It's one of the best RPGs of 2003, so why hasn't anyone played it?!

[A Black Falcon]

AW is definitely not simpler than FE. Where FE adds some things to the AW formula (leveling up, switching weapons), it also loses a lot from the Wars games (building units, bases, the sheer number of units on screen at once). So really they break about even, with AW being a more pure strategy game than FE.

Fewer units, of course, doesn't mean less strategy, as Warcraft III proves... no bases or units, though, is a real thing. I've played RTSes without base building and generally I just don't think they have worked out as well... FE probably works fine because it is a TBS/Wargame, not a RTS.

I didn't answer them on purpose because I'm not trying to argue here. I'm just saying my opinion. Leave it at that.

Um... how would that be some super-contentious thing to say whether you agree with what I think, based on analysis of what you said, you'd agree with? Especially considering that I love all the games/generes I mentioned...

But of course first I'd have to ask if you've ever played either Civilization or a wargame, because I don't know... if you did and didn't like it that's all you have to say... I know plenty of people who dislike games like that (because of either the detail or the slow pace, generally).