Rome 2 Total War. Thoughts and Fears.

So apart from any future Guild Wars or Witcher games , this is what I'm looking forward to , along with pretty much any pc gamer with even only a mild interest in strategy games. However I'm apprehensive , the original Rome was in my opinion Creative Assembly's magnum opus, the series has been in steady decline since then. The original Rome was the perfect blend of visuals , scale, variety and a competent ai as well as an excellent modding community http://www.twcenter.net/forums/forumdisplay.php?f=214 that has kept the game fresh for thousands of gamers for these past 10 years. Although Shogun 2 has essentially saved the series after the disastrous Empire Total War. It still highlighted the problems that have bogged the newer instalments of the series.
-Shorter , smaller and frankly dull Campaign maps with a terrible and buggy ai.
-A lack of unit variety (even with basic model design.)
-Many easy to solve bugs and sometimes major bugs upon release.
-Hammy battle ai which is as predictable and subtle as brick wall.
-DRM.
Sorry about the miniature rant ; but this is the sequel that us Total War fans have been looking for since Medieval 2. Welp even if it's broken it'll look nice I guess .....
http://www.dualshockers.com/2012/07/18/two-new-total-war-rome-ii-screenshots-showcase-the-siege-of-carthage-look-impressive/

I've only played Rome Total War, and it's my third favourite game of all time (Dark Souls is first, followed by AoE II). However, I've heard a lot of complaints that they've dumbed down the series since then.