The WE/MI Net Review Thread

[Anssi Hakkinen]

Since there are going to be a lot of reviews of the expansion pack / Warlord Edition on the net, it's best to have one thread to post all of them. It is a good newbie reference. I will add stuff from this thread on the mainpage in chunks to avoid clutter. Note that this is a place to post links to game pages' reviews, not your own reviews.

Those found thus far:

PC.IGN.com (http://pc.ign.com/reviews/16609.html)

Gamespot.com (http://gamespot.com/gamespot/stories/reviews/0,10867,2807734,00.html)

And one I just found:

MGON.com (http://www.mgon.com/reviews.phtml?id=95793)

It seems the game's mostly getting 8 or 8.5 out of 10... Not bad (for an expansion). But the text is what matters of course.

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Another edit: typo.

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Those reviews are probably written by 'newbies' of the game since most of the main bad points have not been mentioned anywhere.

But I feel that's it's a great xpack after all.

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[Anssi Hakkinen]

It's all right, we've all bought (or are going to buy... right? http://www.totalwar.org/ubb/wink.gif) the X-pack anyway, and are able to form our personal opinions on it. This is more for the newbies among us, or people looking for a new, more general perspective.

On that latter point, it kind of puts our own grievances in perspective as well - most of the reviewers are too busy playing the game to notice the morale rules change, as simply the fact that the game has a morale option seems like an act of God for most RTS reviewers.

Think about it.

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[Anssi Hakkinen]

Player of Games (http://www.playerofgames.com/reviews/index.php?id=24).

No points score here, but he seems to like it very very much.

[Anssi Hakkinen]

This thread had dropped suspiciously low.

Gamespot UK (http://www.gamespot.co.uk/stories/reviews/0,2160,2095111-3,00.html):

9.5. I am convinced.

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[Anssi Hakkinen]

GameZone (http://www.gamezone.com/gzreviews/r17236.htm) - 9.5.

I shoulds think that concludes our little list.

[Anssi Hakkinen]

Well, never say never I guess...

Gameplanet NZ (http://www.gameplanet.co.nz/mag.dyn/Reviews/2330.html) - 4 out of 5.