Absolutely yes. Combat can be extremely impressive in this game. If you'd like example of that, I recommend you look up PrinceofMacedon on Youtube. There are other fun elements other than combat, but it's the thing that defines the whole franchise.
By today's standards, the graphics are old, but for the time they were actually quite good, considering that in combat you can have thousands of men hacking each other down. The legionaries have pointy feet though; that bothers me.
the campaign is amazing. You can tell alot of time has been put into it. the wars are Breathless. Having a war an ally and you vs 3 npcs all with 500 units .. lool total war has a totally new meaning