Only if you want to spend some time playing the (limited) Alpha version and finding bugs. Otherwise, wait for the Beta and spend only $50. I played the Beta for GalCivII, and that was interesting. Fun to see changes made between one game and the next. When I started, I could actually buy a minor character's sole planet! And the weather controller was available for purchase from minor characters. Both of those features disappeared in the final version of the product, which was a good thing. It was also fun when the new tech trees came out for the different races, usually months apart. But you won't find that sort of fun in the Alpha version, the release of which is to find bugs and test gameplay, not have fun. Which actually shows up on an entry screen, just to remind you.
