Hey guys! My overall opinion of the game is quite positive, but there are definitely drawbacks. I was wondering, is this list of pros and cons fair? Is there anything you disagree with, or any important things I missed? Here it is:

Pros:
-The new campaign map looks amazing, and is insanely large compared to other Total War games. It's just amazing.
-The graphics are improved somewhat over Shogun 2, the detail is thoroughly amazing.
-The music is great when it's playing.
-The detail in the combat animations and whatnot are superb.
-Campaign AI is far better, and definitely more reliable. Alliances are meaningful, and can be lasting.
-5 difficulty modes means a lot of customization for how difficult your experience is.
-The battle AI has many subtle improvements, such as generals generally acting like generals. No more suicide charges (at least in my experience).
-Lots of customization options, for example, removing projectiles trails and things like that. You can make the game feel a lot more like Rome total war through customization, if that's your thing.
-Factions are relatively balanced, with plenty of units to choose from. Most factions have more units to choose from than the Romans did in Rome 1, and they had a lot more than all of the other factions in Rome 1 (lol@Gaul).

Mixed:
-Battles are much more chaotic in general.
-Tons of units now have abilities, like the Barbarian factions in Rome 1 which had things like Warcry.
-Javelins now have a flaming mode, this did happen in history (see: Falarica) but it was not widespread as far as I know.
-Game is very fast, especially when using early game armies. It's about the same speed as original Rome when using upgraded late game units. Multiplayer matches feel the exact same length.

Cons:
-Battle AI sucks, this is a total war game after all.
-No guard mode.
-No more loose/tight formation.
-Campaign AI isn't terribly expansionist, even the expansionist ones. This means that, if you're Egypt and you control all of Egypt+Persia (that's a lot), the next biggest will probably be like 1/5 your size and across the vast map. This means late game AI is no challenge.
-Terrible optimization, almost any computer can play the game, but only the best on highest/higher setting (even then, I highly recommend turning off vegetation alpha, you would gasp at the sight of my specs and I can't even use it).
-Bugs, they exist, though they are perhaps exaggerated by the community.
-Diplomacy can still be really odd at times, with smaller countries that you could annihilate by sneezing oddly will demand payment just for a trade agreement.