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Voted for Rome, it was the first game in which I actually enjoyed fighting the battles, autocalc was so easy with MTW and STW.
Shogun had some beautifull features (assasin movies, nice setting,...) but the lack of different units, poor graphics, not too attractive strategy map, choke points, ... made it less then MTW which had a way of drawing me into a campaign, but still the battles were hell. Rome had great battles, a nice change in campaign map (more and less realistic at times), family members who'd you really cared about,...
It has to be Rome.
medieval
Shogun, I must have spent as much time if not more playing shogun than both medieval and rome. Thats not to say I dont like the others. Medieval was superb, technically better than shogun. But shogun is where my fondest totalwar single player memories come from.
For me, Medieval is the best game ever. Excluding graphics and such, gameplay and other features are much much better than Rome.
So far I would say:
1) Medieval/VI
2) Shogun/MI
3) RTR Platinum
4) Rome
Shogun is the original and classic, but Medieval has much more longevity and plays alot better on the campaign map in my opinion. The battle AI also seems to be markedly better. I don't see a greater variety of units as the biggest advantage that MTW has over STW. The STW map was quite linear with every campaign seeming much the same. One of the best things about MTW is the different culture types and the religious aspects, including the pope. Also generals with real stats and v&vs makes things more interesting and immersive. To the MP community all of this is irrelevant which is why some veterans still prefer STW. In terms of the expansions, MI was quite average. The mongol campaign wasn't that great and the extra fantasy units not really needed. It also messed up the unit stats somewhat, so in view of this MI is not on my list of good expansions. VI was a great expansion. The Viking campaign is a good one, all the extra units are mostly very good, and the prebattle save is useful. For me, Rome is almost unplayable without installing the RTR platinum mod, the AI is arguably quite poor, even then I still have problems with it. As to BI I've no idea as I've never got around to playing it yet.
-Edit: I seem to remember a poll like this over at the .com some months ago where RTW held the vast majority of the votes. It will be interesting to see how this turns out.
Medieval/VI is the best, both campaigns are great fun and a good challenge. Plus, you have different eras to start in ~D
Shogun comes a distant second for me, its good but M:TW was an improvement on every part of it. Mongold Invasion was a bit pants
Rome I hated, it was a backward step from Medieval. The graphics are nice enough but the campaign was dull and the battles too fast.The units were badly unbalanced (Cavalry, the best weapon against phalanxes!) and the AI was a bit dumb (espec in sieges).
S:TW for the battles
M:TW for the campaign
R:TW for the modifications
MTW all the way. One of the best games of all time. Rome = :furious3:
Nothing can beat SHOGUN TW it is the best plus when iget bored i play it iits a fun game
STW hands down. MTW was good, RTW, was alright :-(
STW.I still play it while i bought it when it originally came out.:bow:
Medieval. I kinda like Rome too, but it's just, well, different.
With Medieval I got this "YES!" feeling. It was like a supernatural force attracting me over and over again to the pc. And, except for GTA:SA, it was the only game that made me sleep for less than 5 hours a night during a whole (working) week.
Tough choice, but I have to go with Rome, the sheer depth of the game is what gets me. Shogun was probably the best game of its time, so that is probably my second favorite. Then Medieval, just didnt really do it for me, although I am sure the new one will find the top of my list when it comes out.
Medieval for the battles, Rome for the campaign map. Medieval I've had my best battles of all the games with battles that have taken literally 3-4 hours of battering before beating my opponent. Rome in a sense, was almost too quick and therefore felt unrealistic as a result.
However, on the campaign Rome is a lot smoother in the management of things and I found it a heck of a lot easier to keep track of things. I went back to Medieval again a couple of weeks ago and for instance, I got very frustrated with the number of building messages, those about storms that sunk my ships, assassins or spies that died and so on. These messages came up one at a time whereas with Rome these were all bound up in one easy to read message that you could read at your leisure. I could go on but the campaign side felt smoother and easier to play in Rome in my opinion.
Shogun was good in it's time as it's the first game that really ticked my boxes in having a campaign element and then a proper battle scenario bound up in one game. But that was superceded by Medieval with it's greater unit variety and better campaign map. Besides, I also remember the frustration in a river battle with the Mongol invasion add on. I had the huge shock of enemy reinforcements appearing behind me even though I was successfully defending the only bridge. Not the best bit of coding I've seen in a game ~:)
STW, but MTW:VI has much better modding potential. Especially the unitstat options beat all others.
See, Shogun is the best, it brings out the best of us!!! Good to see you again Tosa!!!:2thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by TosaInu
Since ive only ever played MTW I can theoretically only vote for MTW. So i'm going to vote for MTW.:2thumbsup:
I have only played Shogun and MTW. Both great games, but Shogun got boring quickly, as it had a limited number of units and all the factions were similar, not to say the same. The greater variety and depth in MTW, combined with the excellent mods made me vote for MTW.
I personally beleive Rome is better, although some cool gameplay elements were removed that were in medieval....
so my reveiw:
Medieval is better as far as campaign strategy and accuracy,
Rome is better as far as battles and gameplay
some thing i forgot:
i have never played shogun, so no opinion there,
rome has the best mod-friendliness...modding mideval units could hurt somebody,
and so this better supports my support for rome
I loved STW when I first got my hands on it, a completely new gaming concept. I loved how you could actually beat an overwhelming enemy force just by using tactics instead of just having to build more / stronger troops.
I also love how the battle maps look & the general atmosphere of the game.
However, I played MTW for months and mainly online, which was a great experience. And MTW had camels. So MTW received my vote.
(dont have RTW).
I never really played STW, but I did play MTW and RTW. To be honest, MTW had a more in depth gameplay, but it lacked in the graphics department.
So which game (RTW or MTW) did I like better? I would have to say that I enjoyed RTW much more, just because of the improved battlefield graphics.
Now, as you can imagine, I'm really looking forward to M2TW. More in depth gameplay, with killer battlefield graphics! ~D
ROME TOTAL WAR WHAT ELSE:dizzy2:
Rome Total War. Latest and Greatest
RTW wasn't that good, for me anyhow..Bugs,gameplay,meh. MTW was Better with Gameplay wise..
I had to get the old nVidia drivers back in order to play the best of the series, MTW. I'll change them only for the MTW 2 ~D
Medieval w/VI.
Shogun was fantastic, and truly fit the bill as a strategy game. I was schooled more than once in battlefield tactics by a cunning AI. Medieval was on a bigger level, more battle, more choices, just more.
I do enjoy Rome TW, but the AI was/is just pathetic. I was so excited to play on the first day of release, until I saw the enemy General make a suicidal charge at my line of Hastati. The updates have helped, but...
I will say Shogun and know why? When it came out it was SOMETHING. And this game started it all :)
Well put, Steistas. :thumbsup:
Welcome to the Org, btw. ~:cheers: