Broke down and got it... Yes I can tell it is a work in progress. Some things I like, lot of things I hate or they just aren't there yet
Right now for most techs you get all the tech, and the buildings aren't tuned yet, you can tell. I'm hoping they will add more choices and force you to make choices.
I don't like that growth is food related. That is super gimmicky, even if biologically correct. Though StarDrive II had pretty good use for excess food, by making it produce money.
I do like how there are limited number of jobs, and how the first few workers tend to have higher benefits.
I do also like the way pollution is handled, very cool.
AI just is absent.
The game does now have tactical combat, it's real time thou, and rather clunky.
This game needs lot of work, hopefully it shall receive it. But I can see them just letting the game rot if they get too much early access money.
On a side note I did watch a compelling let's play of MoO3. The guy was so good at the game that he actually made the game look playable. It was interesting to say the least.
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