
As far as a expansion pack goes this is solid.

Its the same game play as Medieval II: Total but this time they focused on regions: The Holy Lands, Americas, Baltic, and Brittania, each region contains at least 5 factions and often times more.
Probably the biggest draw much like the original game is playing a open ended campaign through historic events, for example playing as the Kingdom of Jerusalem in the The Holy Lands campaign you will could be the target of a Jihad, or manage the arrival of new Crusaders from Europe, the level of accuracy on the Campaign maps are impressive. The factions in each campaign all have some differences but often times are pretty similar also, although that is probably a given taken the condensed regional campaign maps there are still a decent amount of different units to keep you interested in playing as each, the addition of unique units also add some flavor to The Holy Lands campaign these units either have a extra hit point or have a larger number of units they can be retrained but not recruited so if you get them killed they are gone, some factions have different leadership structures such as the Baltic region where the Teutonic order doesnt have the typical family structure but rather a military merit structure.
All and all if you enjoy playing the original campaign and/or have a interest in realistic historic events from the often misrepresented Medeival period this is a worthwhile buy.
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