I think we had a thread about this a few weeks ago, but I can't believe this game didn't get more press. It's a pretty classic Settlers-esque strategy came in the classic PC mold. There ar some annoyances- Civic buildings, which are expensive and BIG- tend to have sort of poor areas of influence. This isn't a big deal if build them in the middle of your populations, but because so many of them only become available and required after a lot of population growth, you either need to plan WAY ahead, which is difficult in the early game, or build more than one, which is expensive.
But the core gameplay is pretty fun. It reminds me of a more action packed Civ.
