I got into Cultures several years ago. I played the first one and found it incredibly painful due to the incredible amount of micromanagement. I am now playing Cultures 2 and found that the micromanagement has stayed, but is considerably more streamlined. My settlements tend to fall apart as soon as I manage to raise an army and send them off to complete the mission, but up to that point the "town" looks impressive. There is a third installment, Nordland, but I can't see myself playing it.

Has anyone else played a game from this series?