Quote Originally Posted by SirGrotius
Things that have me worried:

1) I do not think that that CA post effectively eliminated my concerns (the reference to other TW titles could mean RTW, of course)

2) I do not think Game Informer/PC Gamer reviewers (or previewers) will bother to talk about the length of battles, just about graphics and probably the campaign map and factions. Sigh

I pretty much agree with your entire post, SirGrotius, but especially that part. Unless battle speeds are closer to what they were in Medieval and Shogun--or better yet, give players the choice of two battle speeds--then combat still won't be very much fun for me.

And I too very much doubt that reviewers will even mention battle speeds. I'm also concerned that they won't discuss the AI very much; and/or that they'll say the AI is great, except that it's difficult to say such things if you've only been playing the game for a few days before writing up your review.