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Give him Rome: TW and he'd balk and slate it.
Alternatively, check out the Battle for Middle Earth trailer, for the amusement if nothing else. It’s one of the games developers talking you through some of the features, I especially like the part where he tries to sound surprised when the army of the dead shows up, as if he didn’t know it was going to happen.
As cipro said, wait for Rome, instead of this tripe.
Looks OK, some nice gimmicks are promises though it's an EA game so expect a watered down RTS with nice graphics and about a hundred expansion packs. Or alternatively, wait for Rome Total War instead.