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[Raheem]

This is a tough choice for me. I own both games and played Rise To Power far more than i did Iron Triangle. With that being said there are elements from RTP that i prefer, for instance diplomacy is much better than IT, the city state view is unique and the battles, the lower number of units, it plays more like an RTS, quality soundtrack more themes, and more fiefs and Daimyo's. In Iron triangle i feel that it builded on the ROTKXI style, and refined it to a much polished version. There is less events in IT, in RTP you could just play as a random Daimyo and see all of the events. Overall IT is more refined, and quality. While RTP is unique but very rough around the edges. For each of the flaws i think RTP has more.
Had some good times with RTP, but i won't let that bias my opinion. 

[Mitsurugi]

I would have to agree with you Iron Triangle had more of a challenge to offer thanks to Navy battles that gave a room to feel threatened by anyone