I agree that the answer depends on individual preferences and requirements. In my case, I think Global is far and away the best A&A game published to date in terms of the range of sculpts it offers (eight nationalities, including France for the first time, and multiple equipment types for each nation, including the new tac bombers and mech infantry) and in terms of the game board. Of all the commercially-published WWII-style game boards that I own, Global 1940 is the one I like best in terms of its huge size, attractive design, good level of detail and (small qualifier inserted here) reasonable accuracy. I have a few quibbles with the inaccuracies that do exist (things like spelling errors, the national status of some territories, and the fact that the map doesn’t line up properly when you fit together the two halves of North America), but they’re quibbles that I can live with and for which I’ve to some extent compensated by the way I’ve installed the boards on my wargaming table. Overall, I think it’s a game map that looks great and works well, and which is way better than any other published one I’ve seen to date. So I’m very happy to own Global 1940, and I’d feel deprived if I had to go back to pre-Global days.