Boring is how I would put it. It's fun to see a brand new world and new units, factions, etc. But 100s of turns into it and it's the same thing over and over and over again. Every game gets to be the same after a few dozen turns. The tech branch is large but the differences are very small. I agree with the bland reviews on Steam. I played Alpha Centauri, that was a very good game. This feels like a rushed product that was never updated.