It is always a bit dishonest to look through the telescope backwards, but, mercy, how did we ever allow or tolerate that original color palette?
Mostly we didn't, or the size of the units, which is why we didn't play it as much. Almost from the go I've modded the map. Whoever thought that terrain should be various shades of acid green...
I also have to be honest and say that I dislike the 3D units and terrain in this one even more than I do in all of the other titles, and that's saying something. I know that the guy that did those was widely admired, and is now deceased, but I just never could stand the look.