That ' s right . Then california , new york , and Illinois can decide for us . They DO know best . While we ' re at it , we need game eight for the world series . It ended in a tie . <| sep |> Although Shogun 2 is the most polished , it does have quite a small mapThis is something of a concern for me , don ' t know if I ' d prefer something with a bigger or more randomised map . Might also be worth looking at Rome 2 or Attila or even Warhammer if you want more variety between factions . Indeed , Rome 2 ' s a tad expensive and Warhammer is moreso , but Attila is cheaper than Shogun 2 itself . Wonder why that is ? The reason I was swaying towards S 2 over Atilla though is that the theme is more interesting to me , since I know very little about Atilla . Also it looks a lot darker , which I ' m not a huge fan of . Buuut , I am now quite interested in it , so I ' ll do some digging into unit types and such , map certainly is very interesting . The Charlemagne expansion also seems right up my alley . As for XCOM 2 , it feels the same as the first game just with more urgency . More of a kill or be killed style of gameplay as opposed to bunkering down . I ' d assume if you didn ' t like the first you wouldn ' t like the second . Assumed as much , ah well . Thank you very much for your insight , and putting me onto Atilla .