Your opinion is noted, and unlike any other opinions, is just that like mine.

But comparing a game such as any Total War game to a God of War or Halo, is laughable at best. Games like GOW have very little replay value, and game such as Halo only have relay value if you like online play, which I like. But to compare them to a deep game like any TW game is just rude at best.

I am sorry also, but Medieval 2 and Empire were quite playable at release, regardless of what you may have read. I had both at release and didn’t have any problems, not saying you didn’t. Though, being a PC gamer, I wish that released products did release for most gamers without problems, but having so many choices with hardware, quite impossible.

And as you thinking Shogun was the best in the series, most disagree and say that Rome was the best, but hey, each to their own. China for me would be a bore; Shogun takes care of the East quite well. Rome 2 is the next logical step, and it would be the biggest seller, bar none.

Either way, the Total War series is my favourite. I’m just happy that this franchise is still going.

@VX: I never made any comparison to God of War or Halo. That was you, not me. We all like analogies, right? What you said was akin to dismissing checkers as a game game because it lacks the same depth as chess.

And there's a large population of TW fans that see Shogun as the peak... typically, these are gamers who started with Shogun. Rome was the first Total War game for a lot of people, But I digress.

My true, personal opinion? I don't want a China:TW any more than a Rome 2, or Empire 2, or whatever. Total War has (apparently) exhausted all of the potential historical settings it's aware of: what we need is a Total War game that lets us create our own custom strategy maps, units and factions. A game that brings back more of the player options that have slowly been stripped out of the games with each new iteration. That would be a great next game.

Like I said before, there's no need for a Rome 2 or Medieval 3 or Empire 2, etc., because those games still look great. Making additional titles would just be silly at this point.

I honestly don't think is a large market for TW on consoles (Creative Assembly feels the same way) it's just a very different core audience. However, I do believe it is one of the strategy games(unlike SC2) that could actually work if scaled down to their respective hardware level.

Anyway, yes it's a big toss up for where the TW series should go from here, I don't think there is much of a point in remaking the other TW games...hopefully Shogun 2 is the perfect TW game that we can play for years to come. I'm really digging the MP features they are adding to this one.