Quote Originally Posted by Colovion View Post
The new AI looks interesting. Also, the new artwork and look of the game is enticing.

I also hope that there are no pathing and unit glitch issues with battles in urban areas; RTW and MTW both turned into Total Siege where you were forced to fight most battles inside glitchy cityscapes where very little fighting occured once you broke the walls, merely a death-charge into the center square where you were forced to sit and attack a bugged AI.

Suffice it to say, I'm trying not to look forward to the game too much. RTW and MTW2 had great things about them, but the replayability was much less than MTW1 which remains my favourite of the series.
If you belive what CA have stated in interviews then ETW has fewer seiges and a greater number of field battles. They have also mentioned that city fighting will no longer take place in the city centre, which might mean fewer pathing problems.

Quote Originally Posted by Durango View Post
QFT.

But you just have to use a different part of your brain when playing the newer games. A part that ignores any expectations regarding a challenging AI and subtleness. Instead, the "five-year-old-on-christmas-eve" mode will serve you well.
Is it bad that that mode seems to be my brain's default mode?