20 hours in now, and I must admit I'm enjoying it quite a bit regardless of the many complaints. As a matter of fact, some very fair points have been brought up in the thread that I didn't find back in the review. Though I don't have any technical issues (which I find strange, since so many seem to be having them instead. My system isn't all -that- superior), the gameplay does feel a bit of a step back compared to, say, Shogun.
The victory points, as someone stated before, are quite a pain if you're trying to set up a defensive position away from your starting position, and units automatically seem to be in guard mode, instead of being able to manually set them on it, as they don't bother setting a single step forward as soon as the enemy starts routing.
All in all, it's still not a -bad- game so long as you don't have any technical difficulties (try turning off the NPC movements at the end of turn as well. It shaves off -some- waiting time at least), but I suppose if you expect more bang for your buck, it might be an idea to wait it out a while.