No you're not. There are a number of fans who think Shogun was the best game in the series and I'm one of them.Originally Posted by asherba2
CA has tried to argue that this is just nostalgia at work, seeing an old game through rose coloured glasses, but it just ain't so since I'll still fire up a game of Shogun now and then and I won't touch either MTW or RTW.
I find it highly ironic that the TW games have only gotten worse as time has gone on, instead of better. The series has simply never lived up to the promise of the original title.
Of course, we're all hoping that M2TW will be better than its predecessors, but quite frankly I'm not that optimistic. I'm sure it will be better than RTW but not so sure it will be better than the others, and from what I've read so far that seems to be the case.
One of the problems seems to be that the games get rushed out too quickly. It seems quite apparent that Palemedes and friends were working frantically on the AI for M2 right up until the last moment, so much so that their last build wasn't even ready when the game went gold. We can only speculate on how much the game could have benefited from another month of AI development, but now we will never know. But it bothers me a lot that so much time is spent on fancy graphics and that the AI is the poor sister, tacked on almost as an afterthought.
The other problem IMO is that the franchise has become too much game and not enough simulation, especially in regards to the campaign element. It's beer 'n' pretzels stuff, and not very well thought out beer 'n' pretzels at that. I'm afraid they froze what they regarded as a winning formula too early in the piece, which has deprived us all of the development in other departments that the original battle engine deserved.
But, this really isn't the time to raise all these old issues on the cusp of a new release, so I think I'd better shut up now![]()
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