I like the new scrolling feature that pans the camera when you lower down as well. Only thing that's confusing is that there are now a hell of a lot of flags on the field and it's a bit hard to work out who's who, but it looks awesome.
Back on my Medieval game, I restarted from an earlier save and have to conquer Petrivapol (or something??) near Volga Bulgaria again...bloody dying monarchs - there's nothing you can do if your monarch dies without an heir? What about the uncles etc with royal blood?