Recommend me a Total War game

Rome or Medieval 2
Rome 2 is nice too

They're all good, so try the one with the historical era you prefer =)

I never really got into the Total War games, but that's mostly because the text scaling sucks. Not really an issue for people on monitors, or sufficiently large TVs, but my old TV just wasn't big enough to make the text readable. There was a mod to help that a little, but then the text would overlap in weird places and it wasn't worth it. But I've since gotten a larger TV, so I should really try again!

From what I'd tried, Empire: TW was great, but people generally seem to prefer the pre-guns ones.

They are all good. I'm biased since I love 18th century warfare

M2 has a fantastic mod called Third Age Total War set in middle earth. that is fantastic so m2has my vote.

Total War : Warhammer ;)

Rome 1, I started with it my Total War love, for me, the best in series, looking at this game from today, this game so simple compared to new TW's but has something that makes it uniqe, DLC's wasn's something special just meh;d (good if you like to play as horde and burn everything; played some as Eastern Empire, pretty chalenging defense i liked it)

Medieval II good sequel, good medieval atmosphere but this town/castle system ;/ very powerfull heavy cavalry :D take your's lord guard and kil hundreds of poor footmans :> overall easier than Rome, fells like map it smaller, playing as muslims is so stupid when crusaade come and if you dont nuke whole army(leaders) their recoverd to 20/20 units -_-' + Mongols, muslims are so fucked in this TW

Empire II only one good thing are sea battles, thats it; terrible map, added colonies, Indies but they are "empty" no matter whuch country you play you just take it noone def it AI is so tottaly stupid fu&king moron + this map, whole France 1 province? and AI is so passive, did i wrote that AI is stupid? / didnt play Napoleon (just bought it for 2euro o.O )

Shogun II very very good, Med II had good atmosphere but this is awesome, so beautifull... eh :)
Only things that were bad was that Japan is thin xD so there were like 2 roads on map where you need to push&conquer but not really game's fault ;p and battles were to fast for me i wanted to watch samurai's fight for days but they fought so short (this animations!!! awesome) :(

Rome II is good but i dont know ;/ i was a little overwhelmed by it, It look like awesome game but for some reason i didnt play it 24/7 like other TW's, maybe to much in campaign map focus and for me battles go wrong way, in Shogun i loved it, to zoom in and watch soldiers even in all other older TW's but here this units are like this 80+ soldiers are one thing, like a brick and its so weird and not interesting to watch

so..

Shogun II(if you like japan history/culture, who dont?)>> Rome1(only if you can stand old graphics and less features than new TW's have)>> Rome II (a lot of features , not so expensive, I get it in polish internet store for like 5 euro <evil laugh>)

Im terrified by this wall of text D: /sory for my english

I would say TW Rome, unfortunately it just refuses to run on some computers for no apparent reason, but this isn't so much an issue now that steam has refunds.

Sorry, but the last time TW was really fun was the first Medieval, which isn't in your list. Rome was okay, too, but had it's issues.

Shogun Fall Of Samurai is far best TW for me, I played all of series xpt Attila. You wont make mistake with any of them, they are all nice games. :)

I've played all TW games (except for Shogun 1), some more some less tough...

-MTW II is the best title imo. Make sure you play Kingdoms expansion, there's a simple "barebones" mod that simply implements the new Kingdoms features on the vanilla campaign, I'd recommend this for a vanilla experience.

-Shogun 2 TW might be the 2nd best.
-RTW is by far the most "revolutionary" title and perhaps the most important one. The graphics are by now quite outdated and it may be the game may not run on modern systems straight away. It may be in 2nd with Shogun 2... I find MTW II better simply because it's a clear improvement over the RTW concept.

-In 3rd I might place MTW 1 alongside ETW. MTW1 can be a bit unstable and I didn't mange to get it to run on Win8. The global scale in ETW is a big plus. I'd say ETW is the most "revolutionary" after RTW.

-In 4th I'd place Napoleon total war due to its extremely small scope, alongside R2TW. Rome 2 is good, just not really as good as the above imo.

