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Piper/Leonaedas
This game will r0xx0r you.
Seriously.
Best Strategy Game
Rome: Total War
(Creative Assembly/Activision for PC)
Despite all of the relentless propaganda, it is wonderful to know that there are some genres that videogame consoles just can't handle. For proof of this axiom, look no further than Rome: Total War. Managing hundreds of units with any strategic panache is near impossible on a console, and managing them well isn't easy for many PC developers to deliver. That Creative Assembly has managed to get its wargaming system so right from the start in Shogun and Medieval is high praise. That these folks have completely accentuated the experience with Rome is astounding. Their new game engine quite beautifully smoothes out every unit up close without losing the emphasis on huge numbers of units. And while the turn-based gameplay hasn't been jettisoned, it has been made a more fluid experience. The Roman legions were the pinnacle of the art of war in the ancient world, and this strategy game may be the best ever at capturing what it is was like for Rome and her client states to command on those battlefields.
Seriously.
Best Strategy Game
Rome: Total War
(Creative Assembly/Activision for PC)
Despite all of the relentless propaganda, it is wonderful to know that there are some genres that videogame consoles just can't handle. For proof of this axiom, look no further than Rome: Total War. Managing hundreds of units with any strategic panache is near impossible on a console, and managing them well isn't easy for many PC developers to deliver. That Creative Assembly has managed to get its wargaming system so right from the start in Shogun and Medieval is high praise. That these folks have completely accentuated the experience with Rome is astounding. Their new game engine quite beautifully smoothes out every unit up close without losing the emphasis on huge numbers of units. And while the turn-based gameplay hasn't been jettisoned, it has been made a more fluid experience. The Roman legions were the pinnacle of the art of war in the ancient world, and this strategy game may be the best ever at capturing what it is was like for Rome and her client states to command on those battlefields.
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do you get to crucify barbarians ?
