OT: Mediaval - Total War

Originally posted by sachmo:

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Originally posted by sachmo:
How does this game compare with Europa Universalis? They sound rather similar? Also, would anyone mind posting the minimum hardware specs including required HD space? I would look it up myself, but I'm a bit busy at work...

Anyone? I was thinking of buying it at lunch, but I already own EUII. If I knew why it was better, then I could buy it without a second thought. As it stands, it sounds like more of the same...

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Sachmo,

The two games aren't really comparable. The Total War series is really a 3-d, realtime, grand tactical battle game - with a strategic layer built on top, there just to generate more battles for you to fight.

Now Medieval, the latest in the series, is a lot more interesting strategically then Shogun was. It's got some fun new elements like having to keep your Royal Family alive and generating heirs, dealing with different religions (Crusades and Jihads etc). But the diplomacy is incredibly crude, the economics ditto - and who cares? The game's about fighting lots of battles, then finding ways to build better troops so you can fight more battles. The huge variety of troop types and the different terrain types stop it from getting repetative (so this time I've got to fight my entire army across one bridge? And he's got how many archers?)

Do you like the idea of fighting medieval-era battles in 3-d and realtime? If not, don't buy Medieval.

Mark