I haven't given totally up on it, but I was hoping gameplay would go somewhat a little faster. But after 4 hours on the same senario, I'm limited to very few buildings, crops, etc. Gameplay is very slow. Even with the slowness of the game, there still is a lot to do, and a lot to keep your eye on. I think you should get something back for it, it's not like people move into houses for free.
Graphics are ok.
Well if you think about it, with all that this game has in it, for building, trade, and warfare, it would be impossible to improve the graphics and keep it on the same c.d. I've looked at the track on the back of the c.d. All in all, I think the graphics are really good. I wished I could see the actual people that settled on the island walk around, and do stuff, other than the workers, but I guess you can't have everything. The rest of the sounds are kind of dull, not much to write about.