I haven't played enough Attila to know where to place it, but I'd personally wait a year for it to be "complete".

I own everything apart Rome 2. For them i would tell you "BUY THEM ALL" if you are a fan of strategy games.

My personal favourite is actually the first Shogun. The reason for this is that I find a complete game of it to be short enough as to not overstay its welcome. The battles tend to otherwise be so similar that I just get bored with most TW games halfway through. Had the AI been better, this would have been less of an issue, as that would mean that you would have to mix up your strategy a bit more.

Second place is Shogun 2. Too lengthy, and the AI is dumb as a rock, but it's not as bad as say Rome.

Rome: TW might have been a revolutionary game back in the days, but the AI is just downright terrible. This at least has prevented me from enjoying the game.

As someone who's been a fan of the series since around the time Medieval TW came out and i'l list them in the order they came out:

• I doubt you will want to try Medieval or Shogun TW, they've not aged well at all and, especially in Shogun's case, the strategic map part is nothing more than a glorified game of Risk. They were however great strategy games when they came out and i have played and enjoyed both back in the day :)

• Rome TW will probably be the one people will recommend most, however, keep in mind that we're all doing it with a heavy dose of nostalgia and a large baggage of fond memories. Look at some gameplay on youtube and see if you can deal with the graphics(it's aged decently but i know some people have issues with such things) and the way it plays. It also has a nice selection of mods you can try out as well, tho, because of engine limitations and such don't expect too much of them in terms of textures and model quality.

• Medieval 2 TW is probably the best one they've made so far imho. It has the best mechanics, the graphics have aged really well, the combat is great and it's has a literal fuckton of great mods that you can play with it(keep in mind that you will need the expansion for the mods) including some great total conversions like Third Age Total War and Wrath of the Dark Gods. There's a ton of variety between factions, a huge map to conquer and hundreds of hours of fun to be had with it.

• Empire and Napoleon are my least favorite TWs but it's probably because i dislike the way war was waged in the age they portray. It's also when mechanics and especially the building of towns and such started to be dumbed down, these also started the trend of making the game hell to mod and locking stuff like the world map and factions, because with them started Sega/CAs joy of milking Total War with DLC. However if you're into muskets, cannons and huge formations you will love it. I will say tho i really liked the naval combat :)

• Shogun 2 TW, for me personally, comes in at a close second, but that's probably because i love Japanese history and the Sengoku Jidai period :). The graphics are gorgeous, with mods and such imho it looks better than Rome 2. The battles are great. It does lack in variety between factions, i will admit that, but it's to be expected, we're talking about a civil war here, not a war between nations. You have great research trees and a nice and solid character development tree. And it's amazing expansion, Fall of the Samurai, takes it all to a whole new level. While these also have their share of DLC they're not really necessary to enjoy the game and you won't lose much by not buying them.

• Rome 2 and Attila are a joke for me personally and i will never purchase either of them. From everything i'v seen they feel like coffee break Total War games. They dumbed down town/region management and buildings to an all time low. Battles are a joke, you can have all the formations in the world, the second 2 battalions clash they devolve into an idiotic mosh pit, yep, you heard right, armies like the Romans and the Greeks, famed for their discipline and formations, forget everything the second they clash and go full retard. The battles also end insanely quick, i'v seen field battles ending in 3-4 minutes at most. Not even gonna rant about naval battles since they're an even bigger joke. They also milked the ever living hell out of them with DLCs.

I think you should wait and save some cash for Total War™: WARHAMMER®

You not include this game on your list, so maybe you do not know its existence. I think this game will be amazing, (but be in mind im a Super Fan of Warhammer Fantasy board game, so maybe my oppinion is not .... objetive)

Rome 2 or shogun 2 are the best in my opinion empire is solid but if your buying only one then its up to you shogun has by far the best multiplayer but Rome is my favorite overall

Shogun Total War 2 is an excellent choice.

A thanks bump with a Bundle leftover GA. :)