Well, the system requirements aren't as steep as I expected:
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English version of Microsoft® Windows® 2000/XP.
Celeron 1.8GHz Pentium 4® (1500MHz) or equivalent AMD® processor.
512MB RAM.
8x Speed DVD-ROM drive (1200KB/sec sustained transfer rate) and latest drivers.
11.0 Gigs of uncompressed free hard disk space.
100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible 16-bit sound card and latest drivers.
100% Windows® 2000/XP compatible mouse, keyboard and latest drivers.
DirectX® 9.0c.
128MB Hardware Accelerated video card with Shader 1 support and the latest drivers.
Must be 100% DirectX® 9.0c compatible.
Monitor must be able to display 1024x768 resolution or above.
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The major reason I expected something absurd was that apparently the demo only ran at machines with some bizarre intel processor. None of this, luckily. Way back I read the statement by the developer that m2:tw should run on the same machine as r:tw. It's the same graphics engine anyway.
But enough threadjacking, in other news: yesterday I finished my first barbarian invasion campaign. After a very short and failed attempt with the Lombardi I had a more enjoyable time with the Saxons
Great game. Barbarian Invasion is in the budget section nowadays, about 7 euros.
I started a new game with the Huns, to find out how the horde mechanic plays. It doesn't suit my builder style. I think I'm going to play with either the Eastern Roman Empire to find out how hard it is to hold (and rebuild) the empire, or I'm going to take down the ERE with the Sassanids. Chop chop