Bryce does more than just landscapes. It can create some amazing scenes(indoors,outer space,architecture,strange cool models,Dem and SDTS translation,uses photoshop filters, the list goes on). Plus Bryces renderer is amzing, slow but worth it.To me Bryce is as intuitive as a piece of software can be, the interface is truly a work of art combined with pure funtion. If all you want is to do Landscapes, then Vue would be fine. Another program worth checking out for landscapes is Natural Scene Designer, it's onlt about $90.00 and can do things neither Bryce or Vue can do, I bought it about a year ago and use it in conjunction with Bryce with great results,check it out.