well, I am not so sure yet whether these early impressions are really that positive:
- wars / alliances changing from turn to turn?
- the Hungarian campaign map AI as desribed doesn't really seem to know what it's doing
- battle AI...
- missions being a chore..
- general pre-battle speeches are no longer in?? (this was posted later in the thread).

I mean he did play 30 turns, I would have expected some more noteworthy (positive) experiences.