Best TW Game

**Kaiser of Arabia** · 01-15-2005, 18:50

Which Total War game did you enjoy the most?
For me, it's gotta be Medieval Total War.
That one was awesome.
I never played STW though, I wonder what that one was like in terms of fun.
-Capo

**Ldvs** · 01-15-2005, 20:09

Even though there's quite a lot of bugs we can't deny all the enhancements made in RTW. If the AI is fixed in the upcoming patch then it'll be the best one for a certainty.

**Quietus** · 01-15-2005, 22:19

I'll take back what I said after initially playing RTW. SHOGUN is still the most fun!!! STW had great maps and excellent balance.

RTW battles are too short. RTW has nice potential though if they lower the speed and kill rates!

Instead of going for the throat and completely breaking the mold, CA reverts to the old RTS model.

**ah_dut** · 01-15-2005, 23:21

STW has the most atmosphere, even though it doesn't have the command and control enchancements of MTW, I think it's the most fun

**Wishazu** · 01-16-2005, 01:49

i think rome is the best game and i agree that the kill rates etc. need to be reduced but the one i will allways remember most fondly is Shoggy. i loved the little cut scenes with the ninjas :)

**Slon** · 01-16-2005, 07:31

I would choose Rome. It just seems like a very enhanced and touched up version of MTW. Well, except for the AI. The best enhancement has to be the fact that provinces are no longer single shapes. Each province has roads and feels alive. Also, you no longer count provinces by the number of provinces but rather by their size (i.e. not being able to cross Lybia as quickly as you cross Alexandria). The AI definately needs improvement, though. It feels like they took the strategy map AI from MTW and just made a horrible battle map AI (units just stand in city center as my archers pick them off). I guess this would make sence if archer casualties were reduced for shield/heavy armor troops. Chariots also feel like crap. Those blades at the whiles should cut whole lines of people down. The only true melee weapon that would be able to defeat a chariot should be a large spear. They actually produce less casualties than normal cavalry! This really makes the Britons look like crap because the chariots are "supposed" to be their strong point.

**Pausanias828** · 01-25-2005, 23:29

STW will always hold a special place in my heart

. I love the whole atmosphere of the game. So I had to vote for it as my favourite.

MTW added some nice features, and got me totally hooked on it. Up until RTW came out I was still playing MTW most days, and also started playing STW again, which I hadn't done for about a year or so.

RTW does look good, but I was disappointed by the way the battles play out now, but have refrained from tweaking the game myself as I am hoping CA will remedy this in the patch (but probably won't). I still play RTW most days though, and really hope that the patch will increase my enjoyment of what should have been my favourite in the series. If not, then I will start to play a lot more STW & MTW again.

**ichi** · 01-26-2005, 03:58

STW

The recent STW for MTW VI is also very very cool, both for campaign play and online fun.

ichi

**Swordsman** · 01-26-2005, 04:47

Have to go with MTW. Replay value is immense, modding is relatively easy, I like the optional eras. I like RTW (looking forward to the patch), but think the whole strategy map thing is over rated. I personally had no problem with the "province-based" scheme in MTW. I mean, both are still about sacking cities right? So what real difference does it make if you have to march along a road to get there or not.

And now I have a terrible confession to make... I have never played STW

. Didn't get started until MTW, and then just couldn't put it down for , ohhh, about 2 years!! My wife, a fairly devout Catholic, got quite tired of my tirades against "that !#@#!* Pope!!"