Rome: Totally Patchy

I finally got Rome: Total War to work after a long session of installing drivers, etc. The problem turned out to be the 1.1 patch - while that was installed, the game wouldn't start. Specifically, after I tried to start a campaign, the intro video would come up and then the loading screen - but at the end of the loading progress bar, it would crash to desktop instead of showing the campaign map.

So, if you're having a similar problem, you may want to try reinstalling the game minus the patch.

Tags: gaming, rome: total war