You get this message if their is no net connection and then the game is activated - rather like windowsXP
As somebody else said, what happens when they stop supporting it?? Are we all banned from playing it in a couple of years when EA and Creative Assembly are all but forgotten about??

Anywho played the first campaign battle and got charged by all the enemy cavalry directly into my pikemen, then their infantry do the same. My how the AI has changed.

Oh and the loading screens are now purple, shame ALL the background pics still seem to be ROMANS!!!!

No new animations, same ole one handed underhand spearmen and cavalry. GRRRR

The campaign map IS VERY VERY small and only has a couple of towns on it.

Guess its all up to the modders, having said this it was cheap and its fun.