Quote Originally Posted by screwtype
I think it's partly that, quite frankly, after playing three games, two expansions and several mods in the series already, I simply have no burning desire left for more of the TW experience. I think it would take something pretty special to rekindle my enthusiasm, and nothing I've read about M2TW makes me think it's going to be that special.
My post was really meant as a bit of a laugh at my own tendencies to put waaay too much emphasis on the importance of games like Total War... but I do see your point.

In fact, perhaps not so coincidentally, I wrote my post after going back and trying yet again to play a campaign of RTW/BI this past weekend. I simply can not get very far into Rome or BI campaigns before wandering off to do something else.

I don't know if I am burned out on the process of the Total War campaign (manage funds, develop troops, expand, and repeat), or if I'm just preparing myself for the dissatisfaction I felt with Rome and BI.

Guillaume