This game takes place during the Middle Ages starting in the year 1080. There are 17 different cultures in the known world. The player's goal is to bring the culture of their choice to world domination in the course of 500 years - through the High Middle Ages through the Late Middle Ages until the Renaissance, complete with the exploration of America.

Like Rome: Total War, players manage their cities and move their units around on a world map in a turn-based mode to conquer new cities or defeat enemies threatening their land. Players always need to watch after their people, in order to avoid them getting angry with their rulers and starting a revolution. Players also need to fulfill goals set by their religious leader, such as going on a crusade for the Pope.

When a battle starts and the player chooses not to have the AI calculate the outcome, the game switches to a full 3D battlefield where he must command his units as squads in real-time on the battlefield. There players need to use tactics like sending the cavalry into the nearby woods for a surprise attack at the enemies' flanks and making use of the overall terrain, like high ground, which are good for bowmen to overcome the enemy. Players will also have to conquer enemy castles, or successfully defend their own.

For players who have mastered the single-player campaign, up to 8 players can go head to head in multiplayer matches.

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Alternate Titles

"全軍破敵Ⅱ" -- Chinese spelling (Traditional)

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Merchant	Title	Platform	Price
	Medieval II Total War	Windows	$4.34
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User Reviews

Major Downgrade from MTW	Professor (95)
I know I am not that good at strategy, but I can't be this bad.	Pixelspeech (928)
[v3.0] Superior in strategy but disastrous in Total War	Indra was here (15465)

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The Press Says

PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Nov, 2006	91 out of 100	91
YouGamers	Mar 02, 2007	91 out of 100	91
Eurogamer.de	Nov 15, 2006	9 out of 10	90
Play.tm	Dec 07, 2006	88 out of 100	88
Gamigo	Nov 10, 2006	8.6 out of 10	86
Gamesmania	Nov 07, 2006	85 out of 100	85
PC Player (Denmark)	Dec, 2006	8.5 out of 10	85
1UP	Nov 14, 2006	B+	83
Game Revolution	Dec 15, 2006	B+	83
GameSpy	Nov 17, 2006		80

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Trivia

Aztecs

Oddly enough there is one additional race that has nothing to with the war going on in Europe. The Aztecs are available only through custom or historical battles and are unavailable for the campaign mode. For the historical battle, the player takes the role of the Spaniards under the leadership of Hernándo Cortés against the Aztecs.