I totally agree with sataa. I bought the game last week and I felt TOTALLY DISAPPOINTED!! And, it doesn't have anything to do with my computer...which is state of the art for gaming.
The people from CA did a horrendous job. The bugs in the graphics are very sloppy at best: the way the units move makes the game look like it was made in 1994 (in fact, there are better games from that year), the buildings are choppy and poorly rendered, the soldiers look two-dimensional, etc.
The campaign map looks horrible. I mean, how is it possible that France or Spain are only one region? Come on. They did a pretty bad job with the historical map. It looks like a cheap version of Europa Universalis (and I'm talking about the original version).
Then, what is going on with such a lame thing like the Steam Engine? It takes a crazy amount of time to load the game, even with a FAST computer like mine. Also, the installation time is horrendous...it literally takes an eternity to install a game. To enumerate all the faults in this crappy game, I could be writing comments for three days...THE MESSAGE IS CLEAR: I TOTALLY DON'T RECOMMEND BUYING THIS GAME!!!
In particular, in this moment of economic crisis $49.99 are better spent on food or gas. At least, Rome Total War or Medieval Total War 2 were pretty good and playable. I wish they had created this game in the same fashion. But, no, they had to screw us up...I'm not gonna buy a game from these guys again. I'm not gonna fall for it!!!
My rating: 34%.