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Rome: Total War Gold Edition Review (continued)
More User Submitted Rome: Total War Gold Edition Reviews
Date: 2007-07-11
Addicting
If you're like me, and wait for a game to get a year old and a reasonable price before buying it, this is a good value. It has a number of changes from the earlier Medieval series which adds to the challenge and depth of the game.
The main difference is that movement on the strategic map is no longer the area to area Risk-type movement of the earlier games. Instead, movement paths are almost micromanaged to put your armies in specific places compared to their opponents once the game converts to the tactical battlefield level. This adds a nice level to the military aspects of the game. Unfortunately, every agent and navy's movement must also be micromanaged, which adds to the eventual tedium that takes over the game in the latter stages of the campaigns. This might not be so bad except that the movement rates tend to be VERY VERY slow, so that it can take years for a ship to sail across the Mediterranean. I realize that it's a game, not a simulation, so you just have to accept the artificailities built into the game-system. For the agent and sea movement, I preferred the area movement of the earlier series.
Still, all things considered, if you have time on your hands and don't mind dedicating a significant portion of your life to your computer, this one will keep you entertained for a long time.
Date: 2007-07-07
One of my all time favorites!
This game never ceases to be fun...can't even count the number of times I've re-installed! A classic that will never leave my library.
And as soon as my computer is updated I'm sure I'll be playing Medieval II!
Date: 2007-06-23
Vista compatible!
This is a great game, as many other reviewers have noted. Just want to add that it seems to be compatible with Windows Vista. I have a Acer laptop with an ATI Radeon XPress 1100 card, and have not encountered any problems.
Date: 2007-04-26
More addicting than Civ or Pirates
I'm not what would be called an intensive gamer. I buy maybe 2 games a year. This is the most addictive game I've played since the original Pirates came out for the Commodore 64 home computer. I would play that game for literally 6 hours or more at one sitting. This is just as bad. I'm 37 now and not 14 like I was then too, but I'm having flashbacks LOL! It helps that I'm absolutely fascinated with the late republic/early imperial period of the Roman empire. I've played the historical campaign of the original through twice. Haven't even touched Barbarian Invasion yet, except to watch the intro. Has the "4X" feel of a Civilization style game, but without all the micromanagement. New buildings provide benefits to population control, revenue, and combat units. Pretty basic. Where the game shines is in the tactical battles. You can literally zoom in on an individual soldier.
My only criticisms are that there aren't enough historical battles in my opinion, and that when creating a custom battle you can't choose the "rebel" faction. Also in the custom battles, the various Roman factions don't have access to all Roman units. I wanted to create a "Spartacus" style battle. I couldn't use "rebels", so I choose two Roman factions. Each Roman faction has access to one style of Gladiator, not all three. I wanted to make an army of the gladiator types, but I couldn't.
If you are interested in the historical background of the era covered in the game you might like Rome - The Complete First Season and Warfare in the Classical World: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Weapons, Warriors and Warfare in the Ancient Civilisations of Greece and Rome
Date: 2007-03-25
Lots of fun and runs good on my laptop
I like this game. I can lose all sense of time while wrapped up in it.
It installed and runs great om my HP pavilion dv6000 notebook.
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