Title: Interesting and factual, but uninspiring graphics
Product review: If you enjoy ancient history, particularly ancient military history, this is a decent series. The battles are "fought" using the game engine of Rome:Total War, which was probably pretty impressive when this was first released. However, the graphics now look dated, with the different armies looking pretty darn similar, just with differently colored uniforms (you have the Roman template, the barbarian template, and the middle eastern/asian template). The animations do a good job of showing the tactics involved, and the narrator and historians do a good job of explaining motivations and the events of the battles, leading to an overall solid series. Just don't expect to be impressed with the animation graphics.
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