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Control the sea, command great armies, forge a new nation and conquer the globe. Empire: Total War takes the Total War franchise to the 18th Century and the Age of Imperialism—a time of near perpetual war. This latest installation in the award-winning, multi-million unit selling Total War franchise introduces a host of revolutionary new features, including true 3D naval combat. Players will be able to command single ships or vast fleets upon seascapes rich with extraordinary effects. After pummeling enemies with cannon fire, players will close in to grapple enemy ships and prepare to board, taking control of men as they fight hand-to-hand. With an entirely new game engine, Empire will see further enhancements to the 3D battles and turn-based campaign maps. Empire lets players experience combat on the high seas, India, Europe, and, for the first time, the United States of America.

User Reviews about Empire: Total War

The game is still buggy even though the release was ages ago and hardcore fans and casual gamers alike are now holding little but contempt for CA. It's all hogwash though. CA has made a very good game and their latest patch (which made the AI actually able to fight back and attempt "tactics") shows they are doing what many developers would not have done with such a release. The bugs do detract from the performance, and CA deserves every bit of flak they get for it, but that doesn't mean the game is not worth purchasing or repeated play-through.

Empire is a great game that had the potential to be the best of it's kind (more so than any other Total war game) and is still worthy of praise. The bugs may detract from gameplay, but it's still totally playable anyway. The campaign is spectacular as well, more so than any other total war game or any other game attempting to achieve this level of scope (yeah, I've played Europa, which pales in comparison). The campaign in Empire makes this game worthy of repeated purchases and countless hours of loving gameplay. Good thing you have Steam so you never have to purchase it again, even if your copy gets destroyed by your marauding siblings or ex-girlfriends.

Speaking of Steam, Valve provides excellent support and server strength and is hardly enforcing DRM on Empire. You can run the game offline at any time and do not need to be logged in to save or advance. Requiring it is hardly an issue, unlike Ubisoft's ridiculous DRM and notoriously crappy servers, even though I'm in agreeance that it shouldn't have been.

Even though Empire lacks many of the excellent features that emerged with it's predecessor, Medieval II (such as detailed cities, sieges and almost limitlessly customizable battles) it is still worthy of your purchase and I guarantee that if you give it an honest try you will love it (and yes, "hate" it) as much as I do. -- Attacked for all the right reasons, but still good.

It was....ok. To be honest I got this game AFTER playing N:TW so it was like a step backwards, but its nice enough.

Good Stuff:
-Delivered on time
-Delivered without damage
-Pretty fun, and pretty big imo

Bad Stuff:
-Take ALOT more energy to run, which was improved upon, hence why N:TW runs smoother and looks nice -- Meh