For me, going from sprites to polygons, so going from 2D to 3D as TomaTito says, made it lose some of its appeal, of its "magic". Btw, the same thing happened with Mythology, which was even worse because it had those mythical creatures that ruined the game for me.
They also got the age setting wrong, it was more modern that the previous games, but it didn't advance enough, or any. I mean, playing as a prehistoric village that manages to become the Roman Empire is satisfying, but playing as British citizens that try to conquest North America... and that's it, isn't that exciting.
The more sensible approach would have been do a "Empire Earth" game. Starting with prehistoric men and ending with intergalactical civilizations.
Please excuse my bad English.
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