The polish of Shogun with the scope of Empire and the setting of Rome....if they can accomplish that, you might never see me again.
I have already watched some footage of Rome 2´s gameplay, it looks awesome and is tremendously better than Shogun 2 (
although it is pre-alpha,LOL). The campaign map´s size isn´t as great as in Empire,it only includes suitable territory for a game featuring the ancient world.
I don´t doubt that Rome 2 is going to be the most outstanding round-based strategy game that ever existed.