Verdicts on Medieval II

**Sebastian Seth** · 12-14-2007, 01:17

If I would start writing down things that medieval total war 2 lacks...

I remember I liked "shogun total war", "medieval total war: viking invasion" and "rome total war: barbarian invasion".

The graphics are great but it seems that the playability have taken deep dive to archive that.

I would wish they would make more improvements and consentrate on making the game fun to play instead of fun to watch.

**Hellenic_Hoplite** · 12-14-2007, 01:39

It's a Great Game and I have spent countless hours playing it.

It would however be evan better if they could:

1. Improve both the battle AI and the Campaign map AI

2. Add Provincial Troops at least on some sort of small scale (like they had in the original Medieval)

3. Make all factions playable from the start or at least unlockable.

Overall the total war series have been some of the best (if not the best) strategy games of all time.

**Goaswerfraiejen** · 12-14-2007, 01:50

I gave up on Medieval II about half a year ago and started Rome up again. I've been very disappointed overall--and not just by bugs (although I was incapable of commanding battles myself for the first week or so--1 frame every 6 minutes suxorz). Really, it's just that Medieval II isn't different enough from Rome, and it really lacks the same feeling (as you said). Really, it just felt like the first Medieval had been adapted to the Rome engine--which is essentially what happened, it seems. I couldn't even enjoy the apparently majestic graphics, so it was a real downer.

**Whacker** · 12-14-2007, 03:09

In hindsight, I would not have bought the game new at all, it's worth maybe $10, 20 if I'm in a really good mood. Kingdoms is infested with facist DRM, so it's a no-go period. In terms of the 4 TW games, I can honestly say I derived the least amount of enjoyment from this one. It's not a bad game, but it fails in many, many, many respects to live up to the bar set by it's predecessors, and it's nowhere near the same calibur or quality of my favorite games of all time.

To each his or her own...

**Csargo** · 12-14-2007, 03:21

Mods are the only thing that makes it playable for me

**Galain_Ironhide** · 12-14-2007, 05:37

If it wasnt for me having a wife and 2 kids, I think I would be playing this game everyday. Instead I have resorted to roughly every 2nd or 3rd day.

I love the game and LTC (playing a Turks GC at the moment) has made it more appealing recently. I think the next GC I try might be under the Darth Mod or even EB.

I know the game has its flaws but that has never made me want to stop playing it. Now that I have done my homework on Kingdoms (its issues and how to get around them) I am going to buy that as well, after the patch of course.

Happy days!

**PseRamesses** · 12-14-2007, 07:13

Originally Posted by Ichigo

Mods are the only thing that makes it playable for me

Exactly my opinion too. I´ve always stated that CA should work on the engine and stop this hardcoded s_t and leave the rest to the modding community. They don´t have the resources or project time to commit to an era or decent scenario.

**Henry707** · 12-14-2007, 09:40

I think it's a great game. We do seem to have a lot of "what's the verdict" style posts - no game is perfect - but hey, it's supplied me some great game play over the last few months.....

The mods just make even better - I love LTC.

Henri