Suffice it to say I do not believe it was necessary to change anything in the films to meet the lowest common denominator. It may not even be so low as PJ and others believe. However, that is neither here nor there, so I shall now be quiet on the subject of Tolkien.

EU I know, I only have EUII I love the historical accuracy, but dislike the fact that the AI cheats and you cannot triumph as a player (without cheating, which does not feel the same)- or perhaps it is but I who have not sussed the system.

Chivalry...

I tried the Dark Age campaign as Denmark and I am... unimpressed.

+Buildings are different and nicer.
+Bayex Tapestry on the battle screens :-)

-Units are not that different from Vanilla that it feels different (EB spoiled me there).
-The Names of Danes are still something out of a mixture of High Middle Age, Icelandic Sagas and Greenland and that was one of the things that put me off the most on Vanilla too (come on, NO Norse was named some escimo name!). It would take so little research, or merely a mail to me, and they would have hundreds of Viking and Medieval Names.
-Non re-written faction descriptions and names when you pass cursor over unit.

It will require more tries to pass a final judgement whether I like it or not. I guess EB has spoiled me...