Re: New SAGA #2 (after ToB)
The Late Bronze Age Collapse sounds horrific. Is Robert Drews (quoted on the Wikipedia page) accurate? He's a historian, so presumably this is based on evidence:
Within a period of forty to fifty years at the end of the thirteenth and the beginning of the twelfth century almost every significant city in the eastern Mediterranean world was destroyed, many of them never to be occupied again.
That sounds apocalyptic - I wonder if they'd represent that with mechanics from Atilla. I'm intrigued by the speculation about the causes of the collapse - was it a volcanic eruption, draught, the development of iron weapons or changes in warfare?
alhoon made a good point about large units and Ahiga's thinking about factions sounds good. I agree with wis that Troy seems like an ideal setting for the new Three Kingdoms mechanics. I like the sound of naval combat returning. I wonder how bronze age combat, on sea and land, differed from battles in the early periods covered by Rome II campaigns Wrath of Sparta and Rise of the Republic.
(I've also heard that there will be an easter egg in the new game, if you miss Achilles' heel and hit his knee, he'll become a guard in Whiterun. )