I got Medieval II: Kingdoms in November last year and I still can't get over how awesome it is. Ive never been so involved in a Total War game. For me it really puts the Grand Campaign to shame just because it always felt silly to be conquering the world as say Scotland or Egypt. Of course it's silly even for Scotland to be taking over the British Isles to but not as silly.

I love the unique victory conditions and rules these campaigns have. It makes it refreshing to play them and a totally different experience.
Typically in an expansion pack you have far less gameplay then you have in the original game. To my mind there is a hundred times more gameplay and fun to be had playing the Kingdoms campaigns than the Grand Campaign. And this is funny because another thing I love about Kingdoms is that I won't get bored once Im so far into a game like I do in the Grand Campaign.

So yeah, Medieval 2 Kingdoms is by far the best expansion pack Ive ever played. For me there is just no comparison and I'll definately be playing it for a long time yet. I really hope that CA runs with the idea of smaller, more focussed campaigns instead of the massive slogs.

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