16th May 2009, 8:45 PM
I loved Shogun and Medieval, but then Rome ran terribly on the PC I had at the time and I didn't get it, and haven't really gone back to the series despite getting a better computer two years ago now... oh well. They are great games, I know. I'll play them eventually... there are a bunch of semi-recent PC games I'd like to try, once I can.
... Honestly though, I never finished a game of Medieval either. I did win a game of Shogun or two (conquering Japan), but not Medieval... I could understand why Gamespot gave it Game of the Year in 2002, though my GOTY was Warcraft III, but while the games are fun, I would, as that suggests, rather play a Blizzard RTS... quite different I know, but still.
Also, the diplomacy aspects are always pretty disappointing, as far as I know; Shogun and Medieval couldn't even match up to LOTR2's diplomacy, much less Civilization or Europa Universalis or something! Leaves you kind of stuck with 'fight everyone you can most of the time' a lot, really. There isn't cultural victory or anything like Civ either. Overall in Shogun and Medieval the strategy map aspect always seemed fun, but too simplistic; it doesn't match LOTR2 in depth there. The awesome combat engine and battles makes up for it, though... the battles have always been the highlight of the series for sure, and are really fun. But the strategy side... has it improved?
... Honestly though, I never finished a game of Medieval either. I did win a game of Shogun or two (conquering Japan), but not Medieval... I could understand why Gamespot gave it Game of the Year in 2002, though my GOTY was Warcraft III, but while the games are fun, I would, as that suggests, rather play a Blizzard RTS... quite different I know, but still.
Also, the diplomacy aspects are always pretty disappointing, as far as I know; Shogun and Medieval couldn't even match up to LOTR2's diplomacy, much less Civilization or Europa Universalis or something! Leaves you kind of stuck with 'fight everyone you can most of the time' a lot, really. There isn't cultural victory or anything like Civ either. Overall in Shogun and Medieval the strategy map aspect always seemed fun, but too simplistic; it doesn't match LOTR2 in depth there. The awesome combat engine and battles makes up for it, though... the battles have always been the highlight of the series for sure, and are really fun. But the strategy side... has it improved?
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