Quote Originally Posted by QuintusSertorius View Post
CA make reasonable game engines, but god-awful games. I have zero interest in the medieval era (or BI's late antiquity/early medieval), I'm only buying M2:TW because I'll need it for EBII when it appears.

I've tried CA's games before, and know more than enough not to bother trying any more.
Just try it and, who knows, you may enjoy it. Shall I remind you that once you said with conviction you'd only enjoy playing the Romans.
Even if you don't like Vanilla, there are some great mods for M2TW that make it worthwhile even before EB II arrives (which will still take some time).