most enjoyable aspect of MTW

[King Kurt]

The best part of the game is that it goes on so long. It is not a flash bang - how quick can you move your mouse and press some keys kind of a game. It allows you to play - in my case - the same campaign over many months, slowly developing a strategy, reacting to events and dealing with surprises. Even the battles have the benefit of the pause button to enable you to admire what is happening and plan your next move. Finally - any game where you can get excommed by the Pope has to be the greatest ever - an unpredictable influence on your game, what other game has that???

[rvg]

Risky Attack offensive battles and Last Stand defensive battles. Preferably of epic proportions, where you have 2000+ men and are still vastly outnumbered by the enemy.

[Martok]

The best part of the game is that it goes on so long. It is not a flash bang - how quick can you move your mouse and press some keys kind of a game. It allows you to play - in my case - the same campaign over many months, slowly developing a strategy, reacting to events and dealing with surprises. Even the battles have the benefit of the pause button to enable you to admire what is happening and plan your next move. Finally - any game where you can get excommed by the Pope has to be the greatest ever - an unpredictable influence on your game, what other game has that???

That sums up a lot of it for me as well. I like how religion has such a big influence on the campaigns; from excommunications, Inquisitions, & heresy trials, to Jihads & Crusades. I like that all factions can win the game, but that they provide varying levels of difficulty to challenge the player. I also absolutely love--along with many others here--Glorious Achievements mode. What a truly brilliant concept!

Of course the battles are definitely fun as well. However, I confess they've almost become a secondary feature for me; so much fun do I have in the campaign part of the game.