What did Vanilla get right?

[Olaf The Great]

They got the engine right, it might be full of stupid hardcodes and mod-unfriendly scripting, but you know what? Its a great engine that, while not used to its full potential , is still (In my humble Opinion) one of the better Strat-game engines.


Also, the senate system(albeit historically innacurate-ish and exclusive to Romans for some reason) is something that for some reason, I liked.