User manual SEGA PC GAMES TOTAL WAR ERAS

[. . . ] COMING NOVEMBER 2006 www. totalwar. com Visit www. totalwar. com to register and receive exclusive inside information from The Creative Assembly. © 2005 The Creative Assembly Limited. Total War, Medieval: Total War, and the Total War logo are trade marks or registered trade marks of The Creative Assembly Limited in the United Kingdom and/or other countries. SEGA and the SEGA logo are either trade marks or registered trade marks of SEGA Corporation. All rights reserved. Key code Medieval: Total War / Viking Invasion Key code Rome: Total War / Barbarian Invasion / Alexander TWE_MCV_inside. qxp 5/18/06 3:53 PM Page 2 SEGA PC DISC ­ NOTES O N U S E HEALTH ISSUES Use this software in a well-lit room, staying a good distance away from the monitor or TV screen to not overtax your eyes. [. . . ] Battles that you can fight are shown in black text. Any that are temporarily locked are shown grayed out. Generally speaking, you have to complete the first battle on the list in order to be able to play the second, and so on. The result of battles that you already attempted will be shown on a list here when appropriate. Left click on any battle shown in black to select it. · The third section is a text description of the campaign. This is an overview of the political and military situation at the time and gives you the context for the battles that you're about to fight. Left click on Reset Progress to restart the selected campaign. Any battles that you've unlocked will be relocked at this point. Resetting progress in one campaign will have no effect on other campaigns that you may also be playing through. HISTORICAL BATTLES AND CAMPAIGNS As noted earlier, selecting Single Player on the Main Menu of the game gives you four options for play. The last two of these options are: · Historical Battles: Choose this option to fight a single, set-piece battle from medieval times. There's a selection of battles included in with Medieval: Total War, and you can download extra battles from the website. You can fight these battles in any order and as often as you like, and they can be very useful in learning the tricks and tactics of medieval command. They will also give you the chance to command some of the factions that are not playable in the main campaign game. 128 129 MTWE_Manual_EN 5/9/06 4:15 PM Page 130 When you are happy with your choices of campaign and battle, left click on Re-enact This Battle at the bottom of the screen. The Battle screen gives you a scrolling view of the battlefield, the commanders involved, a short description of how the battle came to be fought, and details of your army. Click on the scroll bar at the left to see more text. · The text description will include the victory conditions for the battle. Make sure you understand these, as killing or capturing enemy soldiers may be only part of what you have to do ­ and a small part at that. For example, if you are told to destroy particular units or take a particular piece of ground, you won't win no matter how many of the enemy die beneath your soldiers' swords. · Units in your army are displayed at the bottom of the screen. The unit picture shows you the type(s) of troops you'll have at your command. · The number in the top right hand corner of each box is the valor of the unit, and this is a good indication of their fighting quality. [. . . ] This mode links a set of battles in a best of 5 or 3 map match against a human opponent in multiplayer, or an AI opponent in single player. In multiplayer you have access to all the tournaments and maps from the start. To get the option to play a single player tournament, you first need win and therefore unlock, a suitable number of historical battles. · · The Persians: the superpower of the ancient world, Persia is a vast kingdom able to bring swarms of troops to any battlefield. She has coveted the Greek territories for centuries. [. . . ]