Acceptable water effects. Good individual unit sounds, explosions, and burning effects. This game is a RTS on steroids. The best I have played so far. Graphics are better than all the other RTS on the market with a resolution that can reach 1600x1200.
Sound is good.
The real awesome thing is the 8000 troops population limit and the cool kinds of troops, all historically very realistically rendered. The game is also really very stable, I have not found a bug yet. So, if you like RTS go buy it. Go try it. Once you figure out what you want your men to do, it is easy to send them on their way.