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Girl friend Hates it

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 5
Date: January 23, 2006
Author: Amazon User

Rome, Total War, is one of the best games that I have played. My girl friend hates it. Need I say more.

Awesomus Maximus

4 Rating: 4, Useful: 5 / 12
Date: March 31, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is AWESOME! I expected a lot less than what was offered. The abundance of civilizations and the endless possibilities of war and diplomacy were a little overwhelming at first. I felt like Homer Simpson when he ate the bad pufferfish when I thought that I was going to die and go to Mt.Olympus, which wasn't the real afterlife in Roman mythology, but I don't know what is. Anyway, when I first got the game, I stayed up until 4 a.m. playing the Romans over and over again. The lack of complete historical accuracy really bugged me at first. I mean, you don't encounter major historical battles in the campaign and you can take over Rome 200 years before Julius was even a proper Roman name. The game lets you barbarians to the North, Carthaginians and Egyptians to the South, and Greeks and Eastern civilizations to the East. Managing cities is manageable and is as easy as bowing to the emperor. You can build farms, barracks, stables, palaces, villas, colisseums, and many other buildings. You can train men, from the high and mighty legionaries, to the bulky war elephants, to the pathetic, whimpy, and blundering peasants, to the hilarious to torture incendiary pigs, which I bet would make delicious bacon. At first, the Roman senate sends you on little errands to take over towns and blockade ports. I would also like to comment on the music and the graphics. The graphics are great and the music is good. The music is very serious and warlike. So in my final words, this game is better than pie.

Very good game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: February 22, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This is the game I've always wanted to play. It has such a blend of so many elements. Of course there will be something people don't like, but there are many mods out there to tweak it to your exact taste. Let me just say also I am not a RTS fan. I do not like "whomever clicks the fastest wins" games. Yes the battles are real time, but you have a "pause" and there is nothing to build when you are engaged in a battle. It's just about moving your troops. Each single soldier is represented on the battlefield. It's truly amazing watching your Legions march across arid deserts, snow covered mountains to engage the enemy and clash together right in front of your eyes.

No other game can capture the scope of an immense battle like Rome: Total War can. Especially the battles consisting of many units, it's like an epic battle from your favorite movie.

It is not purely the battles, it has a strategy element in it to where you will manage cities, build structures and conduct diplomacy. Diplomats in R:TW are extremly powerful especially if you have a lot of money. An extremly strong enemy army can be defeated with gold much easier than sending an army to oppose it.

Overall, even if you are not a fan of Strategy or RTS games you will find this to your liking. There is so many good things about this game, it would fill a page writing about all the pluses and things the developers did right here. A definate must have for any gamer.

The best strategy game on the field

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: March 20, 2005
Author: Amazon User

First, this game has the most detail of any game I have played. If you charge your cavalry at the enemy they will go flying literally. And instead of swinging their swords aimlessly the soldiers actually fight. Similar to the other total wars except with better graphics and detail and more abilities (like testudo or fire arrows or war cry and more.) You can fight custom levels with over fiteen different civilizations with different weapons, abilities and soldiers. Even the strategy map has better details. If you put your soldiers into a forest they will be crouched their on the battle map when they get engaged.

Rome Total War

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: December 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

There is only a few words that can be said about this game and those words are "this game ROCKS" if you don't have it get it. I have been playing this game for the last 4 days staying up to all hours of the night.

Near perfect combination of RTS and Turn-based strategy

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: October 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Up til' now, the Total War Series has slipped under it's radar. Although it has earned the respect of hardcore gamers, the niggling annoying features in previous incarnations were a major turnoff. Fortunately, with Rome: Total War, the Total War series finally comes into its own. This is the most fulfilling Strategy game created to-date - it's every hardcore strategists wet dream. The game itself is extremely configurable - you can command the computer to supervise the management of conquered cities, and automatically resolve any military conflicts. Or, as you gain experience, you can master these features yourself (a choice which pays off in the long run).

The number of military, diplomatic and espionage tactics that you can pursue are near-infinite. Rebel army blocking your trade routes? Either bribe them with a diplomat, or annihilate them with an army. Beseiging a large town? Either attack the town immediately with ballistas and onagers, or wait for several more turns and starve them out instead.

The piece-de-resistance of this game is the real-time combat engine, which rivals Warhammer: Total War in sheer detail and visceral brutality. It's possible to zoom-in to watch realistic battles between enemy troops, or zoom-outwards to get the overall view of a battle. From my experience, the game engine runs smoothly on midrange PC's (AMD 2000+, 1GB RAM, GEForce FX5700 Ultra). Seeing a group of infantry being hurled into the air or crushed by a cavalry charge is awesome to behold.

The best aspect of real-time combat, is that it relies less heavily on the rock-paper-scissors system that other RTS games have used (eg. Age of Mythology, Empire Earth, etc...). A specific unit is not required to counter another unit. For instance, both Hastari, Principia and Trarii can be used to counter cavalry - but a spear-wielding Triarii would still be the best choice. Once you start playing, it is intuitively obvious which is the best counter-unit to use.

