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The Realism makes this game Addictive! I'm playing this game EVERY free waking hour I have & my Partner's started complaining. At first I found playing the Battles confusing as moving large bodies of men in co-ordination wasn't easy. But after sufficient "Whoopings" I found out how to use the different screens & troop Info indicators to move from being the Whoopee to the Whooper! Now i kick (Gaul/Spanish/Greek/etc) A$$ But it's the Historic Detail that holds me compelled to the screen. i took a town which had the Plague. My army got it & gave it to the navy. When i took the next town, it got the plague! i built sewers AND Bathhouses but the plague got worse! Just like in real life, when Roman armies went to far off places they met diseases which infected them & they took it (& the plunder & the slaves) back to Rome. The game isn't Perfect, nothing made by Man is! F'instance my Bowmen constantly shoot their own men in the back (well just like RL then!) & sometimes the AI does the opposite of what's sensible, like when the Besiegers come out to attack, & they lose bigtime, the AI refuses to capture the town/city THAT move, but i've played a lot worse believe me!! I'd like the next upgrade to add Naval battles to the manual resolve mix & I'd to be able to get off one boat & climb into another the same go (like I'd expect an Army to be able to do within a six month period). I also want to be able to Exterminate my Revolting citizens whenever I want. I also want to have "Leaders with Hair" - but that's just personal!! <grin>