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Simply the best Strategy game out there

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 5
Date: June 16, 2004
Author: Amazon User

In terms of playability, graphics and realism there is simply nothing to touch MTW.

The game in general is magnificent, the overview and design of the "world", including troop building and movement and the construction in individual provinces may not be revolutionary but they are solid with no major flaws, but its in the other areas where the game excels.

With so many different nations and factions to play, each with unique units and buildings, as well as religion (Christian, Orthodox and Islam) the game has great lastability as each faction has its own dificulties to overcome from its starting position.

However, where Total War really comes into its own are the battles. These are fantastic, super graphics and often on a huge scale, especially if 3 or 4 factions are fighting the same battle. There's nothing more satisfying than sending your cavalry round mopping up the enemy as they rout. Whats great as well is depending on your nation, you can hear your soldiers shouting in different languages as they fight!

Check out Total War: Rome thats coming out soon as it will be a whole new level to this already superb series.

Great upgrade for an already great game.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 3
Date: February 07, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Medieval Total War just gets better. You can play the game like always with access to more factions, or you can play just on the British Isles. Rampage and destroy with the Vikings. Control and unify with the Scots. It has all of the great game play that exists with the original with great additions. The best change is that you can organize your reserves as well as your original troops. Now if you're defending during a huge battle and you know that your archers will be out of ammo after the first few on slots, set up your first reserves to be archers. It allows greater depth of thought to large engagements. What a blast!

Medieval total war says it all

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 3 / 4
Date: January 30, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Excellent game. The graphics are not up to par with Imperial Glory or Code Name Panzers but that is high end.
Game Pros. are the numerous regions to control and the dozen or so empires or nations to rule. Large number of units to chose from and certain regions recruit special units. Large number of Battle modifiers: weather, moral of leader and troops plus type of terrain units are fighting in and a Good AI. The addon Viking Invasion is a good way to update the old MTW version. Game save options and special campaigns and battles.
Game Cons. are simple terrain and building graphics, unit graphics, treaties with opposing nations are to simple or lack dept. Trade routes are generalized as with marinetime warfare and marinetime trade.

i agree with both of the above

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: January 24, 2005
Author: Amazon User

while the second reviewer is right to give this game the best review of the century, the first reviewer has a good point too. this game is amazing. shogun total war was excellent but this blows it out the water. the graphics, the handling everything is incredible well made. but like the first reviewer says, prepare for rebellion. if you are frustrated easily with games then dont get this. i had the same problem with rebellion. just as i was about to conquer the world, i was beset by several beaten kingdoms all wanting their land back at the same time. and as for the papacy... it just doesnt make sense when you knock them out the game, only for them to come back three times as strong a few turns later. this stops me from saying this game is perfect. it does have flaws. but those flaws can be dealt with using determination and heavy cavalry.

Only one complaint

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 4 / 7
Date: February 02, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Since the excellentnessnessness of this game has been expounded upon, I have only one beef with the Battle Collection edition.

You get one game and one expansion pack (if you didn't read the product description). Without the expansion pack, there is an insanely unfair (but ludicrously fun) axe-wielding light cavalry available only to the Egyptians. It is nearly impossible for the Europeans to defeat them - until the advent of armored spearmen, that is. Using these six-legged terrors (two for the axeman, four for the horse, brainiacs) and a complex network of ships, it is possible for your men to enjoy a meal of baba ghanoush while visiting Sweden. So cool.....

You may notice that this is not, truthfully, what happened. I tell you that this does not, truthfully, matter. The game is a riot. If you think these units are unfair, just install the expansion pack and they go away. THAT, my friends, is my only complaint.

Oh, yeah, download the patch so that all of your generals don't die at the age of 50. Kinda stinks when that happens. Then again, a 170-year-old general is sort of anti-historical too.

Classic installment of the total war series

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 14
Date: July 26, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is loads of fun despite not being equal in graphics to its recent predicesour(rome:total war). However, it has fewer bugs and the battles are still as much fun.

AWESOME GAME (at a great price)

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: September 17, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This is a very addictive strategy game that simulates medieval warfare. There is a strategic part of the game and a tactical part. The strategy is fun and very addictive. The battles are impressive graphics-wise, looking like scenes from the movie Braveheart (well, maybe not quite, but they're still pretty cool). For only $20 this is definately a great buy and worth checking out.

great strategy...s***t tactical

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 10
Date: July 26, 2004
Author: Amazon User

while this is an excellent strategy game, i found the tactical side to be lacking. it is lengthy, drawn out and, from my experience, impossible to complete. i managed to control all but one province and just as i invaded that one province there were no fewer than a dozen rebellions. it's just annoying

Best RTS Game...if not the best game...ever. Seriously.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 2 / 5
Date: September 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Never have I played a game so consistently and enjoyed it for so long as I have Medieval Total War. I strongly recommend this game for anyone who wants an RTS game that actually involves more than the classic RTS "tank rush".

not bad for a little while

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 3 / 17
Date: May 04, 2005
Author: Amazon User

for the price it's worth buying. don't waste you money on the follow up Rome. game are supposed to get better not worse. If your bored at 3 am it's worth playing for a few hours.

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