PC GAMER REVIEW - 93% (Sept 2002 issue, out now)
"Medieval: Total War is the King of strategy games"

PC FORMAT (Sept 2002)
"The best strategy game of the year - and possibly the millennium too... The deepest, most challenging and realistic strategy game we've played for a long time."

Medieval: Total War is a game of empire building and epic real time battles. Encompassing four centuries of warfare from the first Crusade in 1095 to the fall of Constantinople in 1453. Medieval: Total War takes everything that was compelling about the critically acclaimed Shogun: Total War and adds new levels of depth, accessibility, gameplay and strategy.

Medieval: Total War will give you the chance to experience the Middle Ages in all their blood-soaked magnificence. Battles will rage across deserts, mountains, plains and forests. Massive armies will lay siege to mighty fortresses and pound them into the dust with catapults, mangonels, trebuchets and cannons. Players will command medieval armies of knights, men-at-arms, archers and siege weapons to make their royal family the masters of Europe.

Features:

Epic scale 3D battles featuring over 10000 troops.

Hundreds of distinct battlefields from the lush farmlands of Western Europe to the arid deserts of Northern Africa.

Spectacular Castle Sieges. Pound castles into the dust with a vast array of siege weaponry, including: Siege Cannons, Mangonels and Ballistae.

12 playable factions and over 100 different unit types each with distinct playing styles including: the English, German, Byzantine, French and Turkish Empires.

Play as a famous Historical Hero - including Richard the Lionheart, Joan of Arc, Saladin and Frederick Barbarrosa, and engage in historical campaigns including, The Hundred Years War, The Crusades and The Mongol Invasions.

RPG-style character development - Kings, Generals and Heirs develop vices, virtues and abilities that reflect their actions throughout the campaign.