My first immpressions were somewhat tainted by anger/annoyance. Turns out if you copy the RTW folder then uninstall, it removes the original as well as the copy (and the mod with saved games therein).

But once I played the game I thought, "Wow, shiny!" I had never downloaded the Rome UI or the resources addons, so that plus everything new was a real change (for the good).

Second immpression was remembering how long the battles could go without anyone dying...

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