Today, nearly a year after the Empire realize,I search for the game ratings in three sites, IGN, Startegyinformer and Gamespot . The official score are almost the same,but the users score are a little different. But even 6.9 isn't so bad. Some people rate 0/10 others 10/10 , extreme positions,some love,some hate.
In my opinion even with ninja ropes,bad AI and CAI,childish appearance etc the main problem is not the game ,the game is playable ,we don't spent hours with this game as with the old TW, but the game is not bad, just mediocre.
The main problem is,even here, the point-views are extreme, we can not trust anyone,and,as the other one said,to buy, or not to buy: that is the question. Who do I trust?
IGN: 9.5
Users: 6.9
Press: 8.5
http://rr.pc.ign.com/rrobj/pc/object/958390/
Startegyinformer: 9.0
Users: 9.0
Press:9.3
http://www.strategyinformer.com/pc/empiretotalwar/
Gamespot: 8.5
Users: 8.4
Press: 8.9
http://www.gamespot.com/pc/strategy/...result;title;2