Best map!

[King of Atlantis]

man i cant believ rtw is winning. For people who played MTW first which game did you play more?

[Martok]

man i cant believ rtw is winning. For people who played MTW first which game did you play more?

KingofAtlantis, I play Medieval almost exclusively; I haven't touch Rome in months. Medieval is a far superior game to Rome in almost every way--except visually, and this includes the campaign map.

I am in no way saying that Rome is a better *game*, just that it looks better. Granted, its campaign map doesn't have the same old-school charm as Medieval and Shogun, but it does make for a more interactive and realistic gameworld--and frankly, it is more attractive. The main flaw in Rome's map (as you, me, and nearly everyone else has pointed out) is that the AI simply can't handle it. It's so easy for a human player to exploit Rome's campaign map for strategic advantage over the AI factions, that it's absolutely no challenge.

Everything you've been saying is true, except that you're supporting the wrong argument. The points you've been making support the argument that Medieval's AI and overall gameplay are better than Rome's. It's not that Medieval's map is better, it's just that Medieval's AI can handle the map much better than Rome's AI can handle *its* map.