GH Review: Medieval Total War: Kingdoms

Zardon · Oct 10, 2007, 09:36 AM

Read The Review Here
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The Total War series has created a whole new genre of its own, mixing board game-style turn based strategy on a grand scale with real-time battles using massive armies drawn from the annals of history. The latest incarnation, Medieval 2: Total War is still camping the tail end of many PC sales charts, almost an year after release, proving a wide appeal far beyond the usual hardcore gamer. As with the previous Total War games, an expansion was inevitable - enter Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms.

bug77 · Oct 10, 2007, 10:43 AM

Ah, the great games I never got to play. Total War series is exceptional, but I never seem to have the amount of time required to play through a single campaign. Plus, how many games have stayed great after 4 incarnations? Thumbs up!

OmegaRED · Oct 10, 2007, 04:36 PM

What's with the "Yougamers" review, are they partnered with DH?

I was a huge Medieval 2: Total War addict (played the long campaign several times with mods) but I've barely been able to touch Kingdoms so I can't comment on much of the campaigns. Like the review suggests, the "control reinforcements" feature is really lame and barely an improvement over no control at all. I hope they improve that in a patch.

**MIG-31** · Oct 10, 2007, 04:49 PM

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Originally Posted by OmegaRED

What's with the "Yougamers" review, are they partnered with DH?

A little offtopic.

As far as we have been told Driverheaven has a close relationship with Yougamers.DH will pimp their reviews and Yougamers will pimp the Driverheaven reviews.This is the new form of getting the reviews out to a wider audience.

Oct 10, 2007, 09:36 AM	#1
Zardon DriverHeaven Founder Join Date: May 2002 Posts: 32,480 Rep Power: 179	GH Review: Medieval Total War: Kingdoms Read The Review Here _____________________ The Total War series has created a whole new genre of its own, mixing board game-style turn based strategy on a grand scale with real-time battles using massive armies drawn from the annals of history. The latest incarnation, Medieval 2: Total War is still camping the tail end of many PC sales charts, almost an year after release, proving a wide appeal far beyond the usual hardcore gamer. As with the previous Total War games, an expansion was inevitable - enter Medieval 2: Total War Kingdoms.

Oct 10, 2007, 04:36 PM	#3
OmegaRED Relapsed Gamer Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Ottawa , Canada Posts: 5,688 Rep Power: 173 System Specs	What's with the "Yougamers" review, are they partnered with DH? I was a huge Medieval 2: Total War addict (played the long campaign several times with mods) but I've barely been able to touch Kingdoms so I can't comment on much of the campaigns. Like the review suggests, the "control reinforcements" feature is really lame and barely an improvement over no control at all. I hope they improve that in a patch. __________________ E Penis Specs: <------------- See System Specs

Oct 10, 2007, 10:43 AM	#2
bug77 DriverHeaven Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: around Posts: 792 Rep Power: 0	Ah, the great games I never got to play. Total War series is exceptional, but I never seem to have the amount of time required to play through a single campaign. Plus, how many games have stayed great after 4 incarnations? Thumbs up!