I really liked the campaign map and both tactical overview maps (campaign and battle). They cut out northern England and Scandinavia for some reason, and the Russian steppes are greyed out as well...

I like the campaign map detail, the music, the way cities and city growth is represented. Edicts, provinces - great stuff. Army and general experience and skills also look nice. I am concerned that even on CA's PC the game seems a bit sluggish a-la Shogun 2 (which runs exactly like that on my PC and I thought maybe I need to spend 500 more euro on it or something). I guess the new Shogun 2 engine is just a bit sluggish overall... I miss the crisp camera movement from Medeival 2 and Rome.

I don't like the stylized unit cards for some reason. They look too modern (even if inspired by pottery drawings and such). If they were made more washed out, maybe as if they were drawn on clay, with small cracks and missing paint here and there, it would be better? I don't know. I didn't like the unit cards in Shogun 2 either.

The battle was a mess, I hope the final game doesn't have rickety chariots from 3000 BC throwing grown men in mail 5 meters up in the air. I really liked the water however. Overall, the game looks great IMO.