The only negative aspect of the game is the prologue/tutorial. At no point are you allowed to save the game, which means you must spend 2-3 hours trudging through the tutorial before you can finish it. This will definitely be off-putting to new players. A word of advice to Creative Assembly: Add a savegame option to the prologue in a future patch.

In summary, RTW is a bona-fide classic of its genre. The Total War series has reached a whole new level with this latest entry. Like other fans, I look forward to Napoleon: Total War!!!

For the patient, the bold, and the brave.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 9
Date: October 03, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Having never played the previous installments of this series I had been itching to try my hand at one of the highly acclaimed Total War games. Right from the installation on this game has fascinated me. It incorporates my favorite elements of older games (such as Caesar 2 and Civilization), while at the same time having something of its own freshness. The campaign mode allows players to rule a noble family of Rome through time in a turn-based fashion. Battles can be handled personally (more on that later), or decided by the computer based on the troops and general ratings. The campaign mode strickes a good balance between the over-simplification of towns in Kohan (a different kind of game), and the soul-sapping complexity of games like Iron Hearts. The battle mode is a game in and of itself, playable as a part of the campaign or seperately. In battle you array your troops across the field and wage a tactical battle as only the Total War engines currently offer. Zooming into the battle allows you to get a glimps of what it looks like to see a full ancient army charging, fighting, and dying. So much so that the history channel uses this game to illustrate their famous battles program. From a more stand-offish perspective you guide your sleek columns of death in fierce combat trying to win the day by routing or slaying your enemy. The troops vary significantly in their strengths, weaknesses, and behaviors, such that you find yourself reinventing the actual tactics often used in the era. All in all the game leaves both strategic and tactical players well satisfied, and it includes more than enough replayability to keep me coming back again and again for another perspective.

More than just a game

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 8 / 26
Date: September 04, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game has more aspects to it than both Medieval and Shogun Total War. First of all is that it will have more diplomacy, and will be less about killing and more about politics with killing. It will also be way more realistic since your empire's borders aren't based on provinces, but instead they increase as your armies advance into enemy territory. And to let the guy who posted the review under the title of "IT's NOT YOUR SAME OLD TOTAL WAR" you don't have to play battles at such a high speed because i am sure they will include the option to have slower game play, or if not, you can always use the pause button. I have already pre-ordered this game even though i am only going to play it on a laptop, and even though i also need to purchase a new video card, so if that gives you an idea of how good this game will be than i am glad, but i also suggest playing the demo because it is a good example of how the battles play out. But if you dont like playing the battles there are so many more aspects of this game that you could play it until you are victorious without even playing a single battle since you are given the option to simulate the battle, but what's the fun in that.

Great Game. A few frusterations but Custom Battle is better.

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 3 / 6
Date: January 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

Well, I am a gamer who enjoys RTS a lot. I play it a lot because of the history and the commanding. The graphics are very good (for a game). And you can change the graphics (I tend to have very smooth gameplay). You can command in the campaign at first the Romans but as you get stronger with the faction, you take over lands. And soon, those weaklings will be the strongest in the world! And don't worry if the campaign doesn't let you play non-Roman factions at first, you have to finish the campaign before playing others. However the campaign is kind of upsetting: 1. You get people in your town who have good governers, go mad and turn rebelious. And you have to make them happy or even if they have an easy life, make it harder for you.
2. They should have at least let you upgrade your soldiers.
Those are all the problems

Now for the gameplay. It's excellent and historical. From seeing thousands of horses, to the hordes of eleplants (they can lift people right off his/her/it's feets). You can give tatics to your soldiers. And protect your general. Your general is very importaint, if you don't take care of him and he dies, then your army is more likely to route and lose. The Scythans (might have pronounced it wrong) have the greatest horse units you can find. Their horse archers can fire while moving. They are the best. And the Romans more likely have the best infantry. So each unit are different and unique. However, there are a lot of units that look the same (depends on the look of their faction).

Now the best thing about the game is the Multiplayer. Now I've heard that some of you have a problem with the 1.2 patch. Well, download patch 1.1 first! Now I've played Halo, Jedi Outcast, and lots of games online. You have the losers and the nice players. But in Rome:Total War they have great admin commands. In the chat room, if someone is threatening you, you can block any messages that they say. And if someone is annoying you in your server, you can kick them. Neat huh? And it has great online play. I hardly lag (connection interuped). But right now, it's acting choppy right now.

Well, what ever problem you have with this game (bugs, etc) you must get this game. It is the greatest RTS game out there. Buy your copy now.

This Game Rules

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 5 / 14
Date: September 13, 2004
Author: Amazon User

This game is great, and if you don't believe me watch the Histoy Channel. Decisive Battles on the History Channel(Fridays at 9 Est.) shows off this game. You watch the show or download the demo on to your computer and you will see how good this game is. Until the History Channel I didn't even know this game, now I can't wait for it to come out. In short watch and if you like buy this game.

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