Medieval: Total War Gold Edition

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Medieval: Total War Gold Edition From Sega Of America, Inc. List Price: $19.99 Price: $16.62 & eligible for FREE Super Saver Shipping on orders over $25. Details Availability: Usually ships in 24 hours Ships from and sold by lakeplacegames 7 new or used available from $12.75 Average customer review:

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Spectacular Epic 3D Total War BattlesProduct InformationMedieval: Total War is a game of empire building and epic real time battles. Encompassing four centuries of warfare from the first Crusade in 1095 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Rule your kingdom through four centuries of brutal Medieval warfare.  Laysiege to mighty fortresses and command vast armies across the battlefields ofEurope and North Africa.  This is no time for the faint hearted. Medieval Total War - Viking Invasion Expansion Pack takes the action back intime to 793 with all new campaign and playable factions.  Build an empireusing trade diplomacy subterfuge and the art of war.This is total war!Product Title Included Medieval Total War Medieval Total War - Viking Invasion Expansion PackProduct OverviewMedieval Total WarMedieval Total War portrays the clash between mighty nations and ancientcultures on the blood-drenched battlefields of the Middle Ages. The epic battlesand castle sieges feature over 10000 warriors in varied and spectacular 3Denvironments employing tactics and weapons spanning 400 years of technicalrevolution on the battlefield.Armies now comprise over 100 different unit types many unique to theirparticular culture and period: the English can train longbow yeomanry the Turksraise Janissary armies from among their Christian slaves while the German HolyRoman Empire reaches the pinnacle of heavy gothic armored knights. Each typerepresents different tactical opportunities for their commander. Battlefieldterrain is also extremely varied with forests lakes deserts mountains andplains that realistically recreate campaigns in any part of feudal EuropeNorthern Africa or the Near East.Different factions in Medieval Total War demand different skills andapproaches. Commanding the awe-inspiring German Holy Roman Empire demands amasterful balance between the velvet glove and the iron gauntlet; while takingthe di

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Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #4579 in Video Games
• Brand: Sega Of America, Inc.
• Released on: 2006-02-26
• ESRB Rating: Teen
• Platforms: Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows Me, Windows XP
• Format: CD-ROM
• Dimensions: .25 pounds

Features

• In Medieval - Total War you'll rewrite history through a mixture of epic battles, trade, diplomacy and resource management. Watch Real-time 3D battles unfold, with over 10,000 troops and 100 unique unit types - knights, infantry, siege engines and more. Become a famous medieval hero -- Saladin, Richard the Lion-Hearted, Joan Of Arc and others. Engage in historical campaigns like the Hundred Years War and Mongol Crusades, and develop the skills you need to crush your rivals!
• Medieval - Total War - Viking Invasion begins the next chapter of classic medieval warfare! In 793 A.D. a group of pagan raiders appeared off the coast of England. These deadly raiders became known as the Vikings -- you'll get to play as the Vikings and sack the cities, or fight against them to defend northern Europe. Battle for control and dominance as one of eight new factions -- Vikings, Britons, Saxons, Scots and other north European tribes. Raise province-specific units like the Irish Da

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Customer Reviews

Bad Product - Error Made by Activision Activision and SEGA, who created the Gold Edition made a major error with this product. When downloading the 2.01 patch to play Multiplayer, the game does not recognize the Gold Edition as a Medieval Total War or Viking Invasion game (since this is a 3-CD set) and will not install. An unofficial patch has been created, but you will never be able to play Multiplayer with this "Gold Edition". I mailed SEGA/Activision with a complaint about this failed product and their failure to fix the error, and I was supplied with another copy, which was the Medieval Total War: Battle Collection" copy. I do not advise purchasing this error-ridden product. Buyer alert, watch out! First let me say I have spent literally hundreds of hours playing this game and absolutely love it. The bad news is that it would not play on the new more powerful PC I bought in back in 2004, but I was not too disappointed because I was having so much fun with Rome: Total War, the next generation game in the Total War family. I recently bought yet another PC (March 2009) in anticipation of Empire being released and out of curiosity attempted to play Medieval on it. It crashes every time before a single move. I spent a tremendous amount of time on the net, blogging, tweaking the PC, and downloading patches, etc....but without success. On this basis I must warn you that you might very well be in for the same disappointment unless your system is ancient. I give the game five stars for fun but one overall due to the crashing problem. Complicated at first, but great overall When I bought this, I was expecting a respectively hard and involved game. I got what I wanted in full. This is not a game friendly to casual gamers or ones who like uncomplicated games, you can't just pick it up and learn it within minutes, but I don't consider this a fault personally. It is very rewarding once you find out where everything is and know how to use it when. I would venture a guess that I haven't done nearly half of that this offers, and I already think I got more than my money's worth. Everything from a great campaign, to historical battles to custom ones too, it's got everything I wanted and more. Just an aside, but no, I wasn't paid to write this, I just know what I like. For a game that's going on 7 years old, it is incredibly fun.