With many games, it seems that the better the graphics, the worse everything else becomes. Fallout turned into something unrecognizable, Red Alert 3 flopped, Heroes 4 didn't impress much (until I dug around in the resources:smile08:), and as for the fifth... I don't have the fifth, so I won't judge.:D
Graphics aren't the most important thing. The main thing is the love that thousands of people have for these games.
I'd even say millions. :)