Seeing that MTW was going to be very similar to Shogun and more campaign-based, it was fairly predictable that Medieval would not be a very popular online game. The lack of a massive payoff for MP support was probably why there is not much of it. This attitude cannot be used in the case of Rome: Total War. Rome will be a high-selling, well-marketed game with the most entertaining battles in the Total War series. No forecast should be made on how large or small the multiplayer community for Rome will be. It is imperative that whoever is responsible for accommodating and supporting the multiplayer community respects Rome's potential for greatness and prepares to maintain a large crowd of MP players.