Quote Originally Posted by Tom0
I made the mistake of buying Rome first then thinking that for the price of them I might as well have Medieval and Shogun. I have had Rome for around 1.5 years and not got bored of it yet. Shogun I first played arund 1 month ago and although it does not match up to Rome it was like a grand-scale game of chess trying to out play the AI. Lots of fun. Now after reading this i'm definately going to load up Medieval. It was the time periods and the ages of the games that put me off but for this forum to be so active for a game from 2002 it must be good. Nice work up there lads!! very good read.
Tom0, all I can say is, even if you might not like the period, if you want a real challenge, then by all means fire up MTW. As I can say from experience, playing both it and RTW, the ai is a lot more fickle in MTW, and sometimes odd, as I've had moments where I go from allied to at war to neutral to allied again within a 10 year or less time period. And though the graphics aren't the best, the battles can be very exciting, and invigorating. Watching th AI actually use a smart battle tactic, taking away any advantage you had, and beating your army to a bloody pulp.

Plus there are also the great number of mods for MTW. If you have the expansion VI, then I'd suggest, The XL mod, BkB's supermod, as well as the AoW. Wes's Medmod, or ancient total war. Each brings their own enjoyment to the game, making it an even more fun experience.

But it'd probably be better to wait for a more learned member of the .Org to give reasons to play MTW, as I doubt I could've convinced anyone with my little bit.