EDIT.... Make sure to check out all the screenshots, some with 10's of thousands of units! I would look at better screen shots at totalwar.com as the low res ones on firingsquad sometimes look like a*s
Here is the review: Firing Squad
Some comments:
Graphics
This is the only game in the world which will let you throw 3,000 of your individually rendered men against a foe?s similarly sized army. The detail is so great, sometimes I can just imagine an individual member of the elite Urban Cohort hawk, clear his throat, and spit on the ground in contempt of the show of force those Germans try to make.
Gameplay
This is quite likely the best strategy game ever. It combines a solid strategic campaign with an amazing tactical engine ? and you can play custom tactical battles without worrying about the campaign, or play the campaign without engaging in a single battle outside the tutorial.
FINAL VERDICT 93%
Doom 3 might have been a disappointment this year (though still one to experience), but Activision has a sure killer on its hands with Rome: Total War. It has a seamless blend of strategy and tactics, giving the player the power to choose whether he wants to enjoy one or the other, the 11 civilizations to play ? and it does this all in a very refined fashion. Shogun, and to a greater extent Medieval, suffered pitifully from their engine?s inadequate interface.
Here is the review: Firing Squad
Some comments:
Graphics
This is the only game in the world which will let you throw 3,000 of your individually rendered men against a foe?s similarly sized army. The detail is so great, sometimes I can just imagine an individual member of the elite Urban Cohort hawk, clear his throat, and spit on the ground in contempt of the show of force those Germans try to make.
Gameplay
This is quite likely the best strategy game ever. It combines a solid strategic campaign with an amazing tactical engine ? and you can play custom tactical battles without worrying about the campaign, or play the campaign without engaging in a single battle outside the tutorial.
FINAL VERDICT 93%
Doom 3 might have been a disappointment this year (though still one to experience), but Activision has a sure killer on its hands with Rome: Total War. It has a seamless blend of strategy and tactics, giving the player the power to choose whether he wants to enjoy one or the other, the 11 civilizations to play ? and it does this all in a very refined fashion. Shogun, and to a greater extent Medieval, suffered pitifully from their engine?s inadequate interface.
