Empire: Total War

This game is awesome in so many ways, but there are too many issues to recommend it to others. I have never played a game that crashes more than this one. The "AI" is clunky and performs very poorly compared to other Total War games and once you progress too far into a campaign, the game starts to freeze and glitch badly and always has since the beginning.

I love the era in which this game is set. There are some fun, innovative ideas , and it's generally a pleasant experience to manage and advance your faction towards a continent-spanning empire. However, it has the worst AI of any Total War game. [list] [*]The land battle AI is poor. [*]Sea battles are slow and monotonous. [*]Siege battles are just a total mess [*]And after 30+ turns, the campaign AI is in complete disarray. [/list] Sadly, CA has never bothered to fix any of these issues. Although there are mods that address some of the issues and expand the scope, the AI is so fundamentally flawed that it's essentially unfixable. You can have a great time with this game, but beware — your frustration threshold will certainly be tested!

I've really enjoyed the game as you can see by my play time. However, the game really is broken. I've uninstalled this game several times out of frustration as my save file becomes corrupted in the mid-to late game. Even with backups, most of my play-thru'd end from the game becoming unplayable, rather than me becoming bored or finishing the actual game.