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Rome Total War Anthology (Total War, Alexander & Barbarian)

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Includes Rome: Total War and the 2 OfficialExpansion Packs!Product InformationThree Rome: Total War titles in one collection.  In Rome: Total War themightiest armies and the most brilliant commanders of ancient times clash in anepic war game only Total War can create.  An all new campaign map extendsthe Rome: Total War experience further Eastward than ever before taking youinto Macedonia and the Persian Empire. A host of new content includes four newfactions and 60 all new units in Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion ExpansionPack.  It is 363 AD and the last Emperor of the unified Rome is dead. Hissuccessors now rule a divided Empire. Beyond the frontiers of the sunderedEmpire new enemies are lurking. The barbarians are at the gates in this officialexpansion pack for Rome: Total War Alexander.Product Titles Included Rome: Total War Rome: Total War - Barbarian Invasion Expansion Pack Rome: Total War - Alexander Expansion PackProduct OverviewRome: Total WarStorm clouds gather over Europe Asia and North Africa as mighty armies marchforward in Rome: Total War.  Command the greatest forces of the ancientworld including the Roman Legions Carthage and Gaul; lay siege tocivilizations using powerful war engines; and decimate your enemies usingspecial units like ferocious war dogs armored elephants or Scythed chariots. In Rome: Total War the most epic cinematic real-time 3D battles ever seen in agame come to life with awe-inspiring graphics.  Vast armies are led bybrilliant generals such as Hannibal leader of the Carthaginians and JuliusCaesar Rome's greatest general and leader.  The mightiest armies and themost brilliant commanders of ancient times clash in an epic war game only TotalWar can create.Features: Easily manage vast cities and gigantic battles with the aid of advisors auto managing tools and pick-up and play controls. Forge an empire on the revolutionary 3D campaign map wit


  • Includes Rome Total War and the 2 official expansion packs
  • Rome Total War
  • Alexander
  • Barbarian Invasion


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34 of 37 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars A true classic PC game, March 17, 2009
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This review is from: Rome Total War Anthology (Total War, Alexander & Barbarian) (Video Game)
While I haven't had much time to mess around with the Alexander expansion, I have to say that there are few, if any, video games that have sucked me in as much as Rome Total War and the Barbarian Invasion expansion. While I obviously love Medieval 2 Total War as much as the next guy (when I get to borrow my ex's super laptop anyway :), there's something amazing -- especially for a history buff -- about the diversity, challenge, and overall feel of the RTW games, never mind the various mods available which pretty much keep it from becoming obsolete.

Generally, I am the type of gamer who avoids flavor of the month games, but who REALLY gets into 2-3 great games a year (typically console games, e.g. I'm way too into Fallout 3 right now, as I was codependent with Assassin's Creed a year ago), and I kind of laughed at my good friend who recommended this game to me a few years ago (yes, yes...I know: I'm totally with it...). It just seemed like too much time and trouble. After... Read more
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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great, July 15, 2010
= Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars 
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My son enjoys this game very much. He spends hours playing it. the game is not just a fun tool for him but it is also teaching him history. He is always asking questions and trying to find answers.
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6 of 6 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars Rome Total War Anthology, October 8, 2011
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Works on Windows7, is very stable. Longest time I have had this game up is 18 hrs. No bugs or Game crash unless the optional settings are pushed, such as highest quality Video options with the Huge units option . This tends to increase instability. I am currently using a Toshiba Satellite L775 64 bit system, 6 GB ram, 500 GB Hard Drive. My screen size is 17.3 inches and the wide screen option on this game doesn't fill the entire screen. Over all this classic game is still very playable. The seller was prompt, and packaged the shipment very well.
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Baldur's Gate 4 in 1 Boxsetbest


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Baldur's Gate 4 in 1 Boxset

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4 in 1 Box Set - Enter a World of Intrigue Adventure and FierceCombatProduct InformationThe Complete Baldur's Gate Compilation!  Baldur's Gate takes you on adazzling role-playing adventure that brings life to the grand tradition of theAdvanced Dungeons & Dragons game.  Continue your adventure with thecharacter you created in Baldur's Gate where you travel the Sword Coast to findclues on your true identity.  In Shadows of Amn your choices will determineyour fate.  As you venture through Throne of Bhaal a storm of chaos anddestruction thunders across the Sword Coast - fulfill your destiny in thedecisive conclusion. Product Title Included Baldur's Gate Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal Product OverviewBaldur's GateThestory takes place in TSR's best-selling FORGOTTEN REALMS. The western shorealong the Sea of Swords contains a multitude of ecologies and terrains includingmountains forests swamps marshes plains cities and ruins. Collectivelycalled the Sword Coast it attracts adventurers and evil alike and is thebackdrop for this epic adventure.The region encompassed by this game is roughly bordered to the South by theCloud Peaks the East by the Wood of Sharp Teeth the West by the Sea of Swordsand the North by Baldur's Gate (the largest and most affluent city in theregion).Chaos threatens to overwhelm the Sword Coast. The state of Amn is under siegeto the south the High Moor is being overrun in the north and the region aroundBaldur's Gate is in turmoil. In an area known for its ample resources acrippling shortage is slowly developing for the metal that is used throughoutthe Realms for everything from swords to forks - iron. When iron ore reachingthe region is smelted the resulting wares are plagued with brittleness suchthat they crack and break with little more


