Just played a few games (1st time) and the other players where dare I say..nice?! Asking the new players if they had any questions and not hoping all over you cause you did something stupid. I'm impressed. I can't tell you the last time I played an online game that's been out for awhile and not been told all the awfully things they've done to my mother.
Sadly I have to agree. The game is bogged down with useless game mechanics like having to send your minions to a kitchen to feed to keep combat levels high. You spend about 3/4 of your time micro managing simple tasks.
I still play Rise of Nations from time to time. Maybe they will bring that next if this one sells well. Throw in Age of Mythology and I'm a happy camper.
I'm about 4 hours in and it's a mess. Way to much micro management for my taste. You spend an ungodly amount of time just feeding your minions only to have them fight a few times then send them back to eat some more. Should have been called Foodpire.
Well hell..It crashes about 30 mins in. Just like the old one did. At least it seemed the gameplay was a little better than last time. Shame they couldn't fix the crashing problems.