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Rome Total War: Alexander - The 2nd Official Rome Total War Expansion (PC CD)

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Platform:   Windows 2000 / Me / Vista / 98 / XP
3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
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  • Platform:   Windows 2000 / Me / Vista / 98 / XP
  • PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
  • Media: Video Game
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Product Features

  • Experience battles as never before with 3 new factions including Alexanders Macedonians, the Persians of King Darius and the mighty Indians.
  • Expand your Empire with a campaign map which stretches further East than ever before.
  • Command 60 new units including Alexander's phalangists, hypaspists and the companion cavalry, all fully playable in custom and multiplayer battles.

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  • ASIN: B000NJZSPU
  • Release Date: 2 Mar 2007
  • Average Customer Review: 3.6 out of 5 stars See all reviews (10 customer reviews)
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,109 in PC & Video Games (See Bestsellers in PC & Video Games)

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.The 2nd Official Rome: Total War Expansion*

Can you beat or even match the feats of history's greatest military genius?

An all new campaign map extends the Rome: Total War experience further Eastward than ever before, taking you into Macedonia and the Persian Empire. A host of new content includes four new factions and 60 all new units such as Alexander's Phalangists. Six new historical battles offer you the chance to experience Alexander's key clashes and a redesigned campaign game forces you to press ever onward or risk failing to match Alexander's ferocious pace of conquest. For the committed Rome: Total War fan, Alexander sets further challenges and a new gameplay experience that adds to the legendary reputation of the Total War series.

*Requires Rome: Total War to play

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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars Challenging, but lacks diversity, 2 Jul 2008
By D. Evans - See all my reviews
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Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
The Creative Assembly marketed this game as the most challenging Total War title to date, and they weren't lying!
The campaign will see you in command of Alexander's Macedonian army. To the north lie the barbarian hordes of eastern Europe, while to the east lies the massive military might of the Persian Empire, as well as the scattered and dangerous Scythian tribesmen. The game gives you a short amount of time to take on all enemies in a single gigantic push through the Middle East to India. This means having to fight gigantic battles from the very first turns, as waves and waves of Persian infantry, archers, chariots and elephants are sent against you.

The economic, building and diplomatic section of the game are left to the side in this title, as it's only military might that will ensure success.
To win you must plunder every city you come across, and recruit mercenaries to boost up your army's strength. This style of warfare might not be to everyone's taste, and it certainly isn't the way Alexander waged war. If anything, having to slaughter everything in your path seems to be like the type of thing that Genghis Khan would do.

Sadly though, the campaign does have its limits. The newly created Indian civilisation does not make an appearance (a huge missed opportunity) and you'll also lose if Alexander is killed in battle. This could get very frustrating if you are close to finishing.

The game also comes with a series of historical battles, following Alexander's career from the Battle of Chaeronea to the Hydaspes. Each battle can be very challenging, and with some you'll find you'll need to play them a few times in order to win. Brian Blessed offers his narration to these chapters, both in the pre-battle video and in the game's cutscenes.

The game's graphics haven't been given much of an overhaul since the original Rome. The Macedonian phalanxes now wear purple tunics instead of white ones, and the Persians have a few additional units, but nothing noteworthy. The only truly original addition to the game are the Indians, but they only appear in one historical battle scenario, and in the custom battle mode.

This game is rather different to the previous Total War titles, and as such they might alienate some players who love to play the game at their own pace, or who enjoy the economic and diplomatic side a bit more.
That said, if you want a fast paced, frenetic and exciting rush against the clock style strategy, Alexander will provide. It's just a shame the game lacks diveristy and any new stand out features.

NOTE: You need Rome: Total War Patch 1.5 to play this game. When I first put in the game CD I was shocked to see that I couldn't install the game without having the patch. This wouldn't have been so bad it they had actually provided the patch with the game, but they haven't, so you will need to download it from the Total War website. A huge disappointment and a lack of consideration from White Label Company on this matter.
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51 of 59 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars Total let down?, 7 April 2007
By Gisli Jokull Gislason "Jokull" (Iceland) - See all my reviews
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Fun:2.0 out of 5 stars 
As a fan of the Total War games I found Alexander a let down. I have had my reservations about the Total War Games since SEGA took over the franchise and this add on almost proves my point. First released in a Battle Chest containing all the previous games and add ons with this one included this game does little to stand by itself and seems to be a rushed affair.

Sure you get some new units but they could have done so much more. There are no opening intros, the campaign game offers little challenge and you certainly have to kill off a lot more people than Alexander needed to do and funnily enough the Egyptians don't seem to have their old Gods around, I guess Ptolemy and Cleopatra would have a thing or two to say about that. The game introduces turns instead of years, supposedly since Alexander died young and you need to finish everything in a 100 turns. Which would be clever if Alexander and the rest didn't age a year every two turns so it kind of beats the point. Also in the campaign you don't get to fight the Indians which is a loss.

The Historical Battles have more to offer than the Campaign game but here you also have the hurried feel and money making concept where profit appears to be a lot more important than a good product.

If they had wanted to make a good product I would have suggested Total War Greeks, included battles such as Marathon and the Hot Gates, Leonidas, Xerxes and Miltiades as well as Alexander. The campaign game would also need to be better thought out.

This game was probably a hurried product in an attempt to get Total War fans to buy the Battle Chest with games they already had and never intended as a stand alone game. Sega probably bought the Creative Assembly for a high sum and is trying to get their profit back with little care for the quality of products.

Sadly you are probably a fan and will buy the game anyhow and the only merit I can really see is that at least it isn't very highly priced.
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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars definitely the worst Total War so far, 9 Sep 2007
By Oli "Oli's reviews" (West Sussex, UK) - See all my reviews
Fun:1.0 out of 5 stars 
when I heard that there was a new expansion I was really excited as the other games were brilliant, but I found this one a gigantic disappointment. You can only be Alexander's troops in the campaign and have the time he had to complete the challenges. In custom battles you can only be four factions which is severely limiting to gameplay. The map does not expand but will minimise which I found frustrating having played the other versions for hours on end.
(oli aged 12)
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4.0 out of 5 stars A decent addition
More of the classic rome gameplay with the added fun of new factions and units. Although it has a slightly rushed feel to it and is not as good as it could have been this is still... Read more
Published 2 months ago by Joanne Clifford

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good.
Don't buy this game unless you love to take the battle into your own hands, and love also some nasty phalanx strategy...
Published 5 months ago by ENG RUI MATOS

1.0 out of 5 stars Waste of money
This game needs a patch downloaded from sega before it will even load. The patch no longer seems to be available as we several hours trying to get it to download. Read more
Published 12 months ago by Ja Nicolson

5.0 out of 5 stars Awesome
great and challenging campaign.
great units, the custom battles are sooo much fun

Simply a great expansion
Published 12 months ago by M. Oneill

4.0 out of 5 stars I NEED THERAPY
Great game and very time consuming. Good expansion to Rome disc but gameplay much the same.

We have a new group of nationalities to choose from, with the usual... Read more
Published 20 months ago by Nevs

5.0 out of 5 stars Still as good as ever
When I first heard an Alexander expansion was coming out I was excited and couldn't wait...until I found out the only way to get it was in the full saga of Total War games. Read more
Published 23 months ago by ShredBane

5.0 out of 5 stars Not at all disappointed
I had already ordered the game when I read the other review on Amazon, and expected the worse. However, I was pleasantly surprised - more levels of my favourite game (I have... Read more
Published on 17 April 2007 by S. Reynolds

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