There is and always will be only one....
THE Total War.....
SHOGUN.
For the cultural feel of the game, the honour, the code of Bushido. Bleak maps? Yes! Does the sun always shine on a fine day? Do we not get overcast, grim looking skies?

Comparing the battlefields of Shogun to those in Mediaeval is like comparing Kurosawa and Looney Tunes. I plain detest the cartoon qualities of the Mediaeval infantry units and as for the new detail I will say that I am not interested in seeing my mens' faces, I would much prefer to be viewing the battlefield. I also think that the actual fighting is better in Shogun.

If one of them had to go it would be Mediaeval without a doubt and no second thoughts.

As for the next in the series........
I don't think there will be

.....Orda

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" Send us your ambassadors and thus we shall judge whether you wish to be at peace with us or at war..if you make war on us the Everlasting God, who makes easy what was difficult and makes near what was far, knows that we know what our power is."