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Rome Total War: Gold Edition (PC DVD)
 
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Rome Total War: Gold Edition (PC DVD)

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Windows XP  Ages 12 and Over
4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
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  • Platform:   Windows XP
  • PEGI Rating: Ages 12 and Over
  • Media: Video Game

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Technical Details

  • Voted 2004 Best Strategy game by IGN, GameSpy and GameSpot
  • Fight alongside or against history's greatest leaders such as Julius Caesar, Spartacus, and Hannibal to expand or destroy the Roman Empire
  • Lay siege against the Romans as Attila the Hun, fearful Saxons, or other savage factions using signature weapons and abilities
  • Command warrior-tested legions in cinematic epic battles with thousands of soldiers on-screen at once
  • A century-spanning campaign charges players with strategically managing the economic, civil, religious and military arms of their empire

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  • ASIN: B000E50NNU
  • Release Date: 3 Feb 2006
  • Average Customer Review: 4.7 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
  • Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 1,853 in PC & Video Games (See Top 100 in PC & Video Games)

Product Description

Manufacturer's Description

Once the Roman Empire is under your command, don't lay down your sword just yet - the Barbarians are coming. With two award-winning titles from the esteemed Total War series, you'll have twice as many obstacles and opportunities to control and conquer the greatest empire ever known to man.

The Gold Edition includes:

Rome: Total War
Guide one of three noble Roman families on a century spanning quest to seize control of the Roman Empire.

Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion (official expansion pack to Rome: Total War)
Witness the decline of Rome as Barbarian hordes attack, forcing a bitter internal struggle between rival factions.

Product Description

Includes:
Rome Total War Game
Rome Total War Barbarian Invasion Expansion Pack


Once the Roman Empire is under your command, don`t lay down your sword just yet - the Barbarians are coming. With two award-winning titles from the esteemed Total War series, you`ll have twice as many obstacles and opportunities to control and conquer the greatest empire ever known to man.
The Gold Edition includes:

Rome: Total War
Rome: Total War for the PC, is the next game to be released in the Total War series and the follow-up title to The Creative Assembly`s Medieval: Total War. Players return to the golden age of antiquity to take command of the most fearsome armies in a bid to rewrite the annals of history and be proclaimed supreme commander of the Roman Army.

The player controls mighty armies of up to 10,000 fully polygonal, highly detailed, motion-captured warriors clashing in panoramic real-time battles. Players can fight as, or against ancient history`s most legendary generals including Julius Caesar, Hannibal and the rebel Spartacus.

At players` disposal will be hundreds of different troops including legionaries, hoplites, barbarian hordes, war elephants, gladiators and scythe chariots to colossal war machines such as siege towers, battering rams and catapults hurling flaming missiles. Additionally, more than 10,000 unique battlefields based on the topography of Europe and North Africa set the stage for the carnage. However, conflict is not the only way to gain favour with the senate and people of Rome; politics, diplomacy and the gladiatorial games will play key roles in the player`s quest to be declared Imperator.


Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion (official expansion pack to Rome: Total War)
Rome: Total War: Barbarian Invasion commences just after the last Emperor of a unified Rome has died. His successors i


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41 of 43 people found the following review helpful
The best RTS ever? 27 May 2006
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Without a doubt. Fun in every way, this game will take you back to the world of Ancient Rome and you'll voluntarily tear up your return ticket. If you are a strategy fan and you don't have this game, then you have reason to feel guilty, because this is quite possibly the best strategy game out there today, 2 years after the initial release. Look forward also, to the release of Rome: Total War Alexander or, if you don't own any of the Total War series buy Total War Eras which contains all of the previous Total War games in addition.

My favorite part of Rome: Total War, is actually not the amazing battles between thousands of men (which are still very fun!) however playing the Imperial Campaign, in which you choose (to begin with) one of three Roman Families:

The Julii, who are based on the historical Julio-Claudian dynasty (of which the famous Gaius Julius Caeser was part). The Julii have the worst temples (which are very important). The Julii are tasked with conquering Gaul, who offer poor resistance until the Chosen Swordsman and Forester Warband come into their hands. Seize as much of Gaul early on as possible! The main problem lies in the fact that Gaul offers poor trade, even once fully conquered. Therefore when the Civil War comes around, the other two Roman Families will have lots of money to play around with (and Bribe your Generals with) where as you will have to a) make do with as little gold as possible or b) go elsewhere and try and hinder the other two roman's expansion by conquering Greece, Turkey and Carthage. If you don't do this, you will end up fighting Barbarians the whole game.

