The games in this package contain a lot of good material. Rome Total War is, of course, a classic and represents an epoch at which the Total War games and their own, unique, type of gameplay went from cult to mainstream . The additional content added by the expansions is very good in Barbarians,and alright in Alexander. More importantly, they show how a player, having spent the very significant tracts of time required to conquer the entire map, instead of being fed up and done, feels a need for new challenges and lands to conquer. That says something for the original game, it's a long slough, but at the end you'll wish there was more of it.

Seems pretty interesting at first. Super repetitive though. It's not a game that allows you to really build armies or buildings. You get to push a button and its automatically there. It's more of a management-type game

RTW:Complete is a must-have for anyone with even the slightest interest in ancient warfare. Years after its release, the game has aged pretty well and still boasts some ongoing and well-supported mods like Total Realism or Europa Barbarorum. While some people may complain about the graphics, keep it in mind that this is still the only game on the market that let you control thousands of men on the battlefield and dictate the fate of an empire in the ancient world at the same time.

The game is a real blast!

You can play the vanilla version with ease, but I would recommend that you should download some of the mods. I can recommend Imperoum Barberium or Diodechi or Despichi. I will give it 4 out of 5 stars because the game is good in its original form, but is even better with mods. Try TWC.com for the mods.

There is not a whole lot I can say badly about the Rome: Total War which includes the expansions. I have played all the different factions. Lots of fun, and will keep you occupied for several days playing one game.

This game is great. For those of you who love these kinds of games, this is a MUST buy. I remember buying this game at retail price back in the day and I didn't regret one penny that I spent on it. The battles are epic, the diplomacy and politics are spot-on, even with things thrown in like your citizens rebelling against you as a leader to boost up the bar that it set when it came out. Loved this game, and still love it to this day, which is why I had to double-dip on the digital download version when it went on sale. GREAT game, 5/5. =]

This package includes Rome: Total War with both expansions (Barbarian Invasion, Alexander). As for the Total War franchise, the battles are huge, over 10000 soldiers! Not to mention, the graphics from 2005 are brilliant! Deep campaign mode, where the player picks a faction and follows (or changes) history, when the Roman Empire expanded. All products in this package have multiplayer mode, which is very fun to play a battle with human opponents, various tactics. There is also the BIG modding community, which releases and polishes their modules, which gives the game more longevity. One of the best games from the Total War series, 5/5!

Rome total war is an old favorite of mine for many reasons, not the least of which being the stimulating gameplay and complex strategies involved. Total war mixes the two primary types of strategy games, turn-based and rts, in a finely tuned way to make the game enjoyable. All the battles are in real time with set time limits, which can be annoying but helps to move the game forward. The running of your empire however, is turn based, eliminating and annoying task of pausing and unpausing every few minutes that you have with a large empire in a full rts game. The unique and historically based units are accurate and effective in their own ways. Rome total war will easily keep you busy for many many hours of enjoyable gameplay.