• Cities utilizing their zone of influence with buildings instead of the buildings being only inside in the city tile itself
  
• Diplomacy (more straightforward - using influence currency)
  
• City states (how to become allies with them specifically by using influence)
  
• Maximum number of cities (gives you significantly unhappiness in cities for each city over the limit, which can be increased with policies, leaders, ages, etc.) - less about just super expansion in the beginning
  
• Not having to use/maintain workers is nice
  
• Commanders are neat
  
• Natural disasters are an interesting addition
  
• Foundation leveling is neat
  
• Leader leveling is interesting (see neutral/unsure section about leaders)
  
• Graphics are nice
  
• Cross platform idea is neat
  
• Music is great
  
• Decent narrator (I'll give it to her since it's a hard act to follow: Sean Bean & Leonard Nimoy)
  
• Game having their own official Discord is a neat touch
  
• Game designers listening to feedback and being responsive

• So far a lot fewer options for a game (largest map is standard, not able to set amount of resources, no independent encampments, etc.)
  
• Can't set victory conditions
  
• Independent encampments (think raging barbarians from prev civs) that you can't disable and will appear someone else if you destroy them
  
• UI isn't intuitive (was there UX testers?)
  
• No way to see a (clickable) list of all military units (what if you have many unit spread out that are on sleep?)
  
• Can't upgrade all military units of the same type at once
  
• No queuing technologies or social policies
  
• No auto explore for scouts
  
• Can only assign resources to cities/towns when a new resource is found/new age
  
• Requiring a 2k account to: get a leader to play as & to play online isn't great (perhaps it's for cross platform?)

• Concept of ages
  
• Leaders independent of a civilization
  
• Unlocking leaders (at least one requires paying extra money for the game)

If a lot of changes are done and many of the issues above are addressed in either removing/changing them or making them be options that can be disabled, this game has a lot of potential to match civilization 5 and perhaps even surpass it. The state the game doesn't quite match the price of the early access game. Overall though I still give this game a positive review as this game has a ton of potential and the developers appear to be very receptive to adding changes.

• Skirmish battles with the AI is entertaining
  
• Conquest (campaign) is fun and a little different each time
  
• Solid game play
  
• Worms are entertaining
  
  Cons
• Conquest pressure is obnoxious
  
• Assassination victory is annoying, but it can be turned off
  
  Conclusion
  Solid game to play and in the iconic Dune universe! 100% support buying this game.