I've been playing Total War since Shogun v1.0 and although Medieval never really grabbed me, Rome has some great features!
I really like how the different factions have such different playing styles e.g. from Phalanx warfare to tactical Roman infantry to the brute strength and numbers of the barbarian Gauls and Germanians. I also love the way the units smack into each other, their formations melting away. Especially with a decent cavalry charge to the rear of a static unit.
This also seems to be the first game in the series where using different formations (well, more than one unit thick) really does make a difference!
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