Quote Originally Posted by sunsmountain
The fact that you can "Push the enemy army out of a corner" is due to a new approach to location in the game, so also part of gameplay. The MTW army was located where the general is, and the general is on the back row. He knows his position can only get worse if he moves. If he doesn't move, his army doesn't move.

In Rome units are allowed to "think" & move for themselves, which leads to some units thinking: Hey, it's slightly better for us over there, while their buddies stand still and think: Noooo....
But that is not how it is happening. It isn't individual moves doing it. The whole army changes face as a unit. This is not unit match ups from what I see. MTW would change facing, but it also tried to prevent flanking through parallel moves. MTW/STW should have had a harder time of doing this because *the terrain was more varied.* There was usually a point that was better suited for defense, but that was not within the allowed placement zone.

The RTW battlefields are fairly bland. Huge slopes with few intervening hills and ridges. Very little forest or other terrain on battlemaps.