The only thing ambitious about this game is the graphics the basic gameplay they have done twice before and the updated campaign map they copied from Civ 3.
They messed up the 3d battle side of the game badly compared to previous versions (apart from the graphics) and subsequently they messed up MP too and I hope they do read these forums as they claim too because multiplayer is terrible and shouldnt have been released in its current state.

MizuSp00n