Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms

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User Score
8.8

Generally favorable reviews- based on 227 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 199 out of 227
  2. Mixed: 24 out of 227
  3. Negative: 4 out of 227
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  1. LysanderS
    Dec 2, 2009
    2
    While it claims to add 100+ new units, there are only around 5-6. The rest are reskins of the units in the original game. Exactly the same about the new buildings. The "9 new agents" are, once again, reskins, with spies turned into "scouts" and diplomats into "guides". Hotseat mode is a joke. Seriously. And finally, there's the gameplay, which is still just as flawed and broken as While it claims to add 100+ new units, there are only around 5-6. The rest are reskins of the units in the original game. Exactly the same about the new buildings. The "9 new agents" are, once again, reskins, with spies turned into "scouts" and diplomats into "guides". Hotseat mode is a joke. Seriously. And finally, there's the gameplay, which is still just as flawed and broken as the original medieval 2, only with a few additions they decided to leave out of the original game, such as Boiling Oil as siege defenses.… Expand
  2. MikeW.
    Sep 15, 2007
    0
    I'm giving this expansion a 0 in protest! I was really looking forward to playing the multiplayer campaign hotseat with my brother only to find that when it comes to a fight the attacking player only gets to control his/her side. The defending player has to put his/her troops in the hands of the A.I. As you can imagine this is not acceptable and makes the campaign multiplayer useless!
  3. PedroD.
    Dec 15, 2007
    3
    3! Believe me it's hard for me to post this since i'm a long time fan of the series but i'm completely disapointed with this expansion. The least i can say it's only as enhoyable as replaying Medieval Total War 2. My particular gripe is with the New World campaign. I mean how insanely wrong can you get it? All that CA have done is taken the european soldiers and gave 3! Believe me it's hard for me to post this since i'm a long time fan of the series but i'm completely disapointed with this expansion. The least i can say it's only as enhoyable as replaying Medieval Total War 2. My particular gripe is with the New World campaign. I mean how insanely wrong can you get it? All that CA have done is taken the european soldiers and gave them a native coat of paint. I mean surely it's the most false idea to see them fight in formations, come on, these dudes where all about surprise and ambushing not standing in a line in a rectangle formation and standing toe to toe with musket wielding europeans. What a let down.… Expand

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#20 Best PC Game of 2007
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Metascore
85

Generally favorable reviews - based on 22 Critic Reviews

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 21 out of 22
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 22
  3. Negative: 0 out of 22
  1. PC Gamer UK
    90
    There's almost no reason not to mount your horse and charge through the doors of PC World, beheading the security guard with a Zweihander and screaming blood-oaths as you enter your pin number, to get hold of a copy of Kingdoms. Only the weak will not be buying this expansion pack, and frankly, the weak are there to be trampled. [Sept 2007, p.82]
  2. PC Zone UK
    90
    Whilte it may not be totally perfect, the sheer depth and replayability of Kingdoms raises it high above any RTS expansion I've ever played. [Oct 2007, p.68]
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  3. Eurogamer
    80
    The problem with all these things which have been coded to create historical semi-realism is that it creates a limit of the tech-tree they can climb.
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