,,Bob Smith: The overall aim with Medieval 2 is to improve upon and bring the awesome gameplay of Rome to the medieval era, while raising the spectacle of the Total War series to a whole new level.

The period is of course renowned for huge castles, lots of armour, colorful flags and heraldry. We set out to build new systems that can do justice to all of this. In terms of gameplay we looked to address all areas of the game and raise the bar across the board - from the turn-based campaign game to the real-time battles.

We have created high standards for ourselves and that is challenging but we're always striving to perfect the Total War formula. With Medieval 2 we're making another huge stride. "
This shows that the gameplay will be improved.It will be stil from rtw but it souns better when he says that will be improved.