I think there are 2 schools of thought here. One school is that this is a turn based strategic game and goes back to the tabletop wargaming which had every rule in the world and forumla and dice and everything for you to do the work. It was required that you have every conceivable rule availiable and documented in order to actually play.

Vs.

Computer gaming in general. Which give you the pretty girl and the flashy lights, but don't show you the dirty underbelly.

I look at the game as a Computer game in general, others may look at it as a old school strategy game.