What does ETW have to offer me?

[Subotan]

Essentially, I have not played ETW since March/April. I found the lack of Naval invasion, dim diplomacy and unexciting battles to be a small disappointment. However, I trust that CA has fixed at least some of the issues from the original release, and I'm essentially too lazy to look for them myself. What can ETW offer me, a Europa Universalis III player (That game was awesome :daisy1: was so cash) that will re-grab my attention?

[AussieGiant]

It will make your palms hairy and send you blind.

Move along here, nothing to see.

This isn't the game your looking for.

[Subotan]

Oh. Um. That's, uh, encouraging. It's good to see that I spent $30 on a hair growing formula.

[Quickening]

You could just keep playing EU 3. Personally I found it too uneventful. When there are people reading books during a game, there is something deeply wrong if you ask me.
Have you tried Europa Universalis Rome? I bought that on release because I'm far more interested in the Roman era and I've had some terrific games on that.
I've got to be honest though, the Total War games will never give you the same kind of experience as EU if you ask me.

[Subotan]

You could just keep playing EU 3. Personally I found it too uneventful. When there are people reading books during a game, there is something deeply wrong if you ask me.

I read books whilst playing EB...

Have you tried Europa Universalis Rome? I bought that on release because I'm far more interested in the Roman era and I've had some terrific games on that.

I've hard bad things about that. And I'm not so interested in that era.

I've got to be honest though, the Total War games will never give you the same kind of experience as EU if you ask me.

I guess. I don't care about battles, rather the managing of Empires.

[econ21]

I don't care about battles, rather the managing of Empires.

Then I am sorry, but AussieGiant had it right. ETW is not for you. Total War is all about the battles. Don't get me wrong - the hook to keep fighting the battles is Empire management and I would not touch it if there was not a campaign. But what the series does that no other games do is model the battles in a way which is both cinematically impressive and a decent historical war simulation.