Medieval II: Total War Kingdoms Review

Another cool thing about this add-on is the variety of new music tracks to go with each of the new factions. It also appears that the designers went all-out to create every single new unit. Formations of knights, cavalry, tribal warriors and other unit types, with each unit model featuring a variety of skins to make them appear unique on the battlefield (a welcomed addition introduced in the previous game).

Spanish colonies were always confusing to me.

You may have horses and armor, but feel the fabric on these leather panties!

If you're worried about numbers, you should be happy to know that Kingdoms includes over 100 new units, 13 new factions, nine new agents, 50 new structures to build and more. There are also 15 new multiplayer maps and scenarios on offer.

Even with all its positive points, Medieval II: Total War - Kingdoms didn't quite turn out as I hoped. What's more, I expected the developers would do away with some of the annoying AI and pathfinding issues, which I've complained about in our review of the original. Unfortunately, these AI flaws made their way into the add-on as well. The cavalry tends to go its own way or sometimes simply refuses to obey orders. Fair enough, installing the game applies all the released patches so far, which irons out some technical aspects, but, obviously not all of them.

On the whole, instead of messing with the familiar basic gameplay mechanics, Creative Assembly decided to deliver as much fresh content as possible, which means you'll be busy with the game for quite some time. Each campaign provides a unique experience and we fully recommend the game to fans of the series. Some of the drawbacks mentioned earlier, thankfully, haven't spoiled the overall experience.