Medieval II: Total War

If you get past the installation, uninstallation, patching, repatching process; the game is as good as advertised

User Rating: 9 | Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms PC

By andriaschandra | Review Date: September 11, 2007

Another great game to add to the already great series. The installation process is a let down, though. Check out the Totalwar forum for possible solution if you're one of the throngs facing this issue. I had to do a complete clean installation of Medieval 2, manually install the Update2 folder from the expansion disc, then install the expansion.

Oh, you better have a big HDD space. I had to uninstall several games to accomodate this beast. But maybe i need to upgrade my system.

The expansion added little gameplay changes, but still, addictive & refreshing enough. Each of the campaign offers enough variations to keep you occupied for hours and hours. Not to mention, you can play each campaign from different point of view.

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