Is anyone else bored?

[solypsist]

it's little use to compare rtw to mtw, so that's not a good place to start. i found myself referencing mtw, but this is a different game, and once i left mtw behind (campaign map part, anyway), rtw has increased in enjoyment.

the greeks are one of the easiest to use, try a different faction.

[Lord Ovaat]

I'm finding it a little discomforting that the Campaign Map is so small. Small? Well, it is a big map with lots of provinces, but when you consider there are four allied Roman factions gobbling up territory it limits your thrusts if you happen to be playing one of the those factions. My first campaign was probably the most interesting; I kept rather large stacks around my capitol because of concern for the other Roman factions. It has, however, become apparent, that they are NOT going to attack me without being told to by the Senate. The Senate seems to leave you alone until you are in position to win. So, they actually are allies. I used to wish for this with MTW, now I'm not all that sure it's the best policy. It would be nice if, on occasion, one of the other factions made a "play" for power. I no longer have the nagging "fear" that my current hundred-turn campaign could go up in smoke at any moment simply because several factions attack at once. I guess I do miss the suspense.

[Akka]

I always ends bored with any game I play, at least for a while (and I will replay it several monthes later).

RTW, so far, has shown a tremendous and incredibly resilience to boredom, which is something to praise ^^

I agree, though, that the lack of non-conquest goals is somehow lacking. After a while, you start to "see through the game" and feel more the mechanics and less the ambiance. Some lively and varied goals/objectives/creations would definitely help to flesh even more the game, and improve it overall.

[a_ver_est]

Imho more types off victory conditions will be a great improvement. Cultural victories, faction which has earned more development points, ...

Yep I now these is a Total War game and all it's about war ... but I think that the engine allows doing more thinks with a lite more development and it will avoid boring early.

[TheDuck]

it's little use to compare rtw to mtw, so that's not a good place to start. i found myself referencing mtw, but this is a different game, and once i left mtw behind (campaign map part, anyway), rtw has increased in enjoyment.

the greeks are one of the easiest to use, try a different faction.

Try playing as one of the explicitly weaker factions, say Gaul for instance (which many folks consider very weak).