Quote Originally Posted by stwils
Hi everyone. I'm new here and have never played any of the Total War series.

However, since I got a new computer, I have just downloaded the demos for Rome Total War and for Medieval 2 Total War. I am a bit overwhelmed by both of them.

Now my first question if this. Which of the Total War Series is the best and/or which would you begin with?

My other question is this. I have played Age of Empires (AoE/RoR and Age of Kings) and I have played Civilization 1 and 3. Since I have a new computer I have just bought Age of Empires 3 and Civilization 4. How does the Total War Series compare to these?

Would love to hear your thoughts.

stwils
For your first question, I personally would say go for the latest, Medieval 2, unless you're really much much more into the Classical era. The general cnsensus is that M2TW is a good improvement over RTW.

As for the second, it really depends hpw you enjoy those other games. Because I personally don't like them, so for me, there's no comparison ;)

Welcome :D