My first thoughts on the game were shattered by an inability to play due to the game crashing at the loading screen and never reaching the main menu. I decided to take on the game again when
Steam announced that all of the Total War series is on a 66% off sale as well as all DLCs belonging to the games.
So I went ahead and reinstalled the demo. Easy peasy, works like a charm. I was disappointed to find out I can't play on highest settings but even on medium it looks very nice. For the record, I'm on a Core 2 Duo E7300 3.0 GHz, 4 GB RAM and a 9800GT.
The controls are very fluid and simple for even someone like me, who can't figure out budget in Simcity that well, to figure it out. It's like a regular RTS almost but full scale battles in colonial times.
It's pretty fun and they have a multitude of units to show your way of play.
Pros:- Fun
- Looks great even on medium
- Simple controls that let you control functions a regular 1700s army would do
- Naval combat is pretty realistic
Cons:- Loading times are a drag
- The quotes during loading are pretty much the usual "THE SWORD BESTS THE GUN IN COMBAT" philosophic things.
Overall:It's pretty damn fun for an RTS fan like me, I've never really played Medieval Total War because I'm not a fan for knights and stuff and Rome isn't my thing either.
I almost mistook the price of $20 for being Empire Total War and it's expansions, but that's just all of the Total War games. All for around $33. That's the price of Empire: Total War plus it's expansions. I honestly don't care about Indians so I'm not buying the Warpath thing.
If I wasn't tight on budget I'd buy it.
