Having just player the SP campaigns for the last two weeks - I find my interest in the game waining already - quite soon relatively to other games. I think this loss of enthusiasm to play may be related to the fact that in essence it is very much the same game as Shogun with a little more variability in the campaign development techs, buildings, and units. The different units held my interest for a little while - but now when I think of playing I just cant be bothered facing another boring battle against the AI which is like a chore - autoresolve? why bother playing at all, if your going to autoresolve! after all its all about the battles. Shogun - Mongol - Medieval have all had a few different units but in essence are identical games as far as game play - It shows a lack of imagination as far as the development of the game with companies happy to repackage and resell the same game over and over. I love the total war series but after 4 years of the same game even my enthusiasm is wavering and with each succesive game will total war - 4, last about a day?

Im interested in opinions and how other long term players of the shogun series are finding the new game? Has the novelty worn off yet?

cheers
Yun