Best Total War Game Yet - Poll

**Gregoshi** · 02-15-2009, 17:44

STW for me too. While not as much into the MP aspect as a vast majority of the other STW fans, the game was really all about the battles and it is here that the game excelled. The campaign, while lacking depth, made up for it with atmosphere (throne room, movies, etc). At the time we all asked for improvements to the SP campaign to make it more interesting - navies, more diplomacy options and so on. CA had done just that with MTW and RTW (can't comment on M2TW), but at the same time, they gradually sucked all the fun out of the battles. I never did finish a RTW campaign, though I played one casually over several months (no "can't wait to play again" urgency). One night while playing, I simply realized I was not having fun and haven't played it since. Despite all the improvements (graphics, 3D map, amazing variety actions/factors on the campaign map), the game lack any spirit, which is a real shame, as it could have been good and should have been good. The battles in RTW were awful - they were over so quick it wasn't worth the time to meticulously set up your army formation. The RTW battles gave me a sense of what a woman must feel like after sex - "It's over already?" while the campaign map, having been satisfied with achieving a result, smokes a cigarette.

Anyway, after skipping the series' last offering, I'm hoping good things for ETW. I'll be reading the reviews, listening to your feedback here at the Org and hoping for a nice replacement for my ancient PC with to run ETW adequately

**InsaneApache** · 02-15-2009, 18:46

As I said in the original thread. Shogun. Nuff said.

@Kukri did we ever meet on Totomi in MP? Did I win?

**Gregoshi** · 02-15-2009, 19:03

Originally Posted by InsaneApache

@Kukri did we ever meet on Totomi in MP? Did I win?

Didn't everyone meet on Totomi?

**InsaneApache** · 02-15-2009, 19:27

Originally Posted by Gregoshi

Didn't everyone meet on Totomi?

Aye. I remember Lord Ted handing me my posterior the first time I ventured there. Great days.

**rasoforos** · 02-15-2009, 19:05

Ranking as follows:

1. MTW

My favorite TW game. First TW game I bought. I love it. Good atmosphere. The map was nice and plain. The factions were good and it gave you a nice level of satisfaction.

2. STW

The second game I bought. Amazing immersion. I love the Throne Room and would love to see it back. The Portuguese and Dutch appearing on the throne room were just fantastic. Great gameplay, sometimes challenging. Pure and Simple TW without unnecessary frills.

3. RTW

I had high hopes for this one but they were crushed by a bunch of anachronistic egyptian troops speaking funny English. I wanted to see a historically accurate RTW with the factions speaking their respective languages (they did not even get the accents right for Greek). Instead of it I got... well... RTW.

I did not like all the unnecessary complicated 'new features' of the map. I found 'locked' factions silly...In general the game was a step backwards. A TW game concentrating on graphics and throwing accuracy, immersion and simplicity down the drain in an effort to become more mainstream

4. M2TW

Looks good but the AI makes it nearly unplayable. Is it that hard to make AI work in a simple yet efficient way (I.E Civ4)? If it was not a TW game it would have been dumped after 10 hours of game play. It shouldn't have been released like this.

**KukriKhan** · 02-15-2009, 21:04

Originally Posted by InsaneApache

As I said in the original thread. Shogun. Nuff said.

@Kukri did we ever meet on Totomi in MP? Did I win?

Like Greg-san said: Didn't we all, eventually?

I played many Insane Clan fellas in friendlies. You were likely one, and you likely won, too. Although I tried hard to give a good game and not have to slink away in shame (having made some rookie mistake), I didn't really care deeply about winning. My "success rate" was probably about 48-50% wins, better than my high school batting average. :) And I was happy with that.

With my dail-up 'net connection at the time, I mostly played 2v2's.

**Strike For The South** · 02-15-2009, 21:14

MTW. From age 12-15 I played this game religiously. I played RTW for 3 weeks like I played MTW for 3 years.

**InsaneApache** · 02-15-2009, 21:28

respect Kukri, respect.

You know, I actually re-played a Totomi battle in my head when I read that! (I won BTW

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Like I said, great times mate.

**CountArach** · 02-15-2009, 22:43

Rome was my first and thus I will always have a sweet spot for it in my heart.

I like Medieval 1, hate Medieval 2 and I don't hold out any hope for Empire.

**Ibrahim** · 02-15-2009, 23:29

they are all good to me, but I judge in this case by how much "brains", if you will, is in an AI (hence challenge). based on this, I'd pick shogun TW, of which I have played.