I give it three months - that's how long the "ooh, pretty" glitz took to wear off on me, after trying RTW & BI. It dawned on me eventually that I was pretty much fighting the same battle every time, and I really yearned for the old MTW days. I rolled back my video drivers for the older games and haven't taken RTW out of the box since. One day I will, just to try EB, but till then I'd rather have MTW and STW than RTW. But, hey, that's me - your tastes may be different