I can see why it gets high marks. There's more of an upkeep, watch your resources compared to other RTSs out there. Very cool idea, but since there's so much too it I guess it's just not my style of an RTS that I want to spend time with. I'm sure if I took more time with it I could understand it better. It's kind of a shock in the second map to get what feels like the whole "tech tree/building". Would say the skill needed exponentially rises right away because you fear for your people going hungry, not getting paid, not having lumber, etc once winter comes. Don't really think you can easily come back from being in the hole so to speak at times, just have to restart.