ROME: Total War - Alexander 12+

A masterpiece

It’s weird seeing a game I loved so much back when on the PC in the App Store. I have Alexander and Barbarian invasion and they’re exactly what I remembered, large scale strategic combat at its finest. I must say though, if you’re an imperial campaign type, go for Rome or Barbarian. Absolutely love the games, what a perfect iPad app to have for long amounts of time like an airplane. 5 stars, you guys earned it. I must add one thing too, it would be nice if I could complete the set with Rome (have Barbarian Invasion and Alexander) at a discounted rate, as $17 is a lot to spend on 3 games when you don’t know if the game mechanics will translate well to an iphone or iPad and like myself, I imagine people want to test the waters so to speak before investing in the 3 game pack.
5 stars, fantastic, love the games and would love to see more from the total war set on the App Store.

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One considerable flaw

For those of you who don’t know, this developer has created what may be the most profound representation of the Hellenistic era within the video game industry; the battle controls and campaign immersion are hard to beat and were impossible to compare to in it’s day when it was originally released. This game as well as it’s base program will always be one of the best strategy games ever in my opinion, but this expansion has one brutal and inexcusable flaw in that the campaign doesn’t include India or the Hindu Kush Mountains, the lands of myth and legends at the edge of Alexander’s known world, just past of which he and his armies would finally be forced to turn around. I found it hard to believe the first time I beat the campaign. I feel the expansion is not complete; it ended so abruptly that it seemed like a slap to the face even though I was suspicious of the map border the whole time. Because of this I’d say the expansion lacks length as well as informative depth and history. It’s still a great play and an excellent way to get a kid interested in Greek history, but without a multiplayer add on or other faction campaigns it will lack replay ability compared to it’s base game. I still highly recommend the game for anyone who likes the vanilla RTW, but it hardly emphasizes the accomplishes of Alexander the Great and doesn’t give any insight to his companions or their history.

Alexander the just okay

Overall, I believe this game is really good, much like it’s other sister games. The main flaw I see is that ROME: Total War - Alexander just is not repayable enough, with historical battles not being good (different review for a different time), only four factions for custom battles, and only the one Alexander campaign, which you must play the exact same way every time if you want to win (go through Persia, take the key settlements in time or you lose). With most of my review directed towards the cracks, it is easy to forget the beauty of this mosaic. While there is only one campaign, it is a pretty good one, the time limit forcing a new rush into your actions that other campaigns often lack. The historical battles are also great, their problems being the problems with all historical battles. In summary, this game deserves either the four stars I gave it, or three if you think the problems are worse than I believe. Great game Feral, I love it!