For those uninitiated with the Total War series, let me give you a run down. The total war series combines turn based strategy and real time strategy in a brilliant manner. The player builds up cities with various military/economic/cultural buildings and uses these cities to develop large armies. And by large, these games mean it. Where most games offer up armies of 100 soldiers max, total war offers armies in the thousands. On the turn based map, the player also moves about agents to establish diplomatic relations and to do the occasional spy work. When armies engage on the turn based map, a real time battle mode begins in which strategy actually matters. Overall, the series is great though a bit difficult for the uninitiated..



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