Hey Sylvester I started out a long time ago with Coreldraw and then ventured into Metacreations Bryce 2 and went to 4. Of coure i had to try out Raydream Studio5 and Carrara and poser and the list could keep on going. But then we have the Vue, at first i wasn't pleased with it, but that changed fast as i saw what i could o with it especialy when i love to do landscapes. In Bryce seems everyone thinks mountains are round, makes me wonder if anyone has ever lived or been to the mountains lol. In the Vue I can create Nice mountains or whatever and it looks real. Even the water scenes look real. It also renders 10 times faster than Bryce or some of the other programs. And the price well you can't beat it, cause like some companies that charge extra for every little extra they decide to sell as a plugin or whatever , the people at eon don't do this except for the plants. So all in all ouside of a manual that needs great improvement I'd give them a 9 out of 10 score for a job well done.