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Sir Ulrich:
I used to play the original for hours on end plus Stronghold Crusader. Thats actually what got me interested in the crusades.
When it came to the Total War series I played Rome the most, often with mods. When it comes to Medieval 2, Broken Crescent was pretty good too, best mod I played for that series actually. The original was OK I actually did enjoy it but trying to go back to it was just... blah.

SirNathanQ:
Yes, I highly endorse the Total War games.
The absolute realism is unparalleled.

For instance, as fun as it may be, you can't build friggin walls in the middle of a raging battle. But in the Total war series, you can fight on them.
Here's the website http://www.totalwar.com/medieval2

Sir James A:
I played a looooootttttt of AOE2:AOK 'back in the day'. I have Stronghold 1, but I could never manage to make it very far with it. I have too much tendency to build up a small army and go forth and pillage, whilst my own town gets burned to the ground as my soldiers happily slice and spear things, completely oblivious.

The big draw for me on AOE was multiplayer. I'd play with a friend and we'd 2 vs 6 the computer. Frantically pressing keys and clicking things for 45 minutes to finally take down the first enemy of 6 is a gratifying feeling, second only to killing off all our own townspeople in the final crusade to bulk up armies of 75 soldiers each before double-teaming and crushing the final opponent.

And then start from scratch and spend another 3 hours doing the same thing!

Sir William:
Sir Nathan, in AoE2:AoK you could build walls while you fought...in fact, I used to keep 3 or 4 townsfolk roving about the map repairing the odd guard tower, gate or wall that had been attacked by enemy forces.  Of course, the enemy archers could target my townsfolk but that was ok...I'd send them in to garrison the nearest interior building for safety.  It didn't happen often...I used to space guard towers within seeing distance (having that far eye unlocked ability so that all townfolk and buildings see +2 was frustrating to enemies attempting to sneak me) and have'm filled to the rafters with archers and fire arrows!

Sir James...you're a man after my own heart...I never had anyone to play with, so I used to go 1 vs 3 or 4, pop limit 200 and depending on my mood, I may or may not turn off the limiter - so that all tech was available to all opponents.  Sometimes I'd just pick random for my computer opponents but I'd always choose the Britons or the Franks...I'd field two companies of longbowmen and use them to flank enemy formations.

I'd usually go with 30 villagers, 40 infantry, 40 archers/arbalesters, 40 mounted knights, 20 mounted archers (great for harrassing enemy townsfolk lol) and 30 siege machines.  I rarely ever got to have that many siege engines so invariably I'd end up with more mounted fighters.

There was also a cheat you could enter in the interface that would give you a Dodge Viper with rapid fire lead shot, so you had destructive firepower and speed...I would have about 20 of those as one formation zooming all over the map wreaking havoc on enemy buildings...but that got old, that is like god mode you know?

SirNathanQ:
Yes, I know. I have all the Age of Empires games.
But in a real battle you wouldn't be able to build stone walls while it's raging around your ears!

The Total War series are the best if you want absolute realism. Hint, there's no population limit!

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