Hrm, well, as an aside, I bought RTW and loved it. It was sweet, unlike anything I'd ever played. So I thought "Why not get Medieval TW, as it sounds sweet and must also be good!" I installed and played MTW, and haven't gone back to Rome since. I have absolutely no reason to, and no one I know will buy Rome from me. And while I would love an updated, new-features-included version of MTW with a working 3D campaign map, I for some reason am wary of M2TW after having seen what went wrong with RTW (as outlined by Oaty in post #1).

Personally, I think I am entitled to be cautious about purchasing it (after all, I don't have a whole lot of money--college is expensive!).