When comparing Medieval: Total War vs Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition, the Slant community recommends Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition for most people. In the question“What are the best Medieval games on Steam?” Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is ranked 6th while Medieval: Total War is ranked 11th. The most important reason people chose Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition is:
A mage a monk and a half orc are the three new playable characters in the game which also have expanded stories over the original characters.
Specs
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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 Three new playable characters
A mage a monk and a half orc are the three new playable characters in the game which also have expanded stories over the original characters.
Pro Enhanced resolution support with new zoom ability
The enhanced edition now supports any resolution one may have on their PC as well as has a new addition of being able to zoom in and out, making it much easier to see what is going on in the game.
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 Stuck with the Infinity Engine
Old system driving the combat is dated and obtuse.
Horrible pathfinding.
Con New missions are buggy
Bugs do appear in the new missions which can easily be solved by reloading the game, but still is quite an annoyance to do so.