When those troops encounter a hostile army or attack a settlement, the game zooms in to the conflict and loads a battle map, where the engagement plays out in real-time.īattles in the Total War series are known as much for spectacle as strategy, to the extent that the History Channel used the Rome: Total War engine to provide visuals for a series on noteworthy Classical Era battle, and The BBC used the same engine for the Game Show Time Commanders.
Here the player manages his or her empire, selects construction projects for settlements, raises armies, hires and dispatches agents, conducts diplomacy, and marches troops around. The main campaign takes place on a Risk-Style Map divided into territories, cities, and fortifications. The games' system is an interesting hybrid, with a continent-scale strategic turn-based game that jumps to real-time battles for resolving conflicts between opposing armies.
To date, there have been nine installments in the series: The series combines Turn-Based Strategy with Real Time Strategy and each game takes place in a distinctive historical period. Total War is a series of strategy games developed by The Creative Assembly and published by Sega.
