I give it a 7 or 7.5 out of 10 as is out of the box. I'm expecting the modders to take it to a 9.0 or possibly higher once they figure out all the ins and outs of modding the game and get some good mods out. This is pretty much how I rated RTW and M2TW when they first came out. IMHO ETW is more evolutionary rather than revolutionary of the series. CA makes an okay-good game but its the modding community that makes them excellent in the end!