There are many factors that will help me deside if i will buy S2TW.
1ST: Completion. I mean no bugs.
2nd: Steam conection. I didn't buy NTW and ETW because of this fact.
3rd: Accuracy. I know very well that historical accuracy costs a lot but never the less
the game must avoid to put imaginary heros and units.
TW series are the best battle simulators and as such we are fans of them!
4th: Administration system. The "civilisation" type of state managment in ETW was a great
failure. You are not supose to research for things that were known centuries before just
for gameplays shake.
The 1st Shogun had a simple but very good administaration system with 4 seasons and payment
once a year.
The fans want epic battles,clever diplomacy and sabotage options not "research sword",research metal armors kind of silly
things.