First off, it is NOT a city building game. It is a "medieval Sims", where you manage the fate of your dynasty.
That said, you'll probably not be owned by the AI, as they only go around doing their business. Of course, there is quite an amount of intrigue involved, but you can also get along well with others.

So pretty much like a Japanese summer but with less air conditioning? And even with an air conditioner, my PC still overheats. Have to run it with the case off.
As for this deal, I finally picked up Gothic 2 and Neighbours From Hell.

I'm in a bit of a dilemma... I already have Painkiller Black Edition, which runs fine on WinXP and Win7, so I basically don't need it from here.
BUT... it has nice goodies (I really like artworks), and the one-file installer is neat, too.
Hmmm...

Yes, it is very friendly to "newbies".
The game, in my opinion, is slightly mislabeled in the GOG catalogue. It is not an RTS, just a very good life-sim game.
The game features the ability to thrash someone, spy on them for evidence for later framing, the ability to kill your rivals using toad slime, lampoon them with ridiculous limericks, etc etc. The only thing missing in the game is "the oldest profession". I really wish I knew hot mod games because I would so mod that into the game, in a tasteful manner of course.

Actually, the game has three files, if you download via browser. Not sure how it goes via the downloader since I don't use the downloader myself.

I do use the downloader, and even if it comes down as three files (it did with SpellForce, which my brother bought), it's easier than installing from a disc.

But once I have the digital version, I can burn it to a disc to have a backup. Then, I have a semi-disc verion :-).
Anyway, I still need to convince myself some more in order to get it.

Indeed... So I'll just prolly pick it up while it's on sale ;-).