Medieval II: Total War

Medieval II: Total War is a strategy game in which you command armies and expand your rule across Europe, Africa and the Middle East, eventually reaching the New World. You manage an empire by building and improving cities, recruiting and training armies, and using diplomacy to influence allies, enemies and the Pope while contending with the Inquisition. You can lead the Crusades and fight for victory for Islam or Christianity in the Holy War.

Campaign and battles

The single-player campaign spans three continents and lets you sail to the Americas to confront the Aztecs on their home soil. Real-time battles take place on 3D battlefields with up to 10,000 troops. Combat features larger armies, quicker pacing, revised choreography and finishing moves; an advanced terrain system and enhanced weather effects also shape battles. An enhanced interface and optional shorter campaigns are available.

You can also fight other players in eight-way multiplayer battles.

Kingdoms campaigns

The Kingdoms expansion adds four campaigns on expanded maps: Britannia, Teutonic, Crusades and New World. The maps cover the British Isles, Teutonic Northern Europe, the Middle East, and the Americas. In the New World, you can conquer territory across North and South America and play as new factions including the Aztecs, Apaches and Mayans.

Across the four campaigns, Kingdoms adds 13 factions, over 110 units to control, 50 building types and more than 60 territories across four maps. It also includes nine new agents, 15 multiplayer maps and scenarios, and 80 hours of new gameplay.

Kingdoms multiplayer

Kingdoms adds hotseat campaign multiplayer, where two players take turns in a one-versus-one campaign on the same computer.