Complete noob to the series...and I say yes. I don't know my ass from my elbow about this game even though I've put 12+ hours in over the weekend, and I still say yes. It may be a bit buggy, but so is every other pc game ever released, and none have the sheer magnitude or ambition that this game does. The editors are friggin awesome. I can make it play however I want to play it for myself and my friends without being a rocket scientist, or a programmer. Pretty sweet. Buy it, and with some patience, you won't be disappointed.