Quote Originally Posted by hotingzilla
Yah I fear the death of MTW, the game I loved so much.
It was just like when I played AOE2, and then I got the Conquerors expansion. I expected a lot from AOM, but it turned out to be a blunder - at least to me. I always hoped they'd refined a new version of AOE2.
agreed. I loved AoK to death - visited teh forums and palyed with my friends for hours with that game. Then AoM came out and it looked awesome, had amazing units and it seemed like it would be great as well, but the gameplay wasn't there for some reason. THe essence of the game had been lost and the Age of.. games suddenly seemed really arcadey. In these last few weeks before RTW comes out I am actually thinking about going back and playing a few games of AoK and AoM just to remember - but my new High Campaign as the English is also tempting. One thing I find neat is that the AoK community after AoM was released, rivalled eachother and there wasn't one that was exceedingly better. Sure AoM had more people but they were mostly temporary fans who left to go play other games as they were released - the AoK (and AoE ) fans stuck around long after AoM was released. One thing as a closing note - AoM has been in (or very close to) the Top Ten Sellers list for Computer Games ever since it was released, a month or so ago it was #3 or something. Now that's some awesome staying power ES has there in their games. I see the Total War Series in a very similar light.