[Japo]

I'm sure it's a decent game in its own terms, but probably not great? I find Firaxis a little like that, they make good sequels, but I don't find them at the level of the originals. And it's OK if I don't, people can be as dogmatic defending new games as bashing them. It's OK if some people resent that a game franchise loses depth--be it to adapt to the consoles market or for whatever reason--obviously a lot of us here do. I liked Sid Meier's Pirates! better than the previous ones, but that was an almost exact remake, with much better battles (but still very simple, which in this particular case was good).