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| Rome: Total War Gold Edition | 
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| From: Sega of America, Inc.
Category: Video Games
List Price: $19.99
Buy New: $9.26
You Save: $10.73 (54%)
New (44) Used (8) from $9.26
Avg. Customer Rating:  48 reviews
Sales Rank: 1165
Format: Cd-rom
Platforms: Windows Me, Windows 98, Windows Xp, Windows 2000
ESRB: Teen
Media: CD-ROM
Edition: Gold
Autographed: No
Memorabilia: No
Batteries Included: No
Age: 12 - 20 years
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.6
Dimensions (in): 7.7 x 5.4 x 1.1
Legal Disclaimer: Warranty does not cover misuse of product.
MPN: 85166
Model: ROMETOTALWRGOLD
UPC: 010086851663
EAN: 0010086851663
ASIN: B000E2D3LC
Release Date: February 1, 2006
Availability: Usually ships in 1-2 business days
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| Customer Reviews:
 Fun overall but can't control armies larger than 7-800 men December 18, 2007
5 out of 8 found this review helpful
On the box art of this game you see armies containing thousands of troops besieging city walls defended by thousands of troops. Unfortunately the actual game does not have this capability, even on the highest difficulty. In the main campaigns--there are 3 you can choose from, you have to play many hours before you can control armies larger than 2-300 men. Only towards the end of the campaign can you control more than 600 troops. If you attack a city with more than this limit, you will find yourself with an A.I. controlled "allied" army fighting next to your 2-300 troops. So epic battles are not really possible, just skirmishes.
This is unrealistic given that a typical roman legion was about 5000 men. As PCs get faster one should have the option of using any size army one can amass. Age of empires had this option. Perhaps there is some way to do this with RTW, a hack or add-on or whatever but I could not find it.
Since this game is several years old, being able to have 10-20,000 man armies would more than make up for the dated graphics. I liked the game very much but was disappointed at not being able to have battles anything close to that portrayed on the box.
 Funer than I thought November 24, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Even though the battles and the campaigns are hard, it's still really fun and joyful. The part you would like the most is campaigning and using good strategies to win. The hardest part of the campaign is the financing. I also learned a lot about Roman history. You will rate this computer game the best !!!
RTW September 22, 2007
3 out of 4 found this review helpful
I love this game. I've had it for two years and I still play it. The graphics are actually pretty good. There are a couple of drawbacks to this game are no 3D naval combat, a pretty stupid AI, and some video glitches. But the rest of the game is awesome. I haven't tried online play yet, so I don't know how it is. You also don't need a graphics card or at least you don't need a really good one. Also, what i like about this game is that the Roman units are significantly stronger than the other nation's troops (there are a couple of exceptions). I would recommend this game over M2TW.
Best and most addicting RTS / Empire Building Game I have ever played August 28, 2007
10 out of 10 found this review helpful
I actually purchased Civilization IV about a week ago, because I heard all kinds of hype about how awesome that game is. I was completely disappointed. I got bored of that game very quickly. I felt like I was a city planner or something, not an empire builder....
Then I decided I would give this game a try...wow what a difference. Ironically, this game is very similiar to Civilization IV, but with one HUGE difference, as well as several other improvements. I would have to say that in a way RTW is the same game as Civilization IV, but the FUN version, MUCH MORE FUN.
The HUGE difference I am talking about specifically is the EPIC HUGE BATTLES that you have in RTW. By comparison ---in Civ 4 --- the combat system is basically like moving chess pieces on a board, and the computer tells you if you won the battle. Interestingly, in RTW you also move "chess pieces" around on a board, but lookout --- as soon as you move your army chess piece onto a square with another army ---you go to battle mode: and this is the best part of RTW. Playing the RTW prologue (which is basically the tutorial campaign) I was really impressed with the large battles with over 200-300 units on each side. I had no idea though that this was just a scaled down version of the main campaign where you typically have armies of 1000-2000 units. Yes that is right, when you battle the more powerful enemies you will have battles with 1000-2000 on each side for a total of possibly up to 4000 units (but this could actually be much higher if you have a couple of large armies reinforce each other). Now the largest battle I have had yet has been about 1200 vs 1500, but that is because I have my armies spread out over a dozen different cities / areas. In total, I probably control about 15,000+ military units right now, and my empire is still in it's early stages. I don't even have the game settings for the largest possible amount of units, yes you can change this option in the options menu if your pc is powerful enough to handle the EXTRA large battles.
To make things even more fun --- you also can siege a city or be sieged --- complete with fortified walls, siege weapons, onagers, scorpions, ballistas, archers shooting through the port holes in the walls, having ladders that your infantry climb up to battle on the ramparts --- just think of Lord of the Rings where they have the battle at the keep, you know when Aragorn, the erm horse guys, and the elves are outnumbered and they have to defend until Gandalf arrives...the battles are kind of like that, but ok, the graphics / special effects aren't as fantastic :) Now yes the graphics are fairly basic --- but given the choice between best graphics and small battles and simple graphics and HUGE HUGE battles, I think most people would agree the later is more fun. I mean come on, we have all played the RTS games of the past where you thought you were a bad mofo with 300 units...well now just imagine 3000 units.
the other thing that I like about RTW vs Civ4 is the city management is much more user-friendly and understandable, and yet still complex enough that you have to pay close attention to it because it can literally win or lose the game for you. So this game is not just pump out as many units as you can and destroy everything in your path---but you also have to be careful about managing your cities right or you could go broke. I actually failed the prologue campaign (which in itself is quite long) because I didn't manage my economy well enough and I eventually went bankrupt and couldn't afford to replenish my armies.
My current game is going pretty well though I have been the dominant faction for most of the game and I just recently invaded and took 3 egyptian cities! FUN!
The only bad thing I could say about RTW is that it is very addicting....I haven't been able to stop playing it since I started....
I haven't even installed the expansion yet....
and there are several expansions for this title....
and there are several mods....
I haven't tried multiplayer yet, but I don't feel any need, the single player so far is very entertaining.
Rome Total War August 28, 2007
2 out of 3 found this review helpful
the game is joy to play. the only improvement I guess , would be following real Roman history closer
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