It is a very good game. Just some areas that can be improved. Generals die easily killed by inquisitors. Money not enough. No of turns can be longer or stated by gamer who may wish to fight till the end. Merchants lost too easily, the income is not enough to cover the cost of merchant . No time to explore further and the game ended.
Hopefully some patch can be created to solve these problems to make it better. so that it derserves a 10.
It seems that the total number of troops the battle field can control is only about 4000. not ten thousands. If this can be improved in future total war games. it will be good. Reinforcements delayed due to over quota of troops. If a patch can improve this it will be nice.
Right, five hours in and I'm on crusade, seven hours in and my crusade is no more thanks to a pesky inquisitor, twelve hours in and I'm debating whether or not to take on the pope as well as trying to defend my borders f... Read Full Review
The good: Very pretty, captures the flavor of the era, lots of choices, big map. Interesting new gameplay with city/castle choices. The bad: Horrible, horrible tactical AI. Lots of bugs. Time limit seems short. T... Read Full Review