It's a good sandbox game. However, it just lacks some assistance to the player. I know that there is a tutorial that can help you but it just allows you to assign laborers to professions that's not available yet. For example, you can assign laborers as fisherman even though the fishing hut doesn't exist yet. So many buttons to click before you can accelerate the time.
Those are some things that makes this game a bit complicated and hard to play even you're on the easiest mode. I know this game is old and I hope that the successors of this game makes it easier to play.
Make the challenge on the gameplay itself, not on how to play it. The game is good tho, that's why I want to see better improvements to its successors.