thanks for the info,

good points brought up, and I've def. seen similar posts, similar to what Caravel says about why people see Shogun as the best of the series,

I personally prefer to deal with provinces next to each other in the same area, then lands far away separated by Sea, and so that can explain why Viking Invasion appeals to me more.

Once again (although I knew most likely it'd be the case as was with MTW), good to see the realism in weather with gunpowder units. Those troops can only fire if the weather is clear or light drizzle, but anything stronger than that and their missile capabilities are rendered useless and can only fight hand to hand combat. (slowmatches couldn't take much rain & wind, and it was always a problem if gunpowder was exposed to rain as it could become harder / impossible to fire).

This was never the case in M2:TW (I think), that the Handgonners, etc were able to fire in any weather condition, which was just plain unrealistic. So becuase of that (and mainly the atmosphere from the clouds with weather), STW/MI has my favourite 'atmosphere' of the TW series.

It's interesting as well, as except for MTW/VI (which I got a few months ago), the other games I've only bought in the last few weeks, so I am able to compare the different aspects of the games,

regarding the Throne Room & Videos, so far they work, so that's good.