As Total War games go, Medieval II is one of the them i always love going back even today. One of the games i feel in my comfort zone where i can start a France run for the millionth time and still enjoy it despite doing one a week ago. Why? The game is just good.

It's core mechanics while simple then any modern Total War games, or by standards, any games today, shines bright. It's simplicity creates more opportunities for things to happen in the campaign. The AI isnt the brighest, but perfect Ai wouldnt really be good wouldnt it? Because of that the game often on very high difficulty can be quite the pain because of the AI being quite unpredictable.

The controls are...outdated but this game is from 2006, so i will cut slack considering this has game also has one of the snappiest, fluid and engaging battles i've played where on higher difficulties strategy does matter ( holy shit strategy in MY strategy game? no way).

Alas Medieval 2 is a gem, and one of my ever must play list of all time ^^