I am very pleased by CA's decision to make M:TW 2 the next TW-game

I would have loved to see a new S:TW as well, but I do not have too high hopes that we are going to see that one in the coming years.

Realistically, the TW-series moved from being a kind of "niche"-product (S:TW) to a game that appeals to a broader customer base (M:TW and R:TW) , and I think future TW-games will stay on this path, which will make a new S:TW or something like "China: Total War" very unlikely (I am not saying that those aren't interesting, but they would rather be niche-products).

There are not that many potential topics for TW-games that would guarantee broader popularity. If we rule out modern warfare (WWI and WWII, which - at least IMHO - do not go wuite well with the TW-concept in its current form) what's left is basically:

- Medieval era

- Napoleonic era

- Rome/Greece

- Fantasy

We just had Rome/Greece. so out of the remaining options "Medieval" would have been my favourite choice (Napoleonic era doesn't appeal to me that much, a Fantasy:TW I would probably also enjoy, but I have the feeling that it would somehow lack the immersion factor of the other TW-games)