The map and atmosphere/theme is nice and whatnot but the AI feels absolutely cooked to me. I tried to navigate through diplomacy, taking care with each turn to carefully facilitate my expansionist ambitions with the purpose of avoiding an orgy of violence but it all felt like a waste of time. No matter what course you choose, at some point the Greek factions all decide to declare war on you between turns. The expanded resources are a cool addition and force you to trade more often. Food is a bit of a bottleneck in the beginning, once I managed to get enough to comfortably fund a couple of armies, I found myself being forced to expand/fight to be able to make the upkeep (with the resources you win from combat), using my surplus food as a buffer until I found an enemy general to stomp or a city to sack/raze. Get it on a sale.

Freezes after battle scenes. Great game but unplayable.