Thihs game is an instant classic. I had not played the first two Total War games. When I want my strat. fix I usually go back to the latest in the Civ. series but I think RTW will be my new favorite. I have only been this excited about a few games over the years. This one rates right up there with Empire from the late 70's, the Ultima and Wing Commander series, and the Civilation series as a game that sets a new standard. It takes a really great game to get me excited, (shooters get boring for me after a few hours) and this one made me say WOW over and over again. The game takes about 30 minutes to learn the basics which allow you to play. The advisors make learning the game fun and easy. I do think that it will take many hours or even many days of gameplay to master the games nuiencs however. and I do not think that anyone will be able to truly master the game as there are so many possibilities. I am playing with all graphics settings maxed out and everything runs smooth with no hint of hesitation. Great job writing code guys. The sound is imersive and real, it makes you turn your head to see "what was that sound over there or in back". I highly recommend listining to it through an EAX 3 enabled sound card and good speakers. I do wish that someone would enable a game of this quality to display over two monitors as so many now have dual monitor graphics cards. I also would like a manual that is more readable, 6 pt font is not easy to see, especially for us older guys. Except for that there is absolutly nothing else I can find to criticize. Anyone who likes Strategy games or Battle Epics or great story lines or amazing graphics and sound or who just admires a masterpeice work of computer code writing art should get this game. Those who just like shooters should try it anyway as you just may have a new favorite gendre.
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