As a fan of CIV 4 and 5... the main I issue I have with 5 is that the maps are clustered with unimportant details. I find myself switching to strategic view whenever I need to get an overview of all my units/resources. The art style will definitely help with that, I'm also hoping that it will help with performance- but the new features might make up for that. Either way... this CIV game was built with players like me in mind, not too concerned with graphic realism, but rather the game itself.