A contemporary weapons expert is about to test a medieval war hammer on a steel breastplate from that era. The aim is to find out how much damage this fearsome instrument of death could deal.

That is, until Creative Assembly decided to expand on Shogun with its next game, Medieval: Total War, a game that will ... whose powerful fire can scatter the ranks of most mounted and infantry ...

Can you give me a sense of what war hammers were like in medieval times ... A regular bow you could fire ten arrows in the time the man with the crossbow could replace one, but it definitely ...

Medieval 2 will put them in epic, real-time battles involving thousands of troops smashing each other's heads in with battle-axes and war hammers, promising the ultimate strategy game. Castle ...

Even assuming that you've played it since it was released, it's a safe bet that there are still some surprises left in Creative Assembly's Medieval 2 Total War. But assuming that you've seen ...

Under the surface, however, this is Medieval: Total War with few major tweaks. The engine is the same graphics system that's been with us since Shogun: Total War, and although it looks great ...