Total War !

Hello ,

Today i have decided to review a ground Breaking game .... Very Interesting , Very Addictive and Little known

The Developers of the total war series devised a completely new mode of gameplay , previously never seen before ..... A combination of Turn Based Strategy and real time Action Strategy .... There are upto now 4 Titles under this banner

-->Shogun Total War [Japanese History ]

--> Medieval Total War [ European History ]

-->Rome Total War [ Roman History ]

-->Medieval 2 Total War [European History]

There was a Spartan Total war [Greek History] for xbox and PS

ROME TOTAL WAR

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I have just started to play Rome Total War Lately and i must say that i am totally bowled over , by the depth of the game ! I will just give you a gist of the gameplay .

Turn based Strategy

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This is the battle map , Its a kind of overall view ..... Shown from the top , It does not give you a detailed view of the terrain
You use this to play out each turn .... 2 turns = 1 year [in game year]
You can move each character or perform actions on each object once per turn

In this map you

Empire management duties like

-->Build/move your army [including ships]
-->Build new buildings/walls etc in your cities , Lay siege to an enemy city
-->Start[not fight] Battles
--> Diplomacy using your Ambassador /Spy / Assassin
-->Trade with other factions

And do many more functions
[list is too long]

Real Time Action Strategy

Roman Spearman
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Egyptian Army
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Spearmen
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This is the most fun part , When you start a Battle in the previous map the game loads and then transfers you to a 3D world !
Here you must Shepperd your troops and use tactics to win battles .

This is very realistic and totally depends on your intelligence and skill .....

some examples of strategy

-->Hide in Forest and Ambush Enemies crossing your path
-->Shoot fire arrows to set forests on Fire and kill hiding enemies waiting to ambush you
-->Soldiers running for too long will be tired
-->Groups of soldiers who have suffered heavy soldiers will start routing [running away from battle,u ll lose control of them !]

If you use the above trick , you can defeat armies 3 times your size !

Again too long list to explain in Detail

These are some of the factions [teams] present

-->Roman Julii [all those carrying the name Julius ] Ex : Decius Julius
-->Roman Brutii [ all those carrying the name Brutus ]
-->Roman Scipii [ ??? ]
-->Roman Senate [Peoples Republic of Rome]
-->Barbarian Gauls
-->Barbarian Germanic tribes [Germany ]
-->Barbarian Britannia [ Ancient British settlers]
-->Barbarian Spanish
-->Carthaginians
-->Egyptians
-->Dacians
-->Greek Cities
-->Rebels / Pirates / brigands
-->Numidians
-->Macedonians
-->Selucids [Turkey]

There are more , but thats all i remember

Its so realistic that
even archers have limited no of arrows [and a small knife to fight after that!]

Units can wield multiple weapons

For Example the Roman Hastati unit Throws pilae [small spears] Before charging the enemy with a Sheild and short sword .....

Romans using Scorpions
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scorpions were weapons used in ancient times to fire huge Bolts of arrow which killed multiple people


Barbarian Swordsman
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Notice that the soldier carries 2 pilae [short spears] in his shield

Well this is the latest in the series of total war games

A Word of Caution
The Graphics will leave you ROFC ing [Rolling On The Floor Crying]

Dont go near this game until you have a serious gaming rig [Minimum requirement is 128mb Graphic card ]

Have nt played this yet .. ll leave you with some screen shots

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