of any company I have dealt with. I have tried contacting them multiple times by phone and email without success.

I enjoyed the series until this experience.

Rating:

- Awesome but you'll need high end graphics card
Utterly awesome. But you'll need a high end graphics nVidia graphics card. It will not work without one. Had to upgrade from my 440mx card to a 7300 gs nvidia. Slow to load and exit, but in between is pure delight. Even with cheat tips the first victory took over 24 hours of play. Highly recommend if you already have good graphics card.

Rating:

- Great Game!
I love this game. It is my favorite game of all time. It has fun strategy, and the graphics are awesome. It's also very realistic. Looking for an RTS? Get this game!

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