Personally RTW was a great game until you tried to play it online. LEA needs to get away from Gamespy bottom line. Personally I judge all online rts games by Blizzards' rts games. Starcraft came out approx 8 years ago and today the game is still played by hundreds of thousands. I just don't see why companies don't incorporate there own server/software set up for online gameplaying instead of gamespy. Battle.net is a very successful set up, even in the begining. Successful online play will put EAW above other rts such as AOE III and the total war series. LEA has the money to do it, unfortunately they limit there success by not applying their ability. Battlefront series (mainly II)would of surpassed all in FPS if it had online stability. JUST DO IT!