So, without question, we're still looking at the most detailed and absorbing strategy game to stalk the Earth. If there isn't more of a shake-up come the next game though, there'll be justification in looking a bit stern. Right now, the honing is definitely enough and the return to the era that's the motherlode of historical warfare so very pleasing that there's no real cause for concern just yet. Earlier Total Wars Rome and Medieval 1 both felt like significant jumps on from their predecessors Med 2 focuses on honing its revered formula rather than taking The Next Step. As fabulous a game as Medieval 2 is, the majority of its (absolutely worthwhile) improvements and changes are on the subtle side. Well, seeing as my days are numbered now anyway, maybe I'll just come right out and say it. I've gone and done it, haven't I? I'm dead.

But, can I get away with something like, oh, I don't know, 'is there likely to be a time when I will not be strung up by my lungs and left for dead for inquiring as to what point one might safely inquire into whether there is a small danger that, at an indeterminate point in the future, some folk might start to question if Total War games might have a small risk of not being considered quite as groundbreaking as they currently are?' Oh, God. Dissing Total War would be like strolling into an army base and proclaiming 'you're all only doing this because you're sexually inadequate' - in either case, it'd be massively misinformed and essentially suicidal.

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