Good so far, but I absolutely hate how the game just ends with no demographics, explanation, etc.

Agree, no demographics was annoying

Agreed. The way the game just..........ends with no demographics, cutscene or anything is kinda lame. I hope they'll change that in a patch or something.

Still very much enjoying the game but now that i've played it a few times through (about 40 hrs), I've noticed there's a lot missing that I hope is added in patches and future DLC.


A few thoughts:

• New terrain features
  
• Natural wonders
  
• New biomes (three is good but we could easily have Volcanic, Lunar, and so on added into the mix with nothing much but some pallet-swaps, a new terrain feature or two, and creative map scripting)
  
• Different planet types with different hazards (volcanic, radiation, ice, rock, etc)
  
• Intelligent Alien races from afar
  
• Aliens evolve if you don't take care of them
  
• More passive options for harmony (range will pop up everytime they get close)
  
• Aliens should be "recruited" off the map for units using a capture system with the harmony tree, and be probably more rare and more powerful.
  
• Rare finds that are not just resources or boosts
  
• Equippable weapon system (AT LEAST that)
  
• More than just miasma as a hazard on this planet type
  
• More unit types, but not using affinity. Maybe research, or resources, or ancient finding using exploration.
  
• SEA BASES + MORE SEA RESOURCES
• Changing elevation and having oceanic cities (you can't currently build cities on water).
  
• The construction of wonders, and the stuff that happens when you meet a victory condition, need to be more of a major event, with more content--an epilogue, reactions of other leaders, movies of the wonders working and seeing what they really DO.
  
• Why can't we actually look at a vista of our cities anymore like the old Civ games?
  
• Whatever happened to those cool movies of wonders getting constructed? It's just scrolling concept art and expository dialogue again. A wonder seems like a minor event.
  
• Whatever happened to score titles at the end? (i.e. "The Great", "The Fool", "The Merciful)?
  
• The addition of pimped out palace/throneroom/space office which is affinity themed and assembled over time.
  
• Score breakdown at the end about your score and how it was calculated.
  
• Whatever happened to significant movies or epilogues that illustrate the different endings, other than a small image and some expository writing? What a brief, boring ending to mark the victory of a glorious empire: I thought as I beat my first game.
  
• Biggest of all, remember that thing as early as Civ I where they show a world map from Year 1 and show the different civilizations on a world map as blobs of territory absorb each other as time goes on, with notes at certain years (city conquered, wonder built, empire eliminated)? I want to see stuff like that. Now, there's no cool history of the game, which on marathon may have taken 50 hours of your life, hours that I assume you were supposed to spend making a meaningful connection to the game? I want to see "a brief history of my victory" at the end.
  
• More planet types, themes, colors, flora--there's a whole universe out there.
  
• INTERPLANETARY WAR (I think we're talking sequel here)
  

Looks like a lot of potential for a good expansion pack.

bump for the patch now live. what do people think?