Best TW Game

[Herakleitos]

With a lot of doubts... I voted RTW. That's because of the fact that the map is not Risk-style anymore and the game is just bigger/better. But the Sengoku Jidai period is SO MUCH COOLER! And when Shogun came out that was the first time a computer game came it which I knew I had to play.

Make Shogun 2 on a Rome engine... with better AI and better balanced units... and more movies... and include Korea and parts of China and Mongolia and...

[econ21]

I voted MTW because it had good tactical battles and an interesting, but also challenging, strategic layer (glorious achievements, a much bigger map etc). The replayability was great, with very varied factions.

STW would be second - it had atmosphere and very good tactical battles, but the strategic map was a rather boring slugfest with the Hojo horde feature arguably breaking the end game. Replayability is limited due to common units and lack of variation in strategic options.

RTW is visually wonderful and in principle has a much better strategic map. However, I find the AI on the strategic map just does not seem to put up much of a fight. A lot of people have said the tactical AI is also weaker than MTW. I just don't get the sense of danger induced by STW and MTW. In principle, the replayability should be as great as MTW - indeed the tactical fighting styles of the factions are more varied - but sadly I can't seem to summon up the interest. It has potential to exceed STW and may be rival MTW, but it is not there yet.