Quote Originally Posted by Dead Guy View Post
CIV IV is the easiest game you've played in your life? Wow. I think Total War isn't even a walk in the park compared to the harder settings in civ. I guess I never learned the "spam the world with immortals" technique... I mean the AI is pretty dumb in wars sometimes, but at least it attacks you where you're weak or when you are at war with someone else etc. And falling behind in the tech tree really isn't advicable.

I agree with the OP, the game is too easy. I understand it can't be harder because newbies would cry and quit, but the solution seems simple. Just increase the difference in difficulty between the settings, or actually make the AI behave differently between the settings, making it more aggressive on teh campaign map.
Aggresive AI doesn't always equal difficulty though. Sometimes super aggressive AI factions are easier to beat because they throw low quality troops at you and don't take the time to ttech up and get a strong economy.

If you really want a TW game to beat you you are going to have to fight against another player .