Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion demo

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It's 363 AD and a seemingly unstoppable tide of barbarian invaders is massing on the borders of a fractured Roman Empire. Choose to take control of the barbarian hordes and tear apart the world's mightiest ancient empire, or take command of massed Roman legions and change the course of history forever.

Barbarian Invasion is the new expansion to the million-selling, multi-award-winning PC strategy game Rome: Total War. Set in a time 200 years after the main campaign of Rome: Total War, Barbarian Invasion presents an entirely redrawn campaign map reflecting two centuries of change and turmoil across the Roman Empire.

Ten new playable factions have entered the fray, all with new buildings, units, and technologies to exploit. The threats to Rome are as brutal as they are varied, from Sassanid war elephants and lethal Frank axe throwers to ferocious Hun riders.

This demo for the expansion to Rome: Total War includes a tutorial and two playable battles: The Battle of Badon Hill and The Battle of Chalons.

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Editor's review of Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion demo

Rather than tamper with the gameplay of Rome: Total War, the Barbarian Invasion expansion transports the action a few centuries ahead, as the once-mighty Roman Empire is threatened by barbarians. The expansion will be old hat for fans of the original, but it's still fun to play as King Arthur (Artorius Castus) leading the Romano-British or Attila the Hun battling Flavius Aetius. The graphics are excellent, the interface is impeccable, and the demo offers hours of fun for historical strategists.

In the tutorial, you lead a Roman legion against a Frankish assault in 363 AD. The Battle of Chalons in 451 AD features the Huns bombarding the Romans and Goths, while the Romano-British and the Alemanni fight the Saxons at the Battle of Baldon Hill in 516 AD.

Though large, the demo is easy to set up. The game runs on a standalone set of files, requiring no installation or Registry changes. Once you're done, you can simply delete the whole directory. The demo doesn't give any taste of the campaign-style gameplay, but the adequate tutorial and two historical battles at three difficulty levels provide an excellent introduction to the epic real-time battles of the Rome: Total War franchise.

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  Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion demo

  A must buy.

  by: A-Khoo on 12-Jul-2006 01:24:41 AM

  Pros: Like all of the Total War series, 'Barbarian Invasion' is terrific. Set after its predecessor, 'Rome Total War', Barbarian Invasion explores the fall of the Roman Empire. Experience a wider variety of warriors in your battles and greater graphics and gameplay. A must buy.

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  Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion demo

  Better than total war!!!

  by: babu-80 on 18-Feb-2008 01:53:06 AM

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  Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion demo

  Great game! A must download

  by: purest_player on 05-Nov-2006 02:37:44 PM

  Pros: It was very easy to control your units. unlike most war game strategy you could control as many units as u have.

  IT was fun and got straight to the war, no spending hours building a city.

  IT was realistic, depending on how u placed your troops it would effect the outcome of the match.

  Cons: no city building or anything. it was just war.

  camera controls kinda hard

  kind of complicated-- kinda like rock, paper, scissors. cavalry won against archers. spear men won against cavalry, and so on.except there were a lot of different classes so you had to learn which was good against which. And you had to organize your troops "wisely" or else you would lose

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  Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion demo

  it is not bad people should paly it

  by: .malditaso. on 14-May-2006 06:40:09 AM

  Pros: i like a lot of this types of game and this is a game i would play alot

  Cons: there are basically nothing bad about this game its good

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  Rome: Total War Barbarian Invasion demo

  potentiallly a cool game

  by: garv1 on 12-Jul-2008 07:57:56 AM

  Pros: I try to down load the file three times and would always end up with a a missing dll and couldn't load the game

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