If i had to pick the best out of all, that would be Rome, probably because of the time period. The keyword besides that it was "revolutionary" when it came out 6 almost years ago, is REPLAY value. The game goes on a on thanks to all the mods that have been created and continue to evolve and surface. Best mods for RTW IMO are Europa Barbarorum, Rome Total Realism and the XGM. Plenty of other goods as well, to each its own. I always come back for more RTW.
Medieval II would be 2nd place. Medieval II has an active modding community too. Europa Barbarorum II mod for Medieval II Kingdoms has been under development for some time now, that's the one i'm waiting for.
Empire Total war and Napoleon are no less good, just a different setting from the traditional melee engagements since Shogun Total War. These are great games.
As someone said in the wargamer site forums i hope the Creative Assembly go easy with the eyecandy fantasy crap on Shogun 2 trying to keep the appeal for teenagers and separate them from their money.
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