I agree with what you all have to say. I have been playing TW games since STW up to ETW. I am not a fan of the 3D campaign map and the AI on some of the newer TW games cannot be helped with mods. I did like the new economy and global scope of ETW, but this did not make up for the fact that the game lacked any AI and the battles, both naval and land, were tedious. I do not plan to buy anymore TW games, but instead will go back to the older TW games that were the best.

What I really cant understand is, given the sales of the TW franchise, it does not have any competitors that offer a good strategy map combined with a good 3D battle engine. There are many games that may excel in one of these areas, but very few can combine both and be successful. I hope that either CA will get its act together, or another game company will come along and take its place. In the meantime I will be playing STW and MTW + Mods, which may have dated graphics, but offer superior gameplay.