Got to say im hooked. I loved MoM back in the day, and was hugely disappointed in elemental, however i have to give SD kudos for working on making it better, and wow is it, AND giving it to people who bought elemental for free.
I loved galactic civ, DA and ToA. but then SoaSE was just soso.. thne elemental, but you stuck to your guns and made the game fun again.
I do have a few points id like to address:
1. Random hanging (yes i know this is beta) but it happens a lot, esp after hitting auto engage with dogs, scouts, ect, and ofter i cant hit "end turn" it just sits
2. I'm not sure if the amount of food in the world is as designed, however i can't seem to get more then 1 lvl 4 and 2 level 3 cities without researching refined food 10 times.
3. Some upgrades need to be tweaked, my archers had the magic bows (fire attack) and then "upgraded" to 8 damage bows. I realize i was the one to hit upgrade, but i figured it would BE an upgrade.
4. MULTIPLAYER
5. MULTIPLAYER
6 - 1000 M U L T I P L A Y E R
i know SD doesnt make many MP games, but omg this would be a great one, AND you would sell more games, cause if i have to buy Call of Duty to play with my friends, they have to buy this to play with me
made them all buy Civ 5
but i still have some credit from buying 5 FPS's they owe me 
MULTIPLAYER