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"A Cowards Mother Does Not Weep"

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 10 / 16
Date: September 28, 2004
Author: Amazon User

When I finally wrestled Medieval: Total War out of the box and got it on my machine, I did not in my wildest dreams think that it could be toped. Well ladies and gentlemen, let me present you with Rome: Total War. This game is absolutely INCREDIBLE. Period. And that is just the battle map part of the game. Not only is this game absolutely groundbreaking on the battle level, but I also think it sets a new standard for turn based strategy. Honestly, The strategy map reminds me alot of Warcraft 2 graphics. So you're thinking, "well Warcraft 2 is kind of old isn't it?" Well that may well be the case...but I'm not talking about the battle map, no sir, the STRATEGY MAP. This thing was nothing more than 2D game pieces on a seemingly flat map in the last game. We're talking a major leap in design. With all this aside, I think what really stands out for me with this game is how easy it is to play. Even the most inexperienced strategy game player can easily master this entire system in under 45 minutes. So if you've been waiting for a game that allows you to "Cry Havoc! and let loose the dogs of war!" on Carthage, The Greeks, Gauls, Germania...Then this is a MUST buy. Simply put, this a MUST buy for anyone that appreciates the gaming industry period.

TRY THE DEMO-PRE-ORDER THE GAME

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 12 / 21
Date: September 01, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Go to Gamespot and download the free demo of this game and you will certainly be convinced to pre-order it with Free Super Saver Shipping on Amazon. If you are not convinced watch Decisive Battles on the History Channel on friday nights at 9 p.m. Eastern, which uses the actual game engine to depict historical battles. It is realistic and breathtaking. The show also creates a respect for this genre of gaming which I previously believed to be stale and never really gave a chance. However, when you see the courage of 300 Spartans who hold off an army of 11,000 Persians in a narrow pass and the strategies (and sheer courage) a smaller but well trained force can use to defend and overcome its enemy it is truly inspiring.

I haven't played a real time strategy battle game since Myst years back, since I generally prefer First Person Shooter Multiplayer games. I have spent more time replaying the same single Demo battle on Rome Total War than Doom 3, which I spent 55 dollars on.! If that doesn't say something then how about a few details:

The game is very easy to play and the controls are intuitive. There are several difficulty settings which are noticeable. You can pause a battle any time to catch your breath, zoom around the battle field, issue new orders and then let the battle continue. You can watch the entire battlefield or with a click on a unit card zoom in on any unit to get a ground's eye view of the action. There is nothing like the thrill of watching your infantry fight a numerically superior force, on the brink of breaking when you send in your herd of armored war elephants and watch the opposing soldier's bodies go flying as they are trampled! The graphics are top notch and the game ran smoothly with total forces of close to 2000 soldiers on the battlefield at high detail on my modest AMD XP 2100, 768MB RAM PC 2100, ATI Radeon 9600 Pro 128 MB Alienware PC. I could write more but I would rather return to playing again, but I thought there should be at least one review posted by someone who has actually played the game!

Excellent graphic, awful gameplay

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 12 / 21
Date: April 14, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This was one of my most expected games. And, at first, it seemed to be just what I wanted. Excellent graphics (both strategic and battle), historically accurate units and buildings, nice misic, pretty comfortable interface. However, after playing two campaigns I abandoned this game.

The reason is simple. AI is weak beyond any reason, even on "hard" difficulty. I consider myself a pretty casual player. I played 3-4 strategic games before, and usually the "normal" level was more than enough for me. But in Rome: Total War I could conquer the whole world in 6-8 hours of play, playing on "hard". And I used not even the Roman Empire, but some minor barbarian nation. AI is a real crap here, one of the worst I ever seen.
I still can recommend this game to players with almost no significant experience in strategic games. Surely, it will be a good present to a school kid - nice looking, somewhat educating, no blood and easy to play. But to players seeking for really challenging strategy game with high replayability value my advice would be - go to somewhere else.

Is this really the version they wanted to release?

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 9 / 14
Date: October 18, 2004
Author: Amazon User

To start, I was Medieval Total War fan that thought that Rome Total War would be an improvement. Unfortunately, it is not what I expected at all. For those that have played Medieval, the map area is roughly the same, though there are a few more countries carved out. Buildings and units are about the same as well. The two real differences are that the countries have populations and movement is based on map distance rather than the 1 country is 1 movement unit regardless of size.

The problems:
-Movement is more realistic but slows the game down and there are a lot of movement problems with getting stuck places.
-Game is slow and bugged beyond belief, many game shutdowns and problems with play. Hopefully a patch will fix this but I wouldn't buy it until it is out.
-Commanding battle personally is still not much fun. It is almost the same as Medieval and makes the game even slower to play.
-The population on settlements is again more realistic but managing large settlement is tedious and hard, and there is not way to control population except to let the settlement rebel, retake it, and then exterminate the population. This is not much fun, especially when it is you capital that is too big.

My advice is stay away from this one until they hopefully fix some playability issues and even then don't expect a game that is high on action.

