Should I Get RTW, or wait for MTW2?

[King Noob the Stupid]

I'd say you should wait for reviews of MTW2 and buy your game of choice AFTER ;)

[SCRIBE]

ahh, thanks for the advice friend.

I often see ppl posting that RTW gets boring after a while and they end up going back to MTW, is that true?
Honest opinion on RTW?

[econ21]

I often see ppl posting that RTW gets boring after a while and they end up going back to MTW, is that true?

Well, I found RTW got boring pretty quickly (on only the second campaign, actually). I can't say I went back to MTW, but previously I did play MTW for a lot longer.

However, then I tried some of the major realism mods for RTW and my opinion changed completely. Rome Total Realism and Europe Barbarorum make the gameplay in RTW match that of MTW, but are graphically and historically much more impressive.

I'd strongly recommend RTW+BI if you are prepared to try mods.

M2TW may be better out of the box than RTW, as CA has had time to fine-tune the engine.