The Guild 2 - Venice, at least is a complete mess, i still had crashes (during political votes) and the entire "venice" part is a joke. Theres no canals as much as there is small islands, venice looks alot different from what you get here, and most building 3d-models are just, lol. I mean, even i could do better than that. Some buildings look like aluminum shacks and you'd expect a garage band walking out with heavy metal sound when you look at em. This looks like they outsourced 3d-models/textures to asia.
Aside that, the normal guild 2 with fanpatch is perfectly playable (and fun, albeit much less so than guild 1)), this one (venice) however, is a mess
Ever since "The Fugger 2" this series has been going downhill faster than a oiled lubricant truck with a leak. (The fugger 2 was the prequel to guild 1, right?)
Man i still remember playing that in hotseat, and giving my friend wrong ratio's for his silver mines, and lolling when he had -15k a turn because i raided his only cart ... ^^
For the old-skool crowd (
http://www.mobygames.com/game/die-fugger-ii )