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Does anyone have the Medeival/Roman one?
Are they worth buying?
Are they worth buying?
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mtw and stw are brilliant. Get them. I want RTW. Mind you, i find it slightly difficult to see what new and fresh ideas will come out of the new one. But i'm sure it'll be brilliant.
They are indeed excellent games. Medieval is a fair bit tougher though in comparison to Shogun. Depending on how much you are willing to lay out I would grab Shogun and play it through and then grab Medieval with the expansion pack, purely on the basis of the fire arrows you get with the expansion ;)
You can get all 3 for around £20 if you take a gander online and they are probably 3 of the best purchases you will ever make. As an RTS fan myself it doesn't really get any better than Medieval. I know that sounds slightly stupid as I am telling you to get Shogun first; that however is purely from the point of view that you don't jump in right in the thick of it which may put you off a little. Shogun has an excellent learning curve in terms of the map and the position of the enemies/allies however with Medieval unless you pick a really massive empire to control you will find yourself running out of time before you have even started to conquer the map.
It isn't like your bog standard RTS though, it works like the old fashion board game Barbarian. You get so many turns to conquer the map and you will always need to have a son ready to take over the throne or to become a general of one of your many armies just in case the lead general gets killed in battle. If your king dies and you have no one to take his place then it is game over. You also have the number of turns to worry about, especially if you plan on conquering the whole map.
These two features alone put a lot of people off who I have spoken to as you don't have the ability to plan as slowly as you may want to; this in turn forces the game speed to increase as you won't sit back with massive armies waiting for the right time, as soon as you have the menu and resources you will basically go into battle.
An excellent franchise though, truly excellent. Definitely grab all 3 in sequential order though.
You can get all 3 for around £20 if you take a gander online and they are probably 3 of the best purchases you will ever make. As an RTS fan myself it doesn't really get any better than Medieval. I know that sounds slightly stupid as I am telling you to get Shogun first; that however is purely from the point of view that you don't jump in right in the thick of it which may put you off a little. Shogun has an excellent learning curve in terms of the map and the position of the enemies/allies however with Medieval unless you pick a really massive empire to control you will find yourself running out of time before you have even started to conquer the map.
It isn't like your bog standard RTS though, it works like the old fashion board game Barbarian. You get so many turns to conquer the map and you will always need to have a son ready to take over the throne or to become a general of one of your many armies just in case the lead general gets killed in battle. If your king dies and you have no one to take his place then it is game over. You also have the number of turns to worry about, especially if you plan on conquering the whole map.
These two features alone put a lot of people off who I have spoken to as you don't have the ability to plan as slowly as you may want to; this in turn forces the game speed to increase as you won't sit back with massive armies waiting for the right time, as soon as you have the menu and resources you will basically go into battle.
An excellent franchise though, truly excellent. Definitely grab all 3 in sequential order though.
Although I might get Medieval since I have 2 months left off Uni and not much else to do.
Rome it is then
Rome's release date is September 17th
I got the medieval total war and viking expansion double pack.
I really don't like it, and if anyone is interested in buying it mail me at [email protected]
I really don't like it, and if anyone is interested in buying it mail me at [email protected]
September I've heard, though realistically, I think it’ll be around Christmas.
Anyone know when Rome is scheduled for release?
Both STW and MTW are brilliant, MTW obviously better though.
Medieval is great, with the Viking expansion its even better offering up small improvements and additions. Rome will be better though, its the only RTS that I'm most looking forward to.
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