Hoe review je een gigant als Empire: Total War? Niet alleen hapt de downloadbare versie een goeie 15gb uit je downloadlimiet, maar ook je pc of laptop zal kreunen onder zoveel content, geweld en grafische pracht.

Après Shogun Total War, Medieval Total War et Rome Total War pour respecter l'ordre chronologique des sorties de jeu qui ne correspond pas forcement à la chronologie des batailles qu'elles retracent, voici donc venu le dernier volet sorti des cerveaux de The Creative Assembly et édité par Sega, j'ai...

Durée de vie énorme; Graphiquement plus abouti; Combats navals; Nombre de paramètres à prendre en compte; Détails des troupes

Accès moyen à un pur débutant; Chronophage

Rome: Total War , you could say it was both a great addition to the Total War series and a turning point for the strategy genre. Creative Assembly introduced something new and interesting, literarily changing the way we perceived real-time strategies.

An incredibly deep and immersive strategy game; equally appealing to Total War fans and new-comers

AI glitches; performance issues

It's unfortunate that whenever gaming is mentioned by the media it is invariably in a negative context.  Like any other industry, gaming has its vocal "bad boys" – those developers or titles that thrive on negative attention.  Unfortunately, the good guys often get overlooked as a result.

Thrilling battles on the high seas; enhanced strategic map; much improved tactical AI

Steam activation issues; lots of bugs; resource hog; generally, rough around the edges

Morgan takes a look at the new real-time strategy game for the PC 'Empire: Total War' where you control various world powers, fighting and trading your way to total domination in this X-Play Review.

Game is epic in scope and feel; Massive and fun battles on land and sea; Nearly endless replayability

Slow pacing in Grand Campaign turns; Multiplayer limited to single battles

One of the best experiences you will have, if you can run it.

+ Amazing graphics; + Massive Battles; + Tons of gameplay options and replayability; + Future multiplayer could be amazing

Requires a beefy system; AI can be hit or miss; Does come with several game crashing bugs

It's been nine long years since Shogun: Total War took the world of strategy gaming by storm. Since then, the Total War series has steadily refined its formula of titanic 3D real-time battles and sprawling turn-based campaign maps on which troop movement, town building and diplomacy take place.

Concept: Conquer the 18th century by land, sea, and trade Graphics: New animations make the epic battles between thousands of soldiers a blast to watch Sound: Nothing is more rewarding than hearing the hull of a frigate ripped to splinters by a cannonball Playability: Streamlined management frees...

If advertising execs, cinema managers, a selection of ex-girlfriends and Russia frequently remind me, bigger is better. Why have a 9″ pizza when instead you can opt for the version with enough cheese to keep the mouse trap industry alive for the next twelve and a half decades?

Imperialism – it's a horrible thing, really. Extreme patriotism, militarism, dehumanisation of opponents, slavery and the willingness to spill blood for one's own devious ends combine into a terrible whirlwind of aggression, directed squarely at fellow beings. The motivation is land.