I found that the only two problems with the original settlers IV was the lack of both custom and campaign maps, and the sometimes too easily beatable AI. Both of these have been overcome in the Gold Edition. The two expansions brings a massive 50 custom maps topped with 28 campaign maps divided upon the four races. The AI is a lot more harder than on the original settlers. It's likely that you'll get beaten by the new easy AI on occasions where you wouldn't have got beaten by the old normal AI. This is especially true if you even slightly mess up you economy or don't get your soldier production up early enough. All in all it's a great game which sucks you in for several hours. You can easily play a few hour map without ever thinking about anything else than the game on hand. The musics are beyond great and even if you're a new player the graphics shouldn't be a problem, as playing the game on close up (where the graphics doesn't look so good) is not only impractical but virtually impossible. I can definitely recommend this game. Worth every penny!
