The Total War Thread

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S.Peelman said:

Dulfite said:

Medieval II is probably the best in proportion to release year. I can't play it now, the camera drives me nuts now days compared to the modern ones lol. I've been playing since Medieval I days and pretty much all of them since minus a few. I would flip out if they announced Medieval 3, as the political and Catholic political systems of 2 were highly interesting to me and if they expanded on that I would be pumped!

I always enjoyed obtaining all the Cardinal positions and then assassinating my own Cardinals/Pope's until there was no one left to appoint new Cardinals, thereby breaking the Papal States! I loved trolling the game haha.

Yeah if looked at in the most objective way possible I agree Medieval II is the best. I'm with you in hoping a potential Medieval III builds on the religion system and the politics. I also hope, though that might be complicated, that they come up with a way to accurately represent the Holy Roman Empire. In the old game it was just a regular faction but of course in reality it was a collection of kingdoms and duchies united by an overarching Emperor.

I kind of liked Medieval 1's take on it with the high chance of civil war and low loyalties. It felt like you could command them, but they weren't happy about it. Especially Henry the Lion. Then when they civil war against you, you obviously can pick either side and destroy them, solidifying your rule as Emperor. And then the overwhelming victories against other countries would invigorate your rule even further, so the higher loyalties make sense.

As for the thread, unfortunately I have been off the series since the catastrophic failure of a launch in Rome Total War 2. I was already not feeling it with Atilla and Empire, but that was the end of it. I thoroughly enjoyed all of the games before them though.