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Medieval II: Total War

Description

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 CPU 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.

Alternate Titles

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

Part of the Following Groups

• Medieval: Total War series
• Total War series

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User Reviews

Major Downgrade from MTW	Professor (80)
[v3.0] Superior in strategy but disastrous in Total War	Dewa Indra? (13206)

The Press Says

PC Gameplay (Benelux)	Nov, 2006	91 out of 100	91
PC Powerplay	Oct 25, 2006	90 out of 100	90
Worth Playing	Dec 27, 2006	9 out of 10	90
ActionTrip	Nov 17, 2006	90 out of 100	90
Eurogamer.net (UK)	Nov 13, 2006	9 out of 10	90
GameSpot	Nov 14, 2006	8.8 out of 10	88
PC Games (Germany)	Oct 23, 2006	88 out of 100	88
GameSpot (Belgium/Netherlands)	Nov 18, 2006	88 out of 100	88
Jeuxvideo.com	Nov 11, 2006	17 out of 20	85
PC Action	Dec 14, 2006	84 out of 100	84

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Trivia

Medieval II: Total War was named #8 "Game of the Year" by Computer Games Magazine (March 2007).