Well, it's a little bit more stable now didn't crash once since. Been playing a few multiplayer battles, their pretty fun and the lag isn't that big even if its a 4 v 4 battle. Big change from Medieval 2 : Total War and it's lag issues.
Never been a fan of Civ 4, it looked tos complicated and at the same time the combat too simple.
I loved Empire Earth and Empire Earth 2. How they screwed up Empire Earth 3 so bad, I really don't know.