MTW or MTW2?

[Jaguara]

First: I didn't know where to put this thread now, so if you mods want to move it, that is cool with me. I did not see a "General TW" discussion thread, just threads for each particular game in TW, and a thread for non-TW games. Since this question bridges two TW games, I just put it here since this room seems to get the most traffic.

So, the question is, for someone wanting to try a Medieval TW game in single player, would you recommend MTW or MTW2?

Feel free to add comments below about the plusses & negatives of the two.

I have never played Medieval Total War (at the time of release my PC could not handle either - just like now it cannot handle Empire/Napoleon & certainly not STW2), but I grow weary of RTW & BI, so I am looking for a change...