When comparing Medieval: Total War vs Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition, the Slant community recommends Medieval: Total War for most people. In the question“What are the best Medieval games on Steam?” Medieval: Total War is ranked 11th while Icewind Dale: Enhanced Edition is ranked 14th. The most important reason people chose Medieval: Total War is:
Each empire has different historically unique troops and territories. Giving the game quite a bit of replayability.
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Pros
Pro Assortment of empires to choose from
Each empire has different historically unique troops and territories. Giving the game quite a bit of replayability.
Pro European themed
Unlike Shogun (of the Total War series), Medieval Total War is based on European feudal combat.
Pro Easy to google for help
Due to the game popularity many guides and help tutorials are easily found through google search, which is great as there is much one needs to learn about the game that is not available as a tutorial.
Pro Remastered RPG classic with extra content
The whole game has been remastered to play and look well on modern devices. With additions to the game like skipping dialogue or being able to finally zoom this is the definitive version.
Cons
Con Steam version often crashes randomly
Many users of the Steam version of the game report random crashes, which will most likely never be fixed due to the games age.
Con Combat system is still convoluted
Certain weapons need certain stats to damage certain enemies, which is most left unexplained in game, which makes the game difficult to play at times.