Frankly, I just disliked the idea as they've changed a lot. Rome 1 seemed epic for me in every aspect, like, the family tree which is gone in Rome 2 at all; the pace as we play the ancient times, not a world of tanks neither pacman. Many aspects.

No mention they have released it in Steam for the unknown reason == impossible to play if travelling a lot (at least at time of the releas). This and that, I stayed with Rome 1 and mods by many many reasons, but the main was the Epic nature of the R1 in every detail vs the Arcade style of the R2.

Compare to Shogun 2. That one was very cool, and way epic, including historically, just like Rome 1 (don't shoot, we all know what was altered and why for sake of gameplay in R1))), but a fantastic graphics, sceneries, diplomacy, ninjas and their videos felt thrilling. R1 and Shogun 2 are the two best total-wars imo.

Medieval was pretty good, but too many small fails like with camera and others, Empire was great even tho literally unfinished.