David Lester never created this game, so, the mechanics of it are ill-designed: it's a cash cow (bluntly). The ONLY reason why anyone would by this is due to the title... and it's not associated to Lords of the Realm in any way or form. Sierra was long into the hands of Vivendi when this game was released... so, its demise is really what EA is doing. Buy out the small [good] companies, and push them to release titles that simply gain money off of the titles.
