I never understood what all the hate was about. This is a great game, both the strategy and the battlefield aspects. Of course, I am a European history and culture buff, so it's a joy for me to see all my old friends live again.

I played the original version from 2000 until the second version came out in 2011, and I have played every TW game in between. There's nothing like the original though - though the battlefield fights in 2 are amazing! Still, I loved the throne room in the original, and I wish it had come back, with the animations and the advisors and the heads coming back to me on platters from angry daimyo.

Mod this game, and it is immortal. Like Morrowind and Oblivion before it, it will live as long as the commuity mods for it.