>>59321161CA has been downhill since Empire for the most part. Shogun 2 while good was when SEGA cracked down on modding which ruined things, and ever since Empire sieges have gone to shit. But TWW3 is pretty good outside siege mechanics. It being moddable fixes a lot of the issues and even lets you play with some PNP/TT rules which make it really fun and good, but still not perfect.
>>59321195Total war is a good platform for it, there was a really really good Med2 war call of warhammer. But there's stuff TWW does better, even if not everything is as in-depth, especially in terms of stuff likeThe Empire's scenario and mechanics with it's unique units. A lot of mods can fix a lot of this but the core mechanics are weak on the campaign map, even if it's a strong MP faction. Ignore anything Past Endtimes, and a lot of Endtimes because
>>59321225 is right, Age of Shitmar was especially baaaaad.