I'd have given this a 5.0 but we will get to that later. First off I would like to say that YES the graphics are as good as the screenshots imply, stunning graphics are not the only thing about this game, underneath the stunning beauty is a complex city management system, trade routes, food, lumber, bricks, stone etc etc! But once you get to combat there's a major break in the historical accuracy, when you send your roman soldiers into battle they don't keep formation and simply run into the group and start a cluster... um you know. Romans were famous for there battle formations and discipline in battle, yet they seem to throw that out the window in this game. I had been looking foreword to a battle of cunning tactics and splendid timer, but what I got was that the highest level unit beats the lower level unit, it was all about numbers and the levels of the squads. Ranged units seemed useless, and just building the infrastructure to support or produce just a few units is a challenge in it's own. It has some flaws but all in all I enjoyed it. in the end i lost track of time and that makes it's worth a try.

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