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    Which you think is the most atmospheric total war?When i mean atmospheric i mean a total war that made you study a bit more about the historic events that happened during that period.You can vote expansions also.I vote Rome total war although Medieval 2(especially Britannia expansion) is close

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    Not sure my definition of 'atmospheric' is the same as yours..studying historic events etc. I view 'atmospheric' in the traditional sense...a game that creates a real sense of the time period and draws a player in, and so I would regard Med1 & Viking Invasion as dripping in the stuff

    If I was inclined to go toddling off studying stuff about the real history etc, it'd probably be The Crusades in Kingdoms expansion.

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    Original Shogun.
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    Shogun. All the games from Viking Invasion onward haven't really had an atmosphere to speak of.

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    ETW.

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    Original Shogun.

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    Mapwise-ETW
    Content wise- MTW2 and Kingdoms

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    Rome total war, easy

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    Quote Originally Posted by BlackPirate View Post
    Which you think is the most atmospheric total war?When i mean atmospheric i mean a total war that made you study a bit more about the historic events that happened during that period.
    Well atmospheric and studying a bit more history is not the same for me.

    The most atmospheric TW game is still MTW1. Challenging, immersive, loyalty and traits for all units, uprisings, revolts and civil wars, betrayals, treasons and even incest (!) combined with thrilling music and dark and cruel sounds, the cheerless character portraits fitted perfect to the game - you really felt involved to medieval times.

    But studying about history I can´t say. Maybe Rome but the era of Empire is also very interesting. Or atleast the era following on Empire and Napoleon - the 19th century.
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    Medieval 2 total war

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    RTW:BI

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    Rome:TW for me because before I played it I never even knew there were Roman or Greek Empires. Once I found out that they were kinda a big thing for a while I watched every movie I could find on the subjects so as to educate myself.

    Now I wish I could go back to live in those times so I could be there in Rome when the alphabet was invented or see the very first coins being struck. Me and JC (Julius Caesar that is) could totally be best friends, I could teach him what I know about the future and learn him good on tactics and he could show me how to make the best salads and pasta dishes. They don't call it a Caesar Salad for nothing!
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    Quote Originally Posted by Magister Militae Flavius Aetius View Post
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    This. Love the dark atmosphere of the end of the Romans and the start of the dark ages.
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    hands down Medieval 2 total war
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    No question on the matter...Original MTW and VI...dark, brooding atmosphere and music made the grimness and fanaticism of the Middle Ages come to life...M2TW on the other hand failed spectacularly in this IMO...




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    I really miss assigning titles as a way to reward my favourite lords.

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    Obviously Rome, I mean can anyone listen to the track "Divinitus" ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=irXQid4peS0 ) without remembering their first campaigns as the Julii, carrying out Senate missions bathed in a deep and mysterious fog of war...

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    Shogun. It had a brilliant synergy between visuals and music. The fact that you were actually someone sitting in a war room looking down on a map made it even better.

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    Medieval 1 Total War. Really felt you were in that brutal era.

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    Medieval 2 was... too "happy", if you will.
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