I was initially somewhat disinterested at first playing through this when I realized a large portion of the game was about trading (not usually my favorite part of playing strategy games like these). But, after digging into it, I really appreciate its narrower focus compared to the Civ games where it really hones in on your settlements, your individual colonists, your relationships with native tribes and especially with your European overlord. It makes you feel more attached to all these elements in-game when everything's going really well or really poorly, something that I think only Crusader Kings has successfully pulled off