This is my M2TW tirade. This is not to say I don't like M2TW or the Total War series, but rather, I am disappointed that once again the Total War series has moved farther away from the original and failed to recreated the danger and imminent peril of the enemy AI.
In Shogun Total War every time I had captured half the island I found that the other half had been overrun by one faction. That faction was building thousands of troops and now he was hurling them at me 10,000 at a time. It was all I could do to fall back to a couple of defendable provinces to hold him off while I built another army to land behind him and gut his production centers.
If my troops lost a battle at a key province the enemy horde would pour through and overrun the rest of my lands. Every battle counted and was incredibly exciting.
But not any more. Now the AI launches a war with a few peasants and a heavy armor unit. It doesn't even go after my most valuable cities. The AI builds lots of crappy troops and often does not attempt to build up it's cities and disband lessor troops to make way for elite units.
If all the factions surrounding me suddenly declare war should I be afraid? NO! They might move in and take a city or two, but then they will mill about and do nothing. They won't push their advantage or go after my best Castle first.
Why can't the AI be more aggressive? Not just harder to get along with but really bloodthirsty?
This is going to be the last TW game I buy. It's become a bureaucrats game and not a warrior strategists game.
Bleh!![]()
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