After all the hype and hoopla over this game i got really pumped up over playing it.Shame it falls so fataly short of what it was supposed to be.The beginning of the game is such a grindfest that even the Barista at Starbucks could complain about it.After dealing with the drag of the first two stages you finally get into Tribal stage.And there is where you hit the brick wall as for the learning curve.The camera is garbage, the interface is poorly designed.all in all a half decent game from Maxis that EA tore all the fun out of.