On Metacritic, Rome 2 has an 85% average with 17 positive reviews and 2 mixed reviews. That seems like a very far cry from the doom some people are already spouting on the forums. An 85% is a goal any game would love to accomplish, especially considering there have been no patches so far. And note, this is without many of the big name reviewers such as IGN weighing in, and I would imagine that average will increase when they do.Based on the average so far, it seems to me that the general opinion is that Rome 2 is a very good game with some weaknesses such as AI and bugs, which can at least be partially fixed by future patches.