Thread: Medieval 2: Total War

Ah good to see you too have seen the light

I've had the game for a few months, but i'm not a real hardcore gamer and i got a couple of other games at the same time, so i haven't devoted a whole lot of attention to it. Still, i have finished the long campaign as England, and started short ones with Venice, Denmark, and Russia. Have also previously started long campaigns with Spain, but i really had no idea what i was doing and got so far in debt i had to start over. I like Denmark a lot, but then i have a soft spot for ancient Northern European cultures in the first place. Even though there aren't really any vikings to play with, i still like the faction.

When i play now i really just stick with my English campaign though, and likely will until i control every region i can. Then i'll move on to either Denmark or Venice properly. I control the majority of the map at the moment, but i still have a few Mongol territories to take, and have not yet gone to battle with the Timurids (though we are at war).

For question two, i like the game a lot, though i don't have the expansion yet. As you say, very detailed. I look forward to the next Total War game though. It looks like it's going to be amazing.

I just got this game, and I absolutely love it. I'm still just getting started, so I have hardly any clue what I'm doing yet, but it's so much fun.

It was hard for me to sit down with the manual for more than 3 seconds, I wanted to play so much. The manual is quite a read, but you need to read the campaign part through all the way to enjoy the campaign.

Any ideas for what campaign you want to start? I have the expansion packs (worth every cent and more) and I am thinking of starting either Turks, Egypt, Ireland, Scotland, Teutons... I'm not sure yet... Mongols might be fun though! (I think there was a campaign for them, I don't know)

Right now, I'm doing the English campaign I think. It was the first one on the list, so I figured it'd probably be relatively easy. The learning curve for this game is the biggest turn off about it, but once you get past that, this game is a hell of a lot of fun. I'll probably pick up the expansion packs when I'm through with the main one.

I would most definitely get them if you are enjoying the campaign. You get to campaign with (off the top of my head)

Crusaders:

Kingdom of Jerusalem
Antioch
Egypt
Turks

New World:

New Spain (Conquistadors)
New France
Aztecs
Mayans
Chippewa Tribe (American Indians)

Brittania:

Scotland
Ireland
Wales
England
Denmark

Teutonic:

Lithuania
Teuton
Poland
Denmark (I think)


Apart from that, there are literally dozens of new non-campaign armies.



They all come in one box (I think, I bought the gold edition, but it was still $40.00)