so much potential, but ruined by unbalanced gameplay and a plethora of bugs, which makes MTW2 very dissapointing
the first is the whole thing where you now have a much smaller time limit to finish the game in. WTF is with that? and why is it compulsory! I know im not to great at RTS games, but when i finished RTW i was like 350 turns into it, and to have a limit of 220 turns or something to take 45 settlements in for me is just rediculous and for me takes alot of the fun out of the game. i cant just work away at it at my own pace, i have to go at this pace which for me takes the fun out of it
I'm also not a fan of this whole new religion system. I want to be able to (if im england) beat the s**t out of france without having the pope excommunicate me and have all my armies and settlements rebel as a result. I dont want to have to travel to the other side of the map to try and expand my kingdom, only to have someone else attack me back at home, which is apparently ok with the pope.
im sick of the bugs! for instance, units, particularly cavalry units not responding to orders to withdraw or attack in battle. It is so infuriating to have a whole carefully planned battle fall apart around me just because my cavalry wont charge, or pull out of a charge just before they hit to draw there swords and slowly walk in. And it pissed me off something shocking when i joined a crusade and jumped my crusade army in a boat, only to have half my army walk out on me, in the middle of the freakin ocean, because i wasnt making enough progress with the crusade, when clearly my boat was moving towards jeruselum quit clearly.
im also not a fan of how the time goes by in 2 yr time periods rather than 6 months as in rome. cuz of this cities need to upgrade themselves way to quickly for my finances to be able to keep up with.
what im finding as i play the game is that im quickly running out of time to take 45 settlements, that i cant attack anyone nearby to take settlements because the pope goes into fits if i do, that i cant have any decent sized armies because i cant take any new settlements, and if i do raise a decent sized army my treasury starts to lose money.
im eagerly awaiting some mods that will hopefully adress some of these issues, but i think for now in the mean time im gonna go back to RTW.