Average User Rating: 80% (31 Reviews)
3 / 5	In regards to the previous review... D. Green "Emperor Fabulous" (Manchester, UK) - 5 June 2007 ..., it isn't exactly fair; as this relates to the original "base" title and not the expansion. Yes, MTW2 isn't a perfect title (name one PC/console title that ever has been?) but this product is an expansion pack that is bringing a lot of improvements, tweaks, changes, fixes and additions. To comment so negatively on the Kingdoms product page (so early?) is perhaps unwise, that is a little like giving World of Warcraft a bad review at launch; when you know that the game is going to continuously improve with content/patch updates in the future. ... Read Full Review »
4 / 5	Worth the wait. Mr. N. Haynes "Stern" (Blighty) - 3 September 2007 Ignoring for the moment the other reviews which were posted well before the product's release, this is undoubtedly a game of a depth, richness and quality we've come to associate with the Total War stable. 4 huge missions make this extremely good value and the game looks fantastic, and plays in a familiar challenging way. Frustrations do however exist. The depth of strategy is perhaps not surprisingly, reduced for these missions; this is first and foremost a wargame after all. The Warfare itself is almost identical to the host game (although the AI armies strike me as being a bit more intelligent, and certainly stronger than in the original title - no bad thing), but the environments where battle take place don't seem to have the variety of the original, a fact most frustratingly in evidence in the Americas campaign where the ubiquitous forest makes getting an overview of your troops almost impossible - challenging the first couple of times, frustrating the next dozen! To date I have completed the America's campaign (as Spain) and have struggled in the far more detailed Britannia game. Its frustrating being England to start with, controlling so many towns and cities with armies randomly hidden in forts and towns where you may only stumble across them 20 turns into the game. Excessive revolts early in the game make any coherent stategy difficult to adopt as you get the feeling you are contantly fire-fighting to quell the latest in a series of annoying rebellions, and with such a sprawling realm this mission feels a lot less exciting than the America's one. To date therefore, an enjoyable and very challenging game with minor frustrations, and occassional bugs in the America's where the game can just hang when too many allied armies are involved in one battle. A worthy sequel to Medieval but with nothing like the private life and sleep destroying potential of the parent game.... Read Full Review »
5 / 5	Beautiful Fly Smith.D.S "Fly on the wall" - 2 July 2007 A great game, and a much awaited release. With so many cool units such as the byzantine flamethrowers. A must have for all total war fans. If you look over any of the forums you will see how much everyone loves this game
5 / 5	Will be brilliant David Graham "Grayday" (Newcastle Upon Tyne, England) - 30 June 2007 MTW2 is a brilliant game, with a long lasting game and brilliant battles, the only thing i asked for is more gameplay, which this expansion will deliver.
2 / 5	Poor Gail Bateman - 25 September 2007 Graphically beautiful, but once again the latest TW title is less enjoyable in the long term than it's predecessors. There seems to be no improvement to the passive AI we have come to recognise in later TW releases, the "fire fighting" of Britannia is reminiscant of the Western Roman Empire's early struggles in Rome Total War: Barbarian Invasion and there are STILL bugs in this Medieval engine even though CA are heralding their next release already. Sloppy, lacking diversity and anashamedly appealing to arcade fans rather then strategists, I've already gone back to Rome Total War where at least the unit diversity makes for a varied game. Each Total War release seems less mentally stimulating than the last.... Read Full Review »