"I'm skipping the part where you show how poor my arguments actually are"
Yeah ok dude. The life shown in this settlement? You haven't seen the video, or you just picked the part where a lot of people gathered which happened multiple times in my own playthroughs, I risk myself to say nothing has changed on towns and the same amount of NPCs spawn in towns. And weird you say you don't care about graphics since the only purpose these NPCs have in these towns is to stun visually (they really don't have much a dialog). In fact I couldn't see dancers or beggars walking in the video you quoted, you might want to check your facts mate. You're still looking for excuses to rant over the game, but you can't deny the improvement is MASSIVE from 2016 to 2020, seeing it now is overwhelming how much has changed, seriously I dare you to play with that horrible and dated UI, I'm sticking with the EA version thank you. Like I've said, it's ok if you don't enjoy the game or if you're expecting more. I am expecting more, I am waiting for February to not to spoil the game for myself and give the devs to work and hopefully to listen to the community feedback, that doesn't mean Im going full neglecting mode and don't give credit where credit is due.
Damn Stew, you really are a lawyer, ready to read between the lines of this evil corporation that puts "Strategy" when it's actually not stategy, lying to it's poor customers, scamming a generation of gamers, even though you're kind of basing what strategy means into your own perception. I really don't know, but choosing what troops to upgrade, buying resources to maintain my army and checking what castle attack and how many troops should I have to do so does feel like strategizing to me, so I feel like that part of the big fat lie TW sold in steam isn't really a lie. You know, this makes me wonder which other things are also based on your biased perception, like cancelled features? You're not giving sources of that, neither for "lowering development scope".