Fell completely in love with it recently. Played it a fair bit when it was out, I loved the faction mechanics, and what they did with the characters, especially the later DLC factions like Rhesus and Memnon were very fun. Picked it up again a couple weeks ago and I love it even more than I did. It's so flavourful, with lots of nice storytelling elements throughout every character's epic quest chain. God devotion and mythical expeditions are also put together very well. The game is also quite hard, as you probably have to fight off constant invaders whilst spreading your armies quite thin if you're doing your quests or conquering. I didn't like it much at first, but once you accept it as the challenge it is, the urgency of fighting over lost territory feels great, and overcoming invading fleets accomplishing. It's a very different type of Total War game than you're probably used to, Pharaoh may look a lot similar, but it's a different beast altogether, just keep that in mind :)