I'm currently playing on the hardest setting, and the AI more than once made me laugh. The AI of medieval II is mediocre, to say the least. That bring us to the biggest issue in Medieval II: the AI. Like makiing the units smarter, for example.
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That said, i still love the total war mechanic to death, but it's been 4 years, for King arthur's sake please make some change other than multiple defenses. I'd appreciate some automation features, for example the ability to order companies from different position to converge to a point at the same time, or if archers can actually retreat in formation. The tactics stay the same, battle mechanic stays the same, and the units unfortunately aren't any smarter. There's no different at all, as far as i can see, between fighting with Dismounted knight, longbow man and English kight and doing the same battle with Nagiata, samurai archer and yari calvary. As to everything else, i regret to have to say that it's just more of the same.
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I mean, they killed 2 faction heirs of mine, one when he was besieging Paris, no less. He's so annoying that right now i'm training a horde of assasin for one purpose only: to kill an inquisitor. He plays a much more powerful role than the good old Senate, and can actually affect your decision making. Bottom line: the Pope is so annoying he's great. New pope from a warring faction and my favor drop from top to bottom? Check. Annoying orders and crusade every 3 turns or so? check. Cease and deceit order while i was one turn away from annihilating France? check. Inquisitor burning my faction heirs and general? check.
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And it's a testament to the fact that you just can't go wrong with the total war formular Up to now, the only thing that i think keeping me from viewing medieval II as a Rome mod(you heard it right, mod) is the Pope. Now we have medieval II, and frankly i think what it did to rome is about what exactly what the original medieval did to shogun: new factions, new units, new bulidings, new setting, new context, and few gameplay tweaks here and there, but essentially what you get can be described as more of the same. First time i played Shogun, i thought it spectacular, and of course then Rome came along and it kinda changed the game entirely, fortunately for the better. By trungnasa | Review Date: NovemI've been a fan of the Totalwar series from the get-go, back in the days when we marched yashigaru and samurai archers toward warrior monks, while sending yari calvary to their flank and ninjas to their general.