Strategy Informer  

Game is a re-texture of Rome total war. Exept agent merchant, and division of cities between economic and militaristic, nothing new. Few cosmethic changes like varied looks of soldiers on the battlefield, changes in appearance due to armor upgrades, etc...
But, game lacks any new thing, missle units are too weak (a unarmoured peasant survises a dozen hits from a crossbow), and cavalry charges are too strong (wipe out whole unit in a single charge), and mace units get beaten by mere spearmen. Byzantines are too weak, and game misses factions like Serbia, Bulgaria, Aragon and some others.