I like this game a lot, little quirks aside. It combines some great features that even AAA releases often miss: Multiple endings that make some sense, small decisions can affect the rest of your game in logical but not so predictable ways, it's easy to pick up but hard to master at higher difficulties and it has an addictive quality I haven't seen since Civ2.
So to all of you who thought differently: Not only can girls game, they can also kick your ass at making games.