Quote Originally Posted by Tom0
So is diplomacy an issue? I also quite like the graphics, kind of retro and smooth. yes I do have VI, about a fiver from Tescos so i'll look into them mods.
Well diplomacy is *always* an issue in the Total War games, so it really depends on what you mean by that question. Diplomacy in MTW is fairly simplistic when compared to Rome and Medieval 2, but it's still more elaborate than in Shogun.

MTW has princesses, which you can have alliances-via-marriage. It also opens up the possibility of being able to claim lands from a faction that dies out and/or fractures into civil war, which is always interesting.

In addition, Catholic factions must deal with the Pope. And love him or hate him (usually the latter ), he can be -- and often is -- a major factor in the game's political-diplomatic arena.