Thanks for the compliment, but it's my least favorite of the three games. I've made some heavy changes to it for this new edition so that it doesn't seem to wide open. I'll post the revision of it soon.
As for the colours, I wholeheartedly agree, but it's just because it's so far zoomed out that they appear so bright and clash. Up close it isn't nearly as bad, as the detail takes away from the brightness.