Not worth the money

1 Rating: 1, Useful: 11 / 20
Date: April 15, 2005
Author: Amazon User

The 1.2 patch has created more issues than it fixed. The game has lots of bugs that make it easy for the game player to use to there advantage to win the game. Great graphics, battles are short and can be one-sided to the game players advantage. over all look for something elses

I waited 2 years for this game

3 Rating: 3, Useful: 9 / 15
Date: October 10, 2004
Author: Amazon User

Yes, Medieval Total War was the ultimate computer game. It ate up every free minute of my time for months on end. When I heard there would be a sequel that would blow it away, I simply couldn't wait.
Now the wait is over...
And it wasn't worth it. (...) It is ok, don't get me wrong, but it is nowhere near as compelling to play as Medieval. The realistic feel, the troop control, the style is just no longer there. I got this thing out of the box, loaded it and have only played it 3 times. The second and third times, just to look for something I like. This compares to not being able to turn the computer off for months on end with the last total war game. Yes, of course, there are things that are better, but you can tell that something important has been lost.
Nice try, but you should have taken another 6 months and gotten it right.

The best strategy game of all time

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: July 25, 2005
Author: Amazon User

This game is thorougly excellent and well worth its price. I normally don't play strategy computer games, but this one blew me away.

There are so many pros that it's difficult to list them all. The game begins in 270 B.C., and if it's your first time playing it, you have the option of playing as one of three powerful Roman factions. As you play the game, you can unlock the other factions (the Carthiginians, Gauls, Britons, Egyptians, etc) as you conquer them. Your goal is to expand your empire across the known world, which you can do by battling enemy armies, taking their settlements, and building and maintaining your own armies and settlements.

The battle scenes are stunning and cinematic. Unlike other strategy games, this game truly allows the player to demonstrate his prowess with military tactics. And the program is so intuitive that it actually matters how you go about fighting your battle. For instance, using cavalry to attack the enemy from behind will actually result in more enemy casualties than an attack from the front.

The only negative aspect of this game that I can think of is the lack of any player involvement in naval battles. If you are attacked by an enemy fleet, you cannot fight yourself; you must allow the computer to determine the outcome automatically, which is not good because if the enemy has more ships, he will always win.

Aside from that, however, this is an excellent game and you'd be doing yourself a disservice if you are a computer game afficianado and do not already own it.

Rome Total War: Total fun

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 6 / 8
Date: September 07, 2005
Author: Amazon User

As a long-time fan of Civilization series I was on the prowl for some strategy game that might keep me away from my Civilization addiction.

I must say I found it : RTW blends in an awesome way TBS (the campaign map) and RTS genre (the battles).

The game has it's flaws (such as the naval battles which are abstract and self-resolving and the management/strategy part is very simple compared to civ) but only minor ones at that.

The battles are cinematic like in the movie Gladiator. The graphics are awesome. And the music is excellent. I love the quotes between screens.

Highly recommended game. And the mods for it are looking truely spectacular. You MUST buy this game it's as simple as that.

I cannot wait for the expansion pack this September. Just be careful not to become too addicted :lol:

Drakan

Great potential crippled for slow player

2 Rating: 2, Useful: 10 / 18
Date: April 12, 2005
Author: Amazon User

If you are the kind of player who can't play more than a few turns at a time (due to RL constraints), you will be very disappointed by this game. Due to an annoying bug when you reload a save game, the strategic AI is completely checked in his development (few countries will be able to expand beyind their intial borders).

Which means no challenge at all on the strategic level and quite a boring game.

PYJ

Awesome game!!!!!

5 Rating: 5, Useful: 4 / 4
Date: March 14, 2006
Author: Amazon User

After reading many reviews over this game I wasnt sure if I should get this, but I finally decided that I should get the demo for it, I got the demo and was amazed at how good the detail was and how big the battles were. So the next day I went out and bought the game. I have been playing the game for a month and I am only about one third done with one faction! There are like fifteen factions. So far I have only played as the Brutii, and I have already destroyed Macedonia, and the Greeks, and Pontus and Dacia are about to fall. I could easily overthrow the senate but I am waiting for another time to destroy them. I do use one cheat though, it gives you the desired amount of money. That way I dont have to worry about money. A lot of the game is played like chess, in the same way but a piece is a general and the general stands for a army. The chess board is a 3d map of europe,africa and the middle east.
Once you conquer a faction and control all the cities that they started out with you can play as them in campaign mode. At the begginning of the game you can only play as the three Roman factions; Julii, Scipii, Brutii. The Julii are located in the north of Italy, and mostly fight barbarians who are very easy to kill but are huge in number. The Brutii are located in the east of the Italian Peninsula, and face the Macedonians and the Greeks who fight in a phalanx, so you will have to start learning tactics to fight them(not just sending soldiers to face them head on).Once you have conquered the Greeks and Macedonians you will have the choice of sending your armies to the east or to the north. I chose to split my forces up and send them both ways. The Scipii live in the southern coast of Italy and north of Sicily. They first have to destroy Carthage, and after that they have a huge Medditeranean power that made Carthage so powerful. So they can fight in any direction, conquering Spain, Africa, Egypt, and Israel.
Overall I think I should have picked the Scipii because they have more choices than the Brutii, and the Julii. If I were you I would go out and get this game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

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