Does anyone know about Medieval Gold edition?

**snakeEyes** · 02-28-2006, 22:59

I'm trying to find out if Medieval Total War Gold Edition is just a re-release or has some improvements. The Battle Collection requirements are PII 350 Mz, but the new Gold Edition says PII 850 Mz. Has anyone else heard of this?

Thanks!

**Just A Girl** · 02-28-2006, 23:11

not yet but il look in to it.

--edit--
As far as i can see its just that its fully updated.
and i presume it also has VI of course..

Although i dont see how it differs from MTW battel pack..

"i cant find to much data about it im afraid"

**Geezer57** · 03-01-2006, 00:56

This is a quote from Sega of America:
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"Description:

Command an Army and Conquer Europe in One of the Most Critically Acclaimed Strategy Games of All Time

Medieval: Total War Gold Edition is the compilation of the critically acclaimed Medieval: Total War and its official expansion pack – Viking Invasion. Set in the turbulent Middle Ages, Medieval puts you in command of your own empire as you crush neighboring kingdoms and unify all of Europe, the Mediterranean, and the Middle East.

Medieval – Viking Invasion takes the battle back in time to the Dark Ages of England, when the Viking invaders brought ruin and slaughter to the English coast. Play as one of the English factions and repel the invaders or unify England under a Viking banner.

In both games, you rule all aspects of your kingdom throughout centuries of medieval warfare. Lay siege to mighty fortresses and command vast armies across the battlefields of Europe and North Africa. This is Total War.

Key Features:

• Richly detailed battles that feature thousands of 3D units and intense combat.
• Manage the economic, civil, religious and military arms of your empire.
• Over 100 different units, including knights, men-at-arms, English longbowmen, and more.
• Spectacular sieges, as you pound castles into dust with cannons, catapults, and ballistae.
• Multiplayer battles with up to seven other players over the Internet.

Installation Requirements
Minimum PC Processor Supported Intel® Pentium® II
Minimum PC CPU Speed 850MHz
Minimum PC RAM Required 128MB
Minimum PC HD Space Required 1 GB"
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I'm quite sure the requirements were made up by some PR person, or contain typos. There never was a Pentium II processor rated at faster than 450 mhz, so a minimum processor supported of Pentium II would never run at a minimum CPU speed of 850 mhz. I've played the game on a Celeron 300A overclocked to 450 mhz, but not at other than the lowest detail and resolution.

Bottom line: it looks like good old MTW + VI, maybe patched to the latest levels, with nothing else. "Battle Collection" and "Gold Edition" appear pretty much interchangeable.

**snakeEyes** · 03-01-2006, 00:57

Thanks for the info!

**Monarch** · 03-01-2006, 19:15

Probably a marketing tool to make rtw and mtw more 'alike' or something.

**Shieldmaiden** · 04-25-2006, 12:27

I purchased MTW Gold Edition a few weeks back.

Its MTW/VI, Patched fully.

Its on 1 CD (No MTW without VI).

Req. a Pentium II 350, etc (Quoting the Readme, not packaging).

No change from MTW/VI Battle Collection except for being Patched and/or on 1 CD?

**professorspatula** · 04-25-2006, 16:19

I think it's a case of the gold edition being published by someone else other than Activision. A quick look-up reveals Mastertronic are releasing it on their budget label. I imagine this means you won't get any kind of manual other than which comes on the CD. The old Battle Edition has the full manuals.

**Shieldmaiden** · 04-25-2006, 19:40

Correct.

A printed Manual can be convenient... but, I'm not complaining, MTW GE only cost me £5!

**Dutch_guy** · 04-25-2006, 20:52

Well manuals are easy to come by online, no trouble really.

So that shouldn't be the reason you decide not to buy MTW GE, but I take it you already knew that

**professorspatula** · 04-25-2006, 22:10

I suppose for a budget re-release, no manuals is ok. What I really hate is when you buy a 'Gold'/'complete' edition of a game at full-price and there's no manuals either! I remember buying the Baldurs Gate I boxed game with the add-on. All the original manuals were there as well as some fancy packaging. And then I bought the Baldurs Gate II pack with its add-on and got 6 CDs that barely fitted into the case and a pdf manual. Cheapskates! I hate pdf manuals: they're too large to print out or have some annoying background detail on every page that takes up all your ink, or they're just too large and annoying/inconvenient to read on a monitor.