I agree, not old fashioned just good taste in games. So it seems the concensus is that people will be buying it after some press and user write ups.

I might do the same, but in the end I will have to buy a new PC to play it due to the graphics. I guess my real quandry with the intial question post was do you think the game play is going to be signifigantly enhanced?

More papal control, more diplomacy, naval battles are what it would really take to get me to switch. If the games are going to be essentially the same (as far as gameplay) but with better graphics, I can live with MTW VI.