What do you want in next TW title?! What?!

[Martok]

Just a quick reminder to please keep discussion civil, folks. While it has generally remained so, I have seen a few posts that are a little on the edge. Please remember that the written (or in our case, typed) word doesn't always convey one's tone very well, so we would do well to keep that in mind.

The AI is not notably worse, it just hasn't improved. When I play Shogun I don't feel a great deal more challenged than when I play Med 2, both A.Is are predictable and rely on very basic tactics (or none at all in some battles).

Sorry Sir Beane, but I must disagree with you on this. In my experience, the AI in Shogun/MTW is in fact superior to that in the later games (although Medieval 2's AI was admittedly improved over Rome's).

When it comes to PC strategy titles, I'm not a very good general. I am -- at best -- only average in this regard. As a result, nearly every battle in STW and MTW makes me sweat, because I honestly don't know if I'll win or not. In those two games, I never feel confident of victory unless I truly have a significant advantage (in terms of either numbers, position, and/or troop quality). Any battle in which both armies are of roughly equal size, I'm definitely going to have a fight on my hands. If I somehow manage to defeat an army that's significantly larger than my own, it's a major accomplishment.

The same can't be said of Rome or Medieval 2, however. In Rome, I could usually defeat armies 3-4 times my size without breaking a sweat. Even in Medieval 2, I could still beat off armies twice my size with depressing regularity.


I realize everyone's mileage may vary, and perhaps for you the AI experience really is similar regardless of which TW title you're referring to. If that's so, however, then you're one of the very few people who can claim that. There are just too many accounts of folks who, when going from Rome/Medieval 2 to STW/MTW, found the AI to be a much tougher opponent in the older games.