Medieval: Total War
Experience the middle Ages in all their blood-soaked magnificence. From the lush grasslands of Western Europe to the arid deserts of Northern Africa, from the first Crusade to the fall of Constantinople…
Medieval: Total War is a real time strategy (rts) developed by The Creative Assembly, released 19 August 2002 on PC (Microsoft Windows).
What Medieval: Total War is
Medieval: Total War is a real time strategy (rts) game developed by The Creative Assembly and released in 2002. It was published by Activision. It is available on PC (Microsoft Windows) only. It runs on TW Engine 1.
The premise, in the publisher's words
Medieval: Total War is a turn-based strategy and real-time tactics computer game developed by Creative Assembly and published by Activision. Set in the Middle Ages, it is the second game in the Total War series, following on from the 2000 title Shogun: Total War. Originally announced in August 2001, the game was released in North America on 20 August 2002 and in Europe on 30 August for Microsoft Windows.
How it plays
It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective. Its themes are 4x (explore, expand, exploit, and exterminate), fantasy, historical and warfare. It is a single-player game with no multiplayer component. Available modes: Multiplayer and Single player.
Where it sits in the Total War series
Medieval: Total War is the second of 56 entries we hold in the Total War series. It arrived 2 years after Shogun: Total War. The next entry was Rome: Total War in 2004. Its critic score of 90 is 7 points above the series average of 83. The highest-rated entry is Rome: Total War at 91.
How it was received
Medieval: Total War holds a critic score of 90 out of 100. That places it above 93% of the 612 rated real time strategy (rts) games in our database, which average 72. Games released in 2002 averaged 68, so it scored 22 points above the year average. Player ratings track closely with critics at 86, across 87 votes.
What you need to run it
The minimum specification calls for 1 Ghz or faster processor, 512 MB RAM and DirectX 9.0c graphic card. At 1GB of RAM, it will run on essentially any working PC — that is below what a budget laptop ships with today. Install size is roughly 2GB. Both tiers are compared side by side on the requirements page, and you can check your own parts against them without installing anything.
What it launched against
Medieval: Total War launched on 19 August 2002, within three weeks of Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Mafia, Syberia and Stronghold Crusader. It reviewed better than all of them.
Released around the same time: Mafia: The City of Lost Heaven, Mafia, Syberia, Stronghold Crusader.
Cheats and codes
We have not confirmed any working cheat codes for Medieval: Total War yet. Rather than reprint a list we have not tested, this section stays empty until one is verified.
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