Has anyone played the games? If so, what do you think of them?

I always thought they looked rather "feh" when comparing it with other RTS genre games. ...and by "feh" I mean like a 5 out of 10

I'm waiting for Age of Empires III and Civilization IV this month.
Currently being held over with Black & White 2

AoE3 has gotten not so great reviews.

Civ IV looks good for turn-based strategy, but I still prefer RTS over it.

Anyway, EE2 is very expansive, but once I got the hang of the gameplay, I've actually been having a lot of fun with it.

I can't wait to get my hands on B&W 2 though.