Rome: Total War

THE GOOD:
Fun game play
Graphics are amazing
Huge unit scale, you can have up to 10,000 people on the field at once
Your generals can take on traits, some are good and some are bad
Generals are from real life, as are the different factions and units
You can seriously learn a ton from this game, I know i did
The factions you can play as range from the Romans, to the barbaric Germans, or the camel-riding archers of Persia, or the elephant tamers of Carthage

THE BAD:
Sometimes the battles can get glitchy
Need a fast and good computer to run it at its fullest
Can sometimes get a little boring if you aren't good at the game

SUMMARY:
This is a new and revolutionary game, with great graphics and the ability to have 10,000 troops on the field at one time, I would buy it in a second if I were you. You have two types of maps, the battle and campaign maps. The battle map is a real-time map where battles go on. The campaign map is where you manage you empire, which can extend from North Africa to the Middle-East to Spain to Russia. You can manage your cities, bribe an enemy general move troops, demand money from other factions, and attack an enemy.

The only bad part about this game is it can get glitchy and the requirements are pretty high. Plus if you aren't good at the game it can get boring. Although that's it.

Overall this is a great game and anyone with half-a-brain and a fast computer can play it.