To be honest, I've loved every TW game I've played. MTW was what started it for me, and while its been many years since then I feel like the series didn't disappoint. RTW felt so revolutionary to me, and I can still play it today and have lots of fun (keep in mind I play SP for the most part). MTW2 is personally my favorite, each faction had something about it that made it unique and fun to play as. ETW I can see why some people didn't like it, but I still had plenty of hours of enjoyment. NTW does feel like what ETW should have been, but the game is great regardless.

I'm sure plenty of people would disagree with me on some points, but overall I think as long as CA doesn't try something terribly new without testing it thoroughly they can't go too wrong. Of course there's improvements to be made, but as long as the general formula is there I think they'll do fine. I've never regretted buying a TW game, and every installment of the series has seemed like a step up for me. I'm very hopeful that STW2 will follow that .