How could you like Empire better than Rome? First of all, Empire was waaaaay to easy. I conquered the entire world map in 1762 with the brits and had to spend 37 years of end turn clicking. In the end I had fortified and upgraded EVERYTHING and still had millions to spare on the lowest tax possible. And that was on the hardest difficulty, I've never had to declare war on anyone, I was attacked on all sides.
The land battles were horrendous. I lost many generals because of my own idiotic cannons. Cavalry and cannons were almost useless and the only unit I've ever used was the line infantry. The AI made formation positioning and firing after movement so annoying that I usually won battles by selecting all units and charging in meelee. But even with all these issues I've won battles while being outnumbered 4 to 1. I laughed at every fortified army as I pounded they walls and killed them in the rubble. Empire sucked big time because of it's controls and friendly AI. I'm waiting for Europa Barbarorum 2.
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