I would like to counter mostly the negative criticism of MTW2 above.

I ask myself the basic question " have I enjoyed this more than other pc games " to which the answer is a resounding YES. As far as I'm concerned the cost of the game was well worth it.

As for a patch delay, I'd reiterate I want it working. So CA take your time to get it right, Sega will not allow another patch.

As for the expansion , bring it on I'm waiting anxiously.

To the modders thank you for your mods including fixes, I don't believe with such a complex game it is possible to be bug free(look at famous military software built with lots more resources and still bugged).

The great thing MTW2 has is its moddability. Our society is moving to this model for lots of things, (like wikipaedia) so CA making it so moddable is its greatest stength. I have faith in both CA bringing out great games and you modders to make them even better.

As for opposition games only civ series can rival totalwar and their strength is moddability as well.