Medieval: Total War Battle Collection

List Price: $19.99 Discount Price: $29.99

Features:

• Includes both Medieval: Total War and the Viking Invasion expansion pack
• Play 1 of 15 nations that wage war to become the dominant empire
• Assume the role of figures like William Wallace and Leif Erickson
• Command armies that utilize siege cannons, mangonels, ballistae, boiling oil and flaming arrows
• For 1 or more players

Accessories:

PC Gamer (1-year)

Customer Reviews:

Only one complaint [Posted on 2006-02-02]
Since the excellentnessnessness of this game has been expounded upon, I have only one beef with the Battle Collection edition.

You get one game and one expansion pack (if you didn't read the product description). Without the expansion pack, there is an insanely unfair (but ludicrously fun) axe-wielding light cavalry available only to the Egyptians. It is nearly impossible for the Europeans to defeat them - until the advent of armored spearmen, that is. Using these six-legged terrors (two for the axeman, four for the horse, brainiacs) and a complex network of ships, it is possible for your men to enjoy a meal of baba ghanoush while visiting Sweden. So cool.....

You may notice that this is not, truthfully, what happened. I tell you that this does not, truthfully, matter. The game is a riot. If you think these units are unfair, just install the expansion pack and they go away. THAT, my friends, is my only complaint.

Oh, yeah, download the patch so that all of your generals don't die at the age of 50. Kinda stinks when that happens. Then again, a 170-year-old general is sort of anti-historical too.

Great upgrade for an already great game. [Posted on 2006-02-07]
Medieval Total War just gets better. You can play the game like always with access to more factions, or you can play just on the British Isles. Rampage and destroy with the Vikings. Control and unify with the Scots. It has all of the great game play that exists with the original with great additions. The best change is that you can organize your reserves as well as your original troops. Now if you're defending during a huge battle and you know that your archers will be out of ammo after the first few on slots, set up your first reserves to be archers. It allows greater depth of thought to large engagements. What a blast!

historical warfare [Posted on 2006-02-25]
This game is the epitome of medieval war. There is Dark Age warfare and Middle Ages warfare. There are many things in this game that the avid medieval reader will recognize. If you want a mostly historically accurate game, I suggest this game for you. There is even the option to forgo commanding battles yourself and keep the game focused on the strategic level. I only have one problem with this game: the strategic portion is single-player only. That prevents this game from being the best strategy game I ever played. Of course, there's nothing more satisfying than outmaneuvering your friends on the battlefield and then mercilessly slaughtering their captured soliders with a voracious war cry just like your ancient ancestors and laughing at them!

GREAT [Posted on 2006-10-03]
This is easily my favorite game of all time. I am a SERIOUS gamer, and this game brings something new to the table everytime you play it. If you are actually skilled enough to beat all the campaigns, it is fairly simple to create your own unique campaigns using the mods. There are NO LIMITS to this game. It is unreal.

This is da strategy game for anyone. [Posted on 2007-01-10]
Medieval: Total War is super easy to learn. Gamers who are starting to be attracted to strategy or war games should begin here. The whole object of the game is to either dominate the world or stun the world with glorius achievements. The graphics don't compare to that of Rome: Total War's, but the gameplay is better. The Expansion Pack: Viking Invasion adds a Vikings Campaign, new civilazations along with new army units. Anyone will be thirsty to DOMINATE THE MEDEIVAL WORLD!

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