MTW after RTW

[DisruptorX]

Disruptor, I don't understand what you mean by its all icing and very little cake. All the things from MTW are still there. Things like morale, flanking, fatigue, etc are still there in the battles. They are just plagued by some bugs and balancing issues atm. I'd like to hear what things MTW had (the cake as you said it) that aren't in RTW. I can see things that were implemented differently, but I haven't seen that they are removed.

The core gameplay is not as satisfying. The combat is retarded. I had the mod it, and now you get to watch the retarded soldiers fight as if they are stop motion robots (you don't normally get to see this because the combat is over too fast). The repeating animations of MTW actually don't look too bad by comparison. I do not like the way combat works now, it doesn't have that perfect balance where you knew exactly which situations troops could win and lose and the battle felt under your control.

I still somewhat enjoy the game, because at least you can admire your army better with the new graphics, but the game just feels wrong. It isn't satisfying.

MTW felt like Civilization, you couldn't quit; you had to keep on playing to get the next building upgrade in your city. In Rome, I don't have any problem quitting, because building up your cities just doesn't feel as rewarding.

The core of the game isn't a step up to me, is the problem. The things that really impressed me: the atmosphere and graphics, are superficial. I guess that is what I was trying to say.