During the player's turn, armies, fleets, and agents can be moved on the map. Gameplay consists of controlling the faction's military, economic, and social systems in large campaign maps. The campaign allows the player to assume control of a faction of the time period, and build a civilization, both economically and militarily in order to conquer other factions. Battles are also featured in the campaign. Battles can be played in multiplayer, in user-defined scenarios, or in historical scenarios which simulate real battles such as the Battle of Arsuf or the Battle of Agincourt. Similar to previous titles of the Total War series, the game consists of two modes of play: battles and single-player campaign.
A group of English knights attacking French dismounted feudal knights.
