MTW had the ability to give me a great feeling of dread when i encountered that 10 star 10 dread general, RTW not so much.

i do enjoy playing with RTW much more, everything else has been improved and now strategic borders makes sense, with mountains and rivers and passes limiting entrance to your territory. also for me the diplomacy is an awesome aspect, i haggle with the factions now, they bring a proposal i counter it and negotiations can get up to 4 counter offers before we agree or disagree. diplomacy only seems to be effective if you're not the 500lbs gorilla in the block taking everybody's territory, you have to respect other peoples territory in order for them to parlay with you. factions tend to be A LOT less accomodating when you have taken just one of their provinces.

all in all i say RTW is a buy, don't listen to the jaded fanboys they whipped themselves into a frenzy expecting this game to be perfect and couldn't live with having their illusions shattered.