Medieval: Total War

[Tank_Guy#3]

That's interesting, because a lot of people found Rome very disappointing compared to Medieval. I agree to some extent; I haven't finished a full unmodded Rome campaign; I just get bored with it. The battle AI is just so lousy. I played medium AI on medieval and felt good if I inflicted 2-1 casualties; on Rome, however, that would be a horrible failure. Many times I've inflicted over 1000 casualties on the enemy with a loss of about 30.

I agree that some things are lacking when you compare the two, but I think that the overall game is slightly better. I also have not finished an unmodded RTW campaign. I either get bored with it or I just plain get sick of the Senate and their endless demands (though I have been playing with other factions lately). The AI is lousy, I once had a single unit of Urban Cohorts that was ambushed by about 300 Rebels led by a family member (of a faction I destroyed, I think they were Gauls), they had mainly spear warbands, a few swordsmen, and the general's bodyguard. My cohorts annhiliated them. They came into battle with 300+ men, and left with about 20. They also inflicted only about 3 or 4 casualties (when their cavalry charge hit my line).

These cohorts were not veterans, they just left Patavium to join an army that I had plans of invading Egypt with (though their weaponry and armor were pretty good). Oh, and this army took Alexandria in 2 turns (because I forgot about them).

 

[Kan' Sharuminar]

I've very rarely completed a RTW campaign, though to be fair I usually quit early on a lot of strategy games with long-length campaigns - Civ, EU2, Hearts of Iron...there comes a point when you know you've one.

Though yes, the weakness of the AI can play a part.