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
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
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
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