Have you ever liked a game less because of...

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more realistic graphics?

please read to the end before responding...

I've played and enjoyed the original Settlers for many years, it is one of my favourite games of all time. It runs on winxp and the graphics look.. um... ok. I've recently been playing Settlers II - 10th Anniversery on the pc. Now this is just a remake of the title with much much better graphics and some very minor gameplay tweaks. I realized today however that I did not enjoy this game nearly as much as I should have. In fact, this game made me fire up the old one! After playing for 5 mins on the old one, I realized why:

In the old game, you can see at a glance how your resource flow is, whether they sent the wood to build the new barrack or whether the fisherman sent his fish to the mines or whether the iron mine is sending his ore to the correct building. Every item is very cartoony BUT instantly recognizable.

In the new game, I cannot see what is going on. Is that a bread from the bakery or is it iron. Is that stones or a metal bar? The graphics are much better, but...

I had the exact same problem with Caeser 4. I went and bought it with enourmous enthusiasm after having played Caeser 3 for many years. It had the same issues. With the 3d camera viewpoint, the buildings all looked similar to one another and I could no longer identify things at a glance.

Does anyone else know what I'm talking about?