Yo,
I only missed it by a day!!
I bought it, got my copy on Friday, heres my thoughts ...
Good game but shallow. Its fun and thats the main thing with the game fun, its not very complicated, its easy to pick up and you can make anything you want, literally!! However all the interactions are simple, the first couple of stages are the best where you expect it to be fun and easy, you know, single cell or creature suff. When it moves up to tribes and civilizations (I am not a star faring race yet) it's simply not complex enough. The game allows you to totally design your creature, race, civilization (i.e buildings, vehicles, boats, planes) but the actual numbers behind it are simple, the RTS part of the game is very dumbed down and simple (and I am not a fan of that genre, give me turn based). Its RTS from tribe onwards (single cell ->creature ->tribe->civilization->star faring race), I enjoyed it up to civilization, now its starting to feel like a drag, I think its aimed more for kids and girls who generally dont like pc games (my gf likes it!!).
In review ... Fun but not complex enough.
3 out of 5.
Sax.