Quote Originally Posted by 1pain1Duck
The thing that really creates a difference between STW and the two later titles is the real atmosphere that STW has. Shogun really gives you a feeling of being there on a battlefield in Sengoku era Japan and that's what I think really makes Shogun shine over Medieval or Rome.

While I feel that Medieval is generally superior to Shogun, (and I play Medieval far more often than Shoggy), on this point I completely agree. In terms of sheer immersiveness, Shogun beats the other two TW games hands-down. For that reason alone I can never bring myself to uninstall Shogun, even if I haven't played it for months (last time I played it was back in August, I think). Whenever I sit down and play Shoggy, I really *feel* like I'm a daimyo in command of my clan, and the battles are always more....."real" to me.