Yay Beta (Thoughts) Great music!

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At first
I have to say from the first launch up to just landing into the game I was left with a usual impression. A very good impression at that but one I had not felt for a long time in terms of RTS game genre. The atmosphere just before and the sound with the additional mini landing opening just blended together to make a start of a game where I was completely focused on the game. But then I clicked ok on my race comment after getting into the game and the music suddenly changed. At the time I thought ahh I just lost the " zone " or the near euphoria state in a piece of new music or a great point in the movie. But after playing a little bit the changes to the music based on what was happening or if dialogue appeared I got used to.

I liked that the tutorial was short and brief. Although It may be nice to have some tips in regards to things like pollution. After playing some more I'd imagine one of the races is super eco friendly. I started with the religious zealot faction and was pleasantly happy to see the variable flavour text:D

I did not know about the workshop function before and I like that it gives me the freedom to kinda build a unit I want to have for the right situation. It was cool to see a visual change on the weapons that I saw, But I'd be nice for a vague cosmetic on the example " steel armor"

Research
Now Research I really was only vaguely aware of what I was getting at first I couldn't tell if I was unlocking a unit or a weapon. I felt like It'd be nice to see a preview of what I was unlocking rather then just a name. Its something you'd get used to from experience I know.

Text descriptions/Flavour Text
Sometimes when a popup occurs in regards to an upgrade or notification It'd be nice to see the flavour and description text separated via colour or font. At least in a multiplayer game it might help with pacing to newer players. Although I like reading flavour text in a single player scenario if I'm time spent I'd rather just read the informative text.

Operations
It was not instantly clear to me where operations were I first looked at the Ui and only later saw it on the management section of my cities.

Migration/Morale
Is this new ? It seems like a nice alternative to have a place with less pollution and happy people move to a place that is not a industrial furnace from a thoughtful side of play.

Now to play some more.