A masterpiece

It’s weird seeing a game I loved so much back when on the PC in the App Store. I have Alexander and Barbarian invasion and they’re exactly what I remembered, large scale strategic combat at its finest. I must say though, if you’re an imperial campaign type, go for Rome or Barbarian. Absolutely love the games, what a perfect iPad app to have for long amounts of time like an airplane. 5 stars, you guys earned it. I must add one thing too, it would be nice if I could complete the set with Rome (have Barbarian Invasion and Alexander) at a discounted rate, as $17 is a lot to spend on 3 games when you don’t know if the game mechanics will translate well to an iphone or iPad and like myself, I imagine people want to test the waters so to speak before investing in the 3 game pack. 5 stars, fantastic, love the games and would love to see more from the total war set on the App Store.

One considerable flaw

For those of you who don’t know, this developer has created what may be the most profound representation of the Hellenistic era within the video game industry; the battle controls and campaign immersion are hard to beat and were impossible to compare to in it’s day when it was originally released. This game as well as it’s base program will always be one of the best strategy games ever in my opinion, but this expansion has one brutal and inexcusable flaw in that the campaign doesn’t include India or the Hindu Kush Mountains, the lands of myth and legends at the edge of Alexander’s known world, just past of which he and his armies would finally be forced to turn around. I found it hard to believe the first time I beat the campaign. I feel the expansion is not complete; it ended so abruptly that it seemed like a slap to the face even though I was suspicious of the map border the whole time. Because of this I’d say the expansion lacks length as well as informative depth and history. It’s still a great play and an excellent way to get a kid interested in Greek history, but without a multiplayer add on or other faction campaigns it will lack replay ability compared to it’s base game. I still highly recommend the game for anyone who likes the vanilla RTW, but it hardly emphasizes the accomplishes of Alexander the Great and doesn’t give any insight to his companions or their history.

Alexander the just okay

Overall, I believe this game is really good, much like it’s other sister games. The main flaw I see is that ROME: Total War - Alexander just is not repayable enough, with historical battles not being good (different review for a different time), only four factions for custom battles, and only the one Alexander campaign, which you must play the exact same way every time if you want to win (go through Persia, take the key settlements in time or you lose). With most of my review directed towards the cracks, it is easy to forget the beauty of this mosaic. While there is only one campaign, it is a pretty good one, the time limit forcing a new rush into your actions that other campaigns often lack. The historical battles are also great, their problems being the problems with all historical battles. In summary, this game deserves either the four stars I gave it, or three if you think the problems are worse than I believe. Great game Feral, I love it!

It’s a nice port of a pc game but...

It maybe a design intention to have no access to India but why are the Persians there? It undermines what they may have tried to do or why have a settlement there at all? The units in the game are comically color coded and lack the realism and discipline of the historical armies. You can only play as Alexander’s faction which does remove sone of the variety and fun that the option to play a variety of factions bring. Still not a bad game but then then lack of versatility does lower the replay value quite a bit. The intro and ending sequences were fun and educational that could have used a bit more of a sense of story or role playing during the mid of the game. Given the type of one shot one side game it is, more story and rp like elements would have helped it greatly. While the merc options were one of the highlights, some of the units were too generic or appearing in in places that made less sense.

Great game, new idea?

I have been fascinated with the historical aspects of all the total war games. But I have never had the money to afford a gaming pc and the total war games I would love to play. What if you all brought empire total war to iOS. It would be a great addition I believe to the franchise to expand to the mobile platform. Please consider this and if it’s not possible let me know.

I love Total War Games!

I really love Total War games and I've been so excited that first Rome and now Alexander are available on iOS. However this one, Alexander, is really buggy. I don't remember Rome iOS being as buggy as this play through of Alexander was for me. Hopefully they keep ironing out the bugs. Edit: I just replayed the campaign after the last update and many of the bugs have been fixed. I still saw a few bugs, such as one involving being unable to deselect a city on the world map that happened on both play throughs occasionally, however performance has really improved. I'll raise my review from 3 to 4 stars.

Disappointed

Two things. This really needed to let players play both sides( big let down). Also no one ever makes a version of ruling the Roman Empire at it’s peek?? All I ever see build it or fight for it. I think your version Would be perfect. I would love your version to come out with a time set at the beginning of the Emperor Trajans Rule or right after his death. I’m nearly 50 years old and I wanted a game like this since I was a kid . And maybe have some premade battle plans for some of us that like battles but maybe not so much thrown on you. James Cody

Decent game, but disappointing

Same standards of graphics and mechanics as both Rome and Barbarian Invasion. However, you only are allowed to play as Macedonia, the map is quite warped, and you only have until Alexander dies to pretty much conquer the entire map. If the time limit wasn’t there and you can play as all other factions, it would have gotten 5 stars. This is not worth the $5 it takes to buy it. Maybe $2 at best. $1 would be a better price for the lack of an extensive campaign

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