I play MTW and RTW (and played M2TW). I enjoy playing MTW more so than RTW because of it's gameplay, simply. RTW has nice graphics, pleasing to the eye and what not. With graphics tuned right up, it is like candy to your eyes (obviously with less FPS though (It's amazing how much grass can lag you PC )). But MTW has that distinct edge to it that I can't put my finger on. To keep this short, I find that RTW has a slower CampMap, and repetitive battles (Not nearly as repetitive as M2TW ). Something very trivial that really does get on my nerves with RTW is how slow it is to end your turn. Especially when there're plenty of factions and you've got to wait for every one of them to take their turn. MTW is really quick when loading the next turn - Thus keeps me interested longer.

After thinking about it, I realise that MTW has more of that roleplaying portion that is lacking so much in RTW. Rather than saying "One of your heirs has now matured" in MTW, it now says "An heir to your leader has now matured" in RTW or something along those lines. Something very trivial and ever so tiny, it's got the same meaning, it gets the same point across, but it doesn't make me feel like I am the leader of this faction, it just makes me feel like I'm controlling the leader of the faction (like more as a step above the leader rather than actually being the leader).