1 hour ago, kerdios said:wait! do you mean the expansion on it's own? the game with all the expansions up to it including it? the vanilla game alone wasn't good? (I tried playing the vanilla but my pc couldn't handle the graphics at the time)
The vanilla was 'good' (i still have the og manual, one of the books I'll take to my grave) but the expansion vaults it to being superb. I have both the original, warlords, BTS, and colonization on my steam profile now and I just play BTS alone. It comes with everything beforehand save a few scenarios, so it's no biggy.