The computer opponents seem incapable of ammassing armies. It's the old bane of Total War games, but what's really baffling is that it got better with Shogun 2 and is much worse now: The AI. Unfortunately there's one thing that keeps this from being a really grat strategy game.
On the one hand it allows me to neglect a province for a short time and offers more choice, on the other hand it feels a bit too gamey.
I'm not so sure what to think of the way that public order works right now. It looks like a pretty good compromise between the semi-random traits in Rome Total War and the skill trees in Shogun 2. I really like the new province management system and the bigger role of random character traits. I see a lot of potential and many good additions. First the prologue camapaign, then a Rome as the house of Julia ( I know that i wrote I'll won't buy it immediately because i was pissed about pre-order DLC, but who was I kidding?). So, I've been playing for a couple of hours.
