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Medieval II Gold Pack (Total War, Total War Kingdoms) | 
| From: Sega of America
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
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Seller: TimMcSales
Rating:  36 reviews
Sales Rank: 384
Format: CD
Platforms: Windows XP, Windows
Genre: Action Games
ESRB: Teen
Media: Video Game
Number Of Items: 1
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Operating System: Windows XP
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1
Dimensions (in): 7.5 x 5.5 x 1.3
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MPN: 85223
Model: 85223
UPC: 010086852233
EAN: 0010086852233
ASIN: B000YQ639M
Release Date: February 6, 2008
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Features:
| • | Richly detailed battles that feature thousands of 3D units and intense combat. | | • | Manage the economic, civil, religious and military arms of your empire. | | • | Over 100 different units, including knights, men-at-arms, English longbowmen, and more. | | • | Spectacular sieges, as you pound castles into dust with cannons, catapults, and ballistae. | | • | Multiplayer battles with up to seven other players over the Internet. |
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Product Description
Medieval: Total War Gold Edition is the compilation of the critically-acclaimed Medieval: Total War and its official expansion pack - Total War Kingdoms.Set in the turbulent Middle Ages Medieval puts you in command of your own empire as you crush neighboring kingdoms and unify all of Europe the Mediterranean and the Middle East. Medieval: Total War Kingdoms features four entire campaigns centered on expanded maps of the British Isles Teutonic Northern Europe the Middle East and the Americas. In Medieval II you were only given a glimpse of South America but in Kingdoms vast tracts of land in both North and South America have been opened up for you to conquer.All-new factions from the New World are also now fully playable including the Aztecs Apaches and Mayans. In both games you rule all aspects of your kingdom throughout centuries of medieval warfare. Lay siege to mighty fortresses and command vast armies across the battlefields of Europe and North Africa. This is Total War.Format: WIN 98NT2000XP/DVD SOFTWARE Genre: ENTERTAINMENT Rating: T UPC: 010086852233 Manufacturer No: 85223
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Showing reviews 1-5 of 36
 No real improvement from Rome Total War August 25, 2010
M Spocky (Colorado)
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
The 2-star rating is the average of 4 and 0 stars: 4 stars for a player who never played Total War and 0 stars for a seasoned Total War player.
4 stars: Total War games are a great mix of battle tactics and grand strategy. While the latter is not very sophisticated, it is developed enough to make for a lot of fun. Managing cities and castles, deciding to launch a crusade, making effective use of assassins, spies, priests, princesses and generals, managing diplomatic relationships with the Pope, etc. are definitely an integral part of the game and can be very funny. However, not being the best at it won't necessarily make you lose the game either. In order to win, you need first and foremost to be good at battles. And if you're really the best, you can more than make up for not managing your empire too well. Battles are really what make Total War a unique game. While I read many history books only Total War made me grasp really well the meaning of the words that these books use to describe battle tactics. I'm sure it could be improved a lot further but at the present point in time I haven't encountered any better game than Total War as far as (ancient) battle tactics.
0 stars: I played Rome Total War for thousands of hours. I bought Medieval thinking of discovering much improved battle settings. I was disappointed on both battles and strategy. In general there is little improvement that I can see. The addition of some agents like princesses and priests and the distinction between cities and castles are no game changer, more like unnecessary distractions. The relationship with the Pope is similar to the relationship with the Senate in Rome Total War. Crusades don't present anything really interesting. But what really makes my rating go down is the overall visibility. I find it harder to `read' the map (distinguishing my agents from my enemies', spotting where armies are, what my regions are, etc.) and even more importantly, the battle camera doesn't give me as good a view as in Rome Total War. I tried all possible camera settings, brightness, contrast to no effect. To the point that it is harder to evaluate the distance between units, their type or their speed than in Rome. Time compression doesn't show exact remaining time when hovering the mouse over the indicator, cavalry doesn't always run when ordered to (looks very much like a bug), enemy units don't show their morale level (maybe intentional), etc. I gave the game a chance for about 2 weeks but I now stopped playing.
Where is the Manual?????? August 22, 2010
D. Kostopoulos (KC, MO USA)
The game was installed fine in my windows 7 PC, but Manual was not included with the game (At least they could have included a pdf copy in one of the DVDs but they did not).
 The Best game ever May 7, 2010
Fedor Prokoshin (Dubna, Russia)
I played this one first time in 2005, and many times later, and it's still gives a lot of fun! The same is for Rome Total war.
This pack comes in two thick VHS - size boxes.
It the first box:
- The game in 2 DVDS
- Making of DVD
- Soundtrack
- Manual
- Color map of size A3 approx
- list of buildings and unit on two sides, of the same size
In the second:
- two DVDS with the pack, and update to 1.3 of the original game
- manual to the expancion path
Now, with Kingdoms pack, it's time to take warpath to drive palefaces back to the sea!
Also the Eternal City should be put under the righteous rule of Basileus, together with the Holy land.
Terrific Game May 2, 2010
Valance (Whangarei, New Zealand)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
Think Age of Empires II cranked up about 100 times. This game is a ripper. Those who love medieval RTS will be in heaven here. The game's depth and complexity will be a little overwhelming for beginners but is so worth the effort and makes for a much more richer and satisfying gaming experience.
Medieval 2 Total War (Gold Edition) Review, Is It Worth It??? April 18, 2010
JamesRollinsAndClemensFan01...
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Ahh, yes, the Medieval age a time for strong fortified castles to dot the landscape through Europe and the Middle East (and northern parts of Africa)and huge cities to be plaged by The Great Death and more important a time for Total War.
This game takes you too the middle ages of history. You choose from over 10 possible playable kingdoms from England to Egypt. Your goal? Total and utter domination!Rule your land through diplomacy, treachery, and beyond all war. You as the supervising general for all armies. Your hand can play major roles in your quest for domination when you attack and choose to play the battle in question on the battlefield. Or put your armies under AI control and let them do your dirty work, there are more than willing.
Medieval II: Total War was a game that caught my interest from playing Para World on my computer I knew that I liked controling an army and building magnificent cities. However Total War is MUCH better than Para World.
I've played Medieval II Total ALOT! I've been just about all the playable kingdoms there is to be and still find it a fun game.
The graphics in the game a spectacular and keeps the Total War 'flavor' (as I like to call it)It did start a little rough on my computer but with a few compromises I got it working slick. The cities and castles in the game are also magnificent in the game, much, much detail. And I liked that you have different units within castles, which you can have many or few (I'd only go with a few castles on the outskirts of your enemy's kingdom. if you have to many you won't be able to get alot in taxes. and iff you are in need of taxes you can allways convert your castle into a city.)
The over-all of this game is Awesome! A verry good buy and well worth the money there is nothing bad about this game. Other than the two things I noted on, but those are really, really minuscule compaired to how great the game is.
Medieval II: Total War Gold Edition is the actual Medieval II game with the exspansion packs with it (America's,Britannia,Crusades, and Tuetonic)The exspansion packs are good but are more in-depth in the certain area and the Battle map is on a smaller more personal scale on the indivusual packs. They rate just like Medieval II: Total War. Verry, verry good games.
JRF01...
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