I've already accumulated a play count of 39, and I was not in beta nor pre-order. Now this could be a very good thing or a very bad thing. I purchased this with my dad playing it in mind, but at it's present bugged out state I can't present it to him. I know he will get frustrated quickly, call it crap, then forget all about it.

On the other hand I find myself constantly restarting the game crash upon crash. "Why?" I thought to myself, do I constantly play this crappy bugged out game? I realize its because its the ideal game I've been waiting for over 20 years. It has all the exact quality elements I've been waiting to be put in a single game. This is the game I wanted the Civilizations series to be but never was.

I'm usually quick to judge game qualities as "epic" or mediocre crap, but this game seemingly has both elements at the same time. I think if all the game play bugs were polished out (There are quite many with 39 play counts!) this would be the game we'd all have been waiting for. Epic.