The Brutii are the Roman's who must conquer the Greeks, and generally expand in that direction (east of Rome). The Brutii have decent temples which affect unit experience (so effectivly you can churn out hardened veterans while playing the Brutii) and trade. The Brutii will benefit late game from the lucrative Aegean sea trade. This means they will be able to bribe their way when in the civil war. With this faction you should end up destroying a) the Greek Cities early on b) The Macedonians c) Pontus d) Thrace and e) Eventually the Selucids (who will be very difficult to fight!).

The Scipii are tasked with defeating Carthage. They have totally awesome temples, which increas unit experience and armour and weapons (brilliant temple!!!) and they can also build a temple which lets them (and them alone!) build the 2 biggest ships in the game, the Corvus Quinquireme and the Decare. Once they defeat Carthage they should destroy Numidia and then Eygpt. Also, if possible they should invade Spain and take a few cities on the greek peninsula (namely Athens, Sparta and Corinth, all of which will weaken the Brutii and give you some more sea trade).

Of course, you can unlock other Factions as well. Some of these can be very fun, while others are clearly underdogs, like the Greek Cities, who will struggle until they get Spartan Hoplites, generally considered the best unit of the game. Only a few factions can match the military might of the Romans though. Barbarians, particularly will struggle, with the 2 exceptions of Germania, who have powerful axemen who can send legionaries flying, and Britain, who can access all the best units the Barbarians have to offer, including chariots, Druids, Chosen Swordsmen, Woad Warriors and the gruesome Head Hurlers (uugh). Out of the Civilized factions Eygpt, whos powerful archers (best of the game) and Chariots will make the Scipii choke, and then the Selucids (who are the best non roman faction of the game easily!), who have a very good selection of units. They have Scythed Chariots (which absolutely rule!), War Elephants (which basically crush everything in their path, end of story), Armoured War Elephants (*shudder*), Silver Shield Legionaries (almost as good as the Roman type, except harder to get a hold of) and silver Shield Pikemen. Of course, they get more then just this.

Anyway, in summary, there is a great variety of play to be found in the Imperial Campaign, and when your done with that, you can play Multiplayer battles which are fun, and when your done with that, play Barbarian Invasion which is a good expansion pack!
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52 of 55 people found the following review helpful
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I decided to buy this having enjoyed the TV programme Time Commanders and now find myself hooked on the game. There was talk with original Rome - Total War of problems installing under XP, I have had no such problems with Gold Edition and have found it extremely stable under XP. The game itself gives you options to Play a Campaign, play Custom Battle, Multiplayer online or LAN and also to play a Historical Battle. In Campaign mode you play one of three Roman Families where the idea is basically to take over Rome and Beyond from the other Families and Factions by moving your forces around a map and conquering towns in order to get money for additional armies and also to gain influence with the Senate prior to taking over. The Historical Battles option may actually be of use in History Lessons in Schools so that pupils are able to see a visual demonstration of the actual battles fought.

Also included on the Single DVD Gold Edition is the Barbarian Invasion expansion pack which puts you in the position of controlling either the Eastern or Western Roman Empire and tasks you with defending your Empire against the invading Barbarian Hordes, there are a number of additional features in this version such as certain units are able to swim and also certain Generals are able to fight battles at Night which adds a new string to the games warbow. All in all this is a great game and comes highly recommended by me.

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful
Excellent 5 Dec 2006
By Ker
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Rome total war, in my opinion, is one of the best strategy battle games in the world. I got this for my birthday and have not stopped playing it since.

You can make up your own battle or do a historical battle and try to rewrite history or start a campaign. There are loads of different armies to choose, from Egypt to Brittania and back to the roman senate, and there are unique units for armies (like berserkers for Germania, like the urak-hai on lord of the rings and legionaires for Rome.)

On the campaign you have to invade regions and make alliances with the right people.

All in all I would seriously recommend this game to anyone who likes strategy battle games.
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