What gamers always wanted, is to have a good time playing, and everyone is different in his gaming preferences.
For the graphism, in HD, it is just wonderful. Furthermore, it's kinda more "realistic" than a lot of other game I played, with the discussion with your compagnon ...and the world in itself may be full of surprises.
The combat in turn by turn still work pretty well (Heroes 3-4-5 for exemple, but CIV too) and being able to play like that with a friend is a novelty.
