A game I am not playing right now is Civ - Beyond Earth.
I own Civ 5, and have just sat through a couple of video reviews on Youtube.
The reason I am making the post is not just to give a space to discuss it, but because I think Firaxis have been making two key mistakes in recent years. Although no doubt you'll all have your own reactions.
1. Combat 'balance'
The combat system is still trying far too to be balanced. I've given this quite a bit of thought and believe that you cannot have combat with a consistent rule base, and make every faction equally capable, yet different. war