I think sure there are some things missing. I would suggest most are minor. I classify this as rather minor. It is still better than 90% of the games out there. Considering it is better than 90% of the games out there, that kind of tells you something about pc gaming. But of the 3-4 industry leaders, this game does stand at the top of a genre and more is expected.
It is expected to show others "how it is done" it is suppost to set the bar high, hence the high expectations. It does several things well, not the least of which is guarantee 50+ hours of gaming entertainment with vanilla and assorted mods.
However though it is not a singular effort it is a continuation, and consequently some of its charm is left in STW and MTW, meaning you have probably been playing this RTS, two army battlefield with 4-8 unit armies for awhile.
I fortunately never played MTW, and missed some things, but I dont know what except what I have read, so the Total War series is essentially fresh to me, warts and all. I did play STW but that was several years ago.
What is true however is you can play this game 2-3 weeks, even a month before you start to see holes and then its time to try a few mods and then you have your money worth.
I dont know not everyone is so demanding, especially when so much other games are complete and utter crap.
As far as the weather thats kind of a hard call. I would not like every 3rd battle with heavy rain and every 4th battle with heavy wind. That might be kind of stupid. I mean dont historically armies pretty much wait for decent weather to fight? Sure rain might happen unexpectantly and wind might be extra strong but the continuation of this line of thought is practically endless... ok so wind and rain now what
1) terrain
2) stamina of troops, already factored in but maybe more so
3) food
4) water
5) tiredness, marching before battle, opposed to being attacked
6) sun in your eyes
at some point you just play the game as is, at some point you think of ways maybe it could be better. But to analyze the game and suggest its not worthy of playing is like giving up because of logic.
Where is the logic in killing someone, you just do it. If you think about it to much where would we be? YOur maybe thinking to much about the game. Or maybe another way to put it is instead of thinking of something that is missing, think of it as something which could be added.
But to just think because you came up with something, of which many people can do, makes it correct, is a fallacy. You might have a good idea. Between gaming and history I favor the fun side of gaming. History and realist people are interesting though.
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