Medieval 2 Total War - Kingdoms, PC (Windows)

It is stuffy and the metal around my shoulders feel heavy. We walk for days through the woods where every second can be. Your last Afforestation is thick and dark. Beautiful to see, but the nightmare of every leader. Because even though I do not see them, you know they are there: the savages. Fast as light, violent and familiar with this area like no other. The men suffer from malnutrition, but no word complained. The desire for the shiny gold is stronger than any sense of fear whatsoever. I cross them another heartened "Forward men! The gold light yonder behind the hills'! ... The newest member of the Total War series: Medieval II - Kingdoms (henceforth abbreviated to Kingdoms) is finally here. Kingdoms is an extension of the highly acclaimed predecessor, which the authors take you even further into the violent world of our ancestors. Where death, destruction and ruin are everyday fare. Be guided by faith, the will to shining gold or saving your loved ones. It all comes to the same thing in a world of total war: Kill or be killed! Overall Rating: The game offers many new features compared to the original. There are different single-player campaigns, namely: Britannia, Crusades, Teutonic, Americas. Find them all in different areas instead, with each campaign different peoples and its unique units to control. In addition, the interactive campaigns and there are more events in programmed based on the history (where known). It has to be mentioned that there are not too many revolutionary ideas have been incorporated, but that this is largely a continuation of the play that had to offer the game. Gameplay: short: "Delicious!". The campaigns are well stocked, there is much attention paid to the 'events' that occur during a campaign, and there are dozens of new nations to explore. The steering feels natural and graphic aspects are startling sound. There is so much attention paid to detail that you often just look over it, it feels so natural. In addition, the game is long and fascinating it is to enjoy every time when it can be fought. Picture: Simply: Stunning. It is really incredible that so many units on your screen are individually fighting each other. The units are carefully modeled and the movements are fluid. The areas are vast, which many details are processed. The cities are randomly generated, but are always perfect for the eye. No city is the same, no right and no village landscape is identical to another. Noise: Actually very little to complain about. I found every Total War game actually excel in fine music and sound effects on such a large scale. Obviously it is not equal zoomed eg Crysis, but the men shout, arrows whizzing past and guns produce a terrifying roar. Controls: Immaculate, some aspects after unfortunately. Do not always respond as you had in mind is a group of units and sometimes twice control necessary. Also, the preparation of the pre-units in a fight quite a chore if this should be within a city. Done For the rest, the control on the campaign map and excellent listening units better than the previous titles (except the ever oh so naughty horses). Achievements: On my machine (Opteron 144, 2GB DDR400, XFX 7900GT Extreme) runs the game after are at 1920x1200 with medium to high settings. Obviously waiving the flush function (2x, 3x, 6x) but at normal speed under normal conditions (ie, no 6000 + men who are in a big city fighting) fine play. The system requirements are mainly heavy on CPU area and this is the reason that my system is not functioning properly it attracts. Replay Value: The game can be played in the way that you want as a leader. This makes the game very dynamic and prevents repetitive situations. Obviously the acts on at length repetitive but the beautiful graphics, good music and bloody battles make it always a feast to behold the game. With the replay value is so well made. Quality and Stability: Creative Assembly (known for Total War and Total Warrior series) is always known for its very just finished games. The games are high quality and are chock full of functionality that you as a user repeatedly thrilled with what's not possible. The game revolves stable and everything is functioning properly, which is obviously a welcome situation. If there are errors in the game, these are often solved with the freely available patches. Price: Kingdoms is for sale with a price of € 29.99 which is actually a standard for expansion. The expansion offers a lot of new units, landscapes and peoples. It enriches the game experience by offering more events on the campaign folders and offers the user through four separate campaigns, the freedom to focus on. Correct that type of era Unfortunately, there are no great things have been added and the game should be also seen as a really big elaborate update. Basically you liked the original well, but do you really want more than that 30 euros is a good investment and it definitely offers a lot of hours of fun.