The English court may now speak French, but the Normans certainly don't consider their new conquest a French territory. England's new masters have a more modern approach to the art of warfare, and the will to utilise the country's rich resources to maximum effect.

Most importantly, William the Conqueror came with the support of the Pope, as well as a mixed force of well-trained infantry, archers and heavy cavalry. However, the new rulers of England have swiftly replaced and improved the taxation system so as to replenish their coffers in quick time. The English Having recently wrestled control of England from the Saxons, many would expect the conquering Normans to be somewhat spent and weakened. YES NO Enjoy these last features and look forward to the game's release on November 14th here in North America. The videos for these factions are a little farther back in the video section for the game so just flip back a couple of pages to find them. Take a look at the Russians, Byzantine Empire, Sicilians, Turks, and Holy Roman Empire. Of course, if you haven't had the chance to check out the rest of the faction features, now's your chance. As in the past, all of these are accompanied by a facton video which can be found in the video section as well. Look forward to faction breakdowns of the French and Spanish tomorrow and Wednesday. We're starting off this triumvirate of Eurpoean powers with the English.

With the game releasing next week, we're winding up the faction features with a full three this week before the full review hits.

For the full account, you'll just have to wait and buy the final product to check out each of the units and get used to each faction's idiosyncrasies. There are a lot of factions involved in this game with many strengths and weaknesses. Over the last few weeks Creative Assembly and SEGA have given us a look at some of the many factions at play in Medieval II: Total War.

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