689:. Defeating a faction allows the player to choose them on a later playthrough while completing a campaign allows the player to choose almost any of the factions in game. In addition to regular factions, various rebel groups roam the map and control most of the cities in the beginning of the game, allowing the player and computer-controlled factions to take these cities without committing to a war against a faction.
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faction's military, economic, and social systems in large campaign maps. During the player's turn, armies, fleets, and agents can be moved on the map. When an army engages another army, the player can choose to fight the battle personally in the battle mode, or automatically calculate the outcome.
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and starts in the 1080s, allows the player to play as one of seventeen factions (though through modifying the game files, 18 factions are playable) from the time period and build their nation economically and militarily in order to conquer other factions. Gameplay consists of controlling the
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results in a victory for the defender. Battles can exist as custom battles set up by the player, multiplayer battles between humans, historical battles based on real-life military engagements, or battles that occur between factions in the campaign.
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the eighth-best computer game of 2006. They wrote that "No scripted encounters or overly dramatic cutscenes can compare with the stories
Creative Assembly allows you to write as your armies beat down all who would oppose you."
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Anthony Fordham commended the game for its "incredible gameplay, both in battle and on the world map." However, he criticised it for being "more a refinement of the series than a huge leap forward."
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state, referred to in the game as a faction, and control its government, economy, military, diplomacy, and religion on a map spanning most of
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1450:Madnani, Mikhail (12 April 2022).
1256:"Medieval II: Total War UK Review"
1254:O'Hagan, Steve (8 November 2006).
1167:Ocampo, Jason (14 November 2006).
1053:Medieval II: Total War™ Collection
907:The exclusive review was given to
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1502:Caoili, Eric (26 November 2008).
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1342:"Medieval II: Total War Review"
1195:Toose, Dan (6 September 2006).
1128:Meer, Alec (13 November 2006).
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1169:"Medieval 2: Total War Review"
342:Gameplay is divided between a
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