Yeah, whereas I have a mint copy of CC2 in the box that I payed 10$ for on ebay and a copy of CC3 in the jewel case which I found for 99 cents at a thrift store. 😒
No though I personally haven't played the game but I have watched a few lets plays and talked with people who do own it and they say the AI enemy is hopelessy dumb and broken. For an example just watch these videos:
(AI Demonstration)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BjYg4gcvDog
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U42co59Q0b0
This is a lets play by SKS, watch how easily the AI gets defeated even though it clearly has the advantage. It makes tons of stupid moves and he cuts though it's units as if it were an AFK player. He's one of the people I asked how the AI is and he confirmed it is indeed quite inhuman in the way it plays (that is to say it doesn't play a good game)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tieGTSHDI1o
Also I don't know about you but I think the whole battle map thing is kind of a dumb idea and just jams this extra "game feature" onto what always was (in the past) a good game. I may be jumping the gun in judging it though, I'll wait for your opinion for the final clincher since you have purchased a copy.