As for the KVR ratings: well, the first one was already used a lot! The stripped down, although perfectly usable Computer Music's Dune version surely has helped to broaden the public. And now this one continues the same tendency: it's packed with enough features to appeal to those looking for a bread and butter synth and with a few things of its own like the mentioned rather unique Unison engine it's got!
Now, as for nutrino's post: well, there's some instruments with which you can feed a completely wacky signal into the FM equation. One that immediately strikes my mind is Zebra, of course. You can even draw your own wavetable and use that input for modulating the frequency of a simpler FM oscillator. Actually you can feed it with just about any kind of signal you want, except audio input! Another great FM synth to look for is of course Bazille (yes, also from U-he) which is capable of some unique stuff, that you'd only find using some euro rack modules previously...
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