• Windows 98
• Windows XP
• Windows 2000
• Windows Me

Addictive gameplay, nosy Pope, and a feeling of strategic brilliance with well-timed victories

Graphics:^M

Massive, realistic battles, that is, if you have a Massive computer

Overall this game is pretty good, with the huge number of units on screen as well as the realistic animations of each troop. But as always, a flaw comes with this. And that is if you do not have a very fast computer with alot of memory and a good graphics card, you're gonna end up taking this game back after the first day. I would have, but game stores can't accept used pc games. I remember vividly when i first entered the game into the computer and began playing. I didn't have 1,000 units on screen, and the gameplay was so choppy i could barely see what was going on. To put this into perspective, it took about 5 long minutes to get the camera turned 360 degrees to see the battle going on. Also, with the weird camera controls, it seemed like an eternity. I could see how this game would dominate all other pc games on a great computer, but if you do not have on, heed this warning. Just to let you know, I have a graphics processor with Radeon 128 mb card, which is a very good graphics card, and still, my computer could barely run it. If you like small wars(for some odd reason) then you could possibly have fun with this game.

Total war is totally addictive.

Though it's not for every RTS player, I have owned all the games in this series, and this is the best by far. Best game of the year; worth full price! No glitches even in the original shiped code.