...you ride the HYPE TRAIN CHOO CHOO.
I knew this would happen. All the Rome fanboys were like "ZOMG IT GONNA B INS ROMANS THYMES!!!!!11one EYE LIEK JULIS CEZARS!!!11 I LEAD ROME TOO VICTORAES (Insert pretentious and gratuitous Latin here)!!!! DAT AUTOMATICLEES GONNA MEEN IT BE GUD!!!!11 ROME IS TEH BESTES DURRR SEQUAL AUTOMATIC DOUBLEPLUSGOOD."
Seriously guys, this happens after every release. You guys complain that CA never learns their lesson (and believe me, they don't.) but neither do you guys. It's a sad, sad cycle.