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More Expansion News

March 30th, 2007 · 4 Comments · Creative Assembly, Preview

Medieval II: Total War will be getting an expansion pack soon, subtitled “Kingdoms“. Wow. That took a lot of thought. “Kingdoms“. On to the fisking of the press release (which can be read in its entirety here.) “Kingdoms will offer an unprecedented amount of new content that gives gamers over 75 hours of epic new […]

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Some thoughts on Medieval II

January 11th, 2007 · 3 Comments · CGM, Creative Assembly, Medieval

If you want a real review, you can go out and buy the latest CGM, but I will take this opportunity to reflect a little more on this game. First, let me make it clear that I stand by my review completely. This is a good game, made even better by the recent patch. It […]

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Racial Profiling

September 26th, 2006 · 2 Comments · Creative Assembly, Preview

Did you ever notice that most strategy game previews drip out information through “national profiles”? Today, IGN has posted Creative Assembly’s account of the Sicilians in Medieval 2: Total War. Age of Empires 3, Rise of Legends, any game that relies on distinctions between factions…all get this treatment. As an amateur historian, I like this […]

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