First off, I must say that Medieval 2: Total War surpasses its predecessor Rome: Total War. Rome was pretty much known as a cakewalk. I’d say Medieval 2 is one of the more difficult games in the series (i.e., more difficult than Medieval, but still way, way less than Shogun.) Actually, it was so hard that it took me a bit off guard when I first played it. I really wanted to write about my first playthrough in the game’s campaign, but I lost.

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