Rome: Total War II

[d.carmichael]

all depends. I play it both as just a conqour the world game where you auto resolve but I also do enjoy fighting battles tacticaly on the ground. However when i'm not in the mood to fight and just auto resolve there are times where the auto resolve will make you loose a considerable amount of your troops (2-3 armys vs your one) or it says your garenteed to loose (small garrison force in fortified town vs full army) however some of these battles if you play smart you can win decisively or pull something out of your ass and get a victory when all odds are against you. I often go battle of Thermopylae 300 spartan when severly out numbered by an enemy army with a garrison force. It doesn't always work mind you depending on terrain and enemy forces but if you have a large city with a small garrison or even a small village i've been able to bottle neck the enemy forces where I pull off a heroic victory over a superior force when auto resolve says I have like 0% chance to win lol.