  • This is the complete Baldur's Gate Compilation on four (4) DVD's. Includes: Baldur's Gate, Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Sword Coast, Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn and Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal.
  • Baldur's Gate : Baldur's Gate takes you back to the Forgotten Realms campaign setting on a visually dazzling role-playing adventure, one that brings to life the grand tradition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game through cutting edge art and technology. Immerse yourself in this quintessential medieval fantasy world, where nations hang in the balance of your actions, dark prophecies test your resolve, and heroic dreams can be fulfilled at last.
  • Baldur's Gate: Tales of the Swords Coast : Continue your travels on the Sword Coast with the next set of adventurers in the award-winning Baldur's Gate role-playing game series.
  • Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn : Baldur's Gate II expands the Baldur's Gate world by bringing you a new set of adventures set in the nation of Amn. Baldur's Gate II has a large central, nonlinear plot line which is broken down into 7-8 chapters, with lots of sub quests and small adventures thrown in for variety. The number of item recovery type quests has been greatly diminished and there are be more class- and alignment-specific quests.
  • Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal : Baldur's Gate II: Throne of Bhaal greatly extends the Baldur's Gate II experience, with approximately 40 hours of additional adventures. Explore the lands of Tethyr as an epic conflict wreaks devastation on a scale never before seen in the Forgotten Realms campaign world


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232 of 235 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars So much fun, it's dangerous, July 26, 2008
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First off, any person who has played a bunch of computer games will tell you this: The amount of fun you have in a game, after say the first day of playing it, is totally irrelevant to the game's graphics. The BG collection is a good example.

I too think it is better than the Neverwinter series, for one main reason:

BG and especially BGII are extremely open and non-linear. Yes, of course the game has limits, but there are so many optional areas, quests, characters, and items, and more importantly, so many decisions you have to make in each play-through that open some doors and close others, that you can play this game probably ten times in a row and still discover fun new things.

Even concepts which seem like game-universe "laws" can be surpassed once you gain enough skill as a player. I'm not talking about cheating. For example, you might think the Cowled Wizards are impossible to resist when they arrest you, right? Nope, not for a creative tactician... Read more
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85 of 89 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Let's go back to when there were better games., April 20, 2008
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M. Diaz "Smoke" (St. Amant, LA United States) - See all my reviews
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So you want to try out some of bio ware's older games? Here is a secret. These games are better than the recent Neverwinter series. "What?" you say, "How could you." Well it's true. Sure it has AD&D version 2 which is an older ruleset than the Neverwinter series has, but you won't care. I'll assume you don't need great graphics to enjoy a game. Why would you even consider buying a game from the late 90's if you cared about graphics right? So I'll say the graphics were great for it's time and now I will leave the graphics alone. So how is this game so good? The answer is open ended gameplay, great combat system, and a great quest system. Exploration is another great thing about this game. To fully explore every part of the world will take you a long time, and you will find many fun little battles along the way. You can stray off from the main quest to explore the wilderness if you want, and pretty much it is part of what makes this game so great. The game has simpler combat and... Read more
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56 of 57 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars Great game still holds up after all these years, February 10, 2010
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I purchased this when I was on a retro-gaming kick a while back, and out of all the older games, I think this one stood out as the most enjoyable. Since there are plenty of older reviews detailing the game features, I would like to point out a few things about the distribution.

First, there is no printed manual, only a .pdf file contained on the disk. Also, the box itself is pretty flimsy, with the discs stacked on top of each other and held with rings that are too stiff. The way this is packaged makes the discs very prone to scratching, so I would inspect your discs first, then transfer them to another case. Compare this to the Diablo II box set which comes with a nicer jewel case and a booklet for about the same price, and you can see that Atari is treating this as a cheap-o product instead of the gaming classic it really is.

Secondly, installing on Windows Vista can be a pain. Don't do the auto-run install, or files will be missing and the game will crash. I... Read more
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