The game is underrated as of this review primarily because poor server quality and game crash in early version. In my 20-hour game play (about 12 local and solo games), it did crash once, but this is acceptable. I haven't tried online games, but it seems disconnection persists according to other reviews. However, if you mainly play solo games or games against AI and/or other players on the same PC, I think this is a solid game. The game provides a systematic tutorial for new players saving a lot of time reading the rule book. The automatic calculation of resources and placement markers simplify gameplay, so I think most fans will love it. Basically, AI's strategy is maximizing short-term profits and often has myopia problem. So, once you build up economy early on and delay the end game, you are hard to lose. At this stage, the game includes everything in basic board game (draft variant in beta) but no any of the expansions. It's reasonable to believe those expansions will come out in future, but whether they will be free to play is unknown. Overall game quality is 7.5/10. I would recommend fans to buy this game, otherwise you may want to wait for discount and/or expansions.

The game is underrated as of this review primarily because poor server quality and game crash in early version. In my 20-hour game play (about 12 local and solo games), it did crash once, but this is acceptable. I haven't tried online games, but it seems disconnection persists according to other reviews. However, if you mainly play solo games or games against AI and/or other players on the same PC, I think this is a solid game. The game provides a systematic tutorial for new players saving a lot of time reading the rule book. The automatic calculation of resources and placement markers simplify gameplay, so I think most fans will love it. Basically, AI's strategy is maximizing short-term profits and often has myopia problem. So, once you build up economy early on and delay the end game, you are hard to lose. At this stage, the game includes everything in basic board game (draft variant in beta) but no any of the expansions. It's reasonable to believe those expansions will come out in future, but whether they will be free to play is unknown. Overall game quality is 7.5/10. I would recommend fans to buy this game, otherwise you may want to wait for discount and/